What is DHTML??

What is DHTML??

DTML stands for Dynamic HTML is the combination of different technologies i.e. HTML, CSS, JavaScript and DOM. DHTML uses the properties of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and Document Object Model (DOM) to create the dynamic webpages. Dynamic HTML is basically used for creating dynamic and animated web pages that are generated in real-time. DHTML implements the Server-side scripting in which the code within the webpage is analysed on the web server and response in the form of HTML is sent to the client browser. It allows different scripting languages to change the look, style as well the content of the webpage when the page is full loaded on the browser on in between the loading process.

Difference between HTML and DHTML??

Before understanding the difference between the HTML and DHTML, we must understand that HTML is just a scripting language and DHTML is the combination of different technologies. Let’s discuss about the basic differences in both of languages:

1.  HTML is client side scripting language whereas DHTML is the server side scripting language.
2.  Animation, games and dynamic content holding webpages can only be created in the Dynamic HTML whereas HTML only creates the Static webpages.
3.  HTML webpages are stored with the extension .html or .htm and DHTML webpages are stored with. dhtm extension.
4.  HTML Tags and extensions are supported on all web browsers whereas some of NETSCAPE NAVIGATOR and INTERNET EXPOLORER of version 4.0 and above supports the DHTML and its extensions.
5. Database connectivity is required for implementing the Dynamic HTML but HTML do not require any database connectivity.
6.  No processing from the web browser is required for loading the HTML pages but DHTML pages requires web browser processing to load the dynamic content.
7.  As the HTML is client side scripting so it is slower process than server side scripting that makes the DHTML much faster than HTML.
8. Tags and their properties can be changed in the Dynamic HTML rather than the HTML which have predefined tags and their properties.
9. Dynamic fonts can be generated in DHTML but not in HTML.