PostgreSQL (www.postgresql.org)
 | "PostgreSQL
is a highly-scalable, SQL compliant, open source object-relational
database management system. With more than 15 years of development
history, it is quickly becoming the de facto database for enterprise
level open source solutions." |
BDDF Developments Inc. is a supporter of the PostgreSQL Relational Database Management System. PostgreSQL is a highly powerful open source database. We choose to use PostgreSQL as a database platform because it is highly standards compliant, very rich in data types, and easily extensible. Developers at BDDF Developments have several years experience working with PostgreSQL and the surrounding community. BDDF Developments is also a contributor in a small way to the community. Andrew J. Kopciuch is the author of the introduction documentation for the Full Text Indexing module used with PostgreSQL. You can find the document at the official GiST web site: http://www.sai.msu.su/~megera/postgres/gist/tsearch/V2/
Apache Web Server (www.apache.org)
 | "The
Apache HTTP Server Project is an effort to develop and maintain an
open-source HTTP server for modern operating systems including UNIX and
Windows NT. 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." |
The
Apache web server is the most popular HTTP server used today.
Studies and surveys show that 68% of web servers on the internet today
are running apache. BDDF Developments choose to use the apache
web server for web development because it is very stable. It is
so highly used in vital systems around the world that the dependability
of the server is outstanding. In addition to the consistency of
apache it is very configurable and extensible with a wide variety of
modules available for scripting, authentication, encryption and much
others.
PHP Scripting Language (www.php.net)
 | "PHP
is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially
suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML." |
PHP has exploded in popularity over the past few years. BDDF Developments choose to develop web systems using PHP due to it rich feature and module set. PHP offers modules for numerous database systems (PostgeSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MS-SQL Server, DB2). The modules and function base of PHP provides a development environment which can handle almost an scenario.
PHP is an excellent choice for dynamic web system development. It is very very fast with easy to use syntax following other third generation languages. PHP offers object oriented functionality in addition to a large extension repository for anything from MIME Encoded e-mails to XML serialization.