The Languages of Web Development (Simplified) Part 1

So many of the conversations that I have with non-developers about development eventually lead to some explanation of the languages and frameworks that I use to build a site or application. It becomes necessary, then, to explain the specific roles that each language performs, why they do what they do, and why the do not do what the other languages do. In the interest of good relations, here are some (very) simple examples and explanations of a few of the languages, what they do and why they do it…