Dynamic HTML

The Web grew up around the vision of the HTML file as a simple, static text file served uniformly to all requests, but this vision has gotten complicated in recent years by advances in Web technology. Websites now commonly generate Web content at the time of the client’s request. These Dynamic HTML techniques allow the content to adapt to the specific preferences and requests of the user. Dynamic HTML also simplifies the task of Web design (after you get past the programmatic hurdles) because the web server can serve up unlimited combinations of output through a single template.

It is a fairly simple matter to get a computer program or script to assemble HTML content. This dynamic approach enables a website to interact with the user. ...

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