Web
pages could be either static or dynamic. "Static" page will have constant
content, while "dynamic" page has content changing. Therefore, static Web
pages contain
the same content each time the page is loaded, while the content of dynamic Web
pages can be generated on fly.
Example
for Static web pages are HTML pages, which
defines the structure and content of the Web page. Every time an HTML page is
loaded, it looks the same. The only way the content of an HTML page will change
is if the Web developer updates and publishes the new file.
On
the other hand some of the dynamic web pages are PHP, ASP, and JSP pages, these
pages contain "server-side" code, which allows the server to
generate dynamic content each time the page is loaded.
For
example, the server may display the current time and date on the Web page. Also,
dynamic pages use server-side code to access DB, which
enables the page's content to be generated dynamically from information stored
in the database.
We can easily say whether
the page is dynamic or static just by looking at the page's file
extension in
the URL, in the Web browser. If it is
".htm" or ".html," the page is probably static. If the
extension is ".php," ".asp," or ".jsp," the page
is most likely dynamic.
