1995 - 2000s
Era III: Interactivity & E-commerce
Workshop1995
Apache: The Web Server That Won By Sharing
How an open-source web server built from patches dominated the early web and proved the viability of collaborative development.
Raw Materials1995
JavaScript: 10 Days That Changed the Web
Brendan Eich's rush job became the world's most ubiquitous programming language. Here's how.
Vault1995
MySQL: The Database That Democratized Data
How an open-source relational database became the 'M' in LAMP and powered the first wave of web applications.
Power Tools1995
PHP: The Accidental Web Language
Rasmus Lerdorf's 'Personal Home Page' tools became the server-side language that powered early web applications.
Raw Materials1996
CSS: Separating Style From Structure
Cascading Style Sheets ended the era of font tags and gave designers a real language for visual presentation.