Importance of Database Driven Websites
Database driven websites are most common in the web with lot of functionalities and dynamic. At the same time, databases have to be integrated with the websites which would make some logic. With recent advancements in the web design and programming concept, it is very simple to develop an interactive website with database. Before getting into the concept of database driven websites it is important to know when to use database driven dynamic websites and the tools available in the web world to develop them.
First and foremost aspect of designing a website that is database oriented is to bring in dynamism and interaction the website has with the users or visitors. To have that that vigour and the liveliness in the website, the data presented to the website users has to be updated frequently without manual intervention. The advantage here is that, the data is displayed from the database which would be an automated process and relatively very less prone to errors; which is not the case in manual updates which may be error prone.
Coming to the concept of dynamism, it is just bring to the notice of the visitors the changes or updates in the website then and there of its happening. Any bank websites and any websites displaying share values would be a very apt example of database driven websites. From the day to day experience, we could understand the importance of these types of websites. All the transactions made are recorded in a database and are dynamically updated in the respective accounts of the account holders.
A typical static websites cannot produce these constant updates as it has to be done manually and no reactions could be seen except loading of pages. In database driven websites the results are up to date as, the page is being refreshed whenever an update or editing occurs in the database. When the concept of using a database driven websites are clear, to implement it in a website there are many programming tools available.
What does these tools do would be the immediate thought of the users. Yes, it should be as these are very handy and simple to use. What is happening behind the scenes? The answer is, the web page is updated with the current information stored in server database and is sent to the browsers (client) for users to view. When implementing database concept, it can be applicable to a single web page to provide users with updated information or the entire site may be based on this concept.
When considering the web page, the entire page information is stored in the database server and is loaded each and every time newly from the server. The page will be connected to the backend and before presenting to the users, the will be refreshed. When considering a website, as per the programmers command (programming language tool used by the programmer) the server would build the page requested by the users and present it to them dynamically. XEL Web Design is so meticulous about the nature of the website developed and implements the database concept as per the client’s requirements.
