[FIXED] HTML5 web stack options

Issue

I am new to non-Microsoft world of web apps. I am quite familiar with the MS web app stack typically comprising the following:

Database - SQL Server or Oracle
Server side programming - ASP.NET, C#/VB.NET, WCF
Client side programming - Silverlight, AJAX, Javascript

The app i am trying to develop is a simple web app with rich UI harnessing the potentials of HTML5 and providing some kind of thin client capability in the browser.

I am trying to come up with the options for a complete non-microsoft stack for web apps. Initial ideas are to use HTML5 for client-side presentation layer and PHP for server side programming. There are few frameworks for HTML5 that i found online. I guess, the HTML5 adoption is going to be in the form of frameworks. But, i am still getting started.

What technologies have you used in combination for the stack to work well? I have separated them to layers, so i can understand the options for each layer better and also the stack that you think works better. Thanks much!

Database - ?
Server side programming - ?
Web servers - ?
Client side programming - ?
Presentation layer - ?

I am looking to experiment with various stack options that you might have used in the past.

Solution

There are many good solutions, though I'll outline some possibilities here that I'm familiar with:

• Database - MySQL, PostgreSQL
• Server side programming - PHP, Python, Perl, C/CGI
• Web servers - Apache, lighttpd, nginx
• Client side programming - JavaScript
• Presentation layer - HTML, CSS
  • SVG for embedded vectors
  • MathML for equation rendering
  • RSS for feeds

Answered By - Delan Azabani