Web Development has been one of the fastest growing industries in the world.The growth of Web Development industry is being pushed by large businesses wishing to sell products and services to their customers and to automate business workflow, as well as the growth of many small web design and development companies.   In addition, cost of Web site development and hosting has dropped dramatically during this time. As far as web development tools and platforms are concerned, there are many systems available to the public free of charge to aid in development. A popular example is the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL , PHP), which is usually distributed free of charge. This fact alone has manifested into many people around the globe setting up new Web sites daily and thus contributing to increase in web development popularity. Another contributing factor has been the rise of easy to use web development software, most prominently Adobe Dreamweaver or Microsoft Expression Studio (formerly Microsoft Frontpage). Using such software, virtually anyone can develop a Web page in a matter of minutes. Knowledge of HyperText Markup Language (HTML) or other programming languages is not required, but recommended for professional results.  Web Development can be split into many areas and a typical and basic web development hierarchy might consist of;  Client Side Coding : CSS,HTML,XHTML,Javascript,AJAX,Flash Server Side Coding : .NET,PHP,ASP,CGI and/or Perl,Java,J2EE or WebObjects SSJS,Python,Ruby,Smalltalk,ColdFusion,Lotus Domino Database Technology : MySQL ,PostgreSQL ,SQLite ,Microsoft SQL Server Firebird ,Apache Derby ,Oracle