If you want to build a Web application, you're going to need a few pieces of software. You'll need a server operating system, such as Linux. You'll also need a server-side language and framework.

Don't be afraid of using your chosen database's command-line client. I might as well say this up front: I don't like using GUI (aka non-command-line or graphical) tools with my databases. This is ...

COMMENTARY--Quietly, in what sometimes seems like stealth mode, Linux systems have been moving from the front end of e-commerce to the back end. The commerce-grade Linux database has come of age. As ...

Users of the open source database PostgreSQL may want to check out a database server back-up utility released last week by vendor BakBone Software. The NetVault Application Plugin Module (APM) for ...