Leicester Hackspace Technology Stack

The Apache Project is an effort to develop and maintain an open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows. The goal of this project is to provide a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services in sync with the current HTTP standards.

Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) is the standard markup language for documents designed to be displayed in a web browser. It can be assisted by technologies such as Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) and scripting languages such as JavaScript.

JavaScript is the programming language of HTML and the Web.

jQuery is a cross-platform JavaScript library designed to simplify the client-side scripting of HTML. It is free, open-source software using the permissive MIT License. Web analysis indicates that it is the most widely deployed JavaScript library by a large margin.

Nginx is a web server which can also be used as a reverse proxy, load balancer, mail proxy and HTTP cache.

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is a server-side scripting language designed for Web development, but also used as a general-purpose programming language. PHP code may be embedded into HTML code, or it can be used in combination with various web template systems, web content management systems, and web frameworks.

Python is an interpreted high-level programming language for general-purpose programming. Python features a dynamic type system and automatic memory management. It supports multiple programming paradigms, including object-oriented, imperative, functional and procedural, and has a large and comprehensive standard library.

Semantic is a development framework that helps create beautiful, responsive layouts using human-friendly HTML. Semantic empowers designers and developers by creating a shared vocabulary for UI.

The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful and flexible HTTP/1.1 compliant web server.

DNSimple provides domain management automation services through a powerful API and beautiful web interface.

Linode DNS is a Domain Name System (DNS) solution that allows companies to create and manage secure web and cloud hosted websites.

GitHub is a place to share code with friends, co-workers, classmates, and complete strangers, helping individuals and teams to write faster, better code.

Plesk is a commercial web hosting and server data center automation software with a control panel developed for Linux and Windows-based retail hosting service providers.

Gmail is a free, advertising-supported email service offered as part of Google's G Suite, with 15GB of storage, color-coded inbox filters and unsend button.

PayPal is a global eCommerce platform for buyers & sellers. PayPal allows payments & money transfers to be made securely via email, phone, text message or Skype.

Twitter is a microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known as "tweets".