Web Application Technologies - Surveying The Landscape
http://www.extropia.com/presentations/web_application_technologies.html

Birznieks, Gunther
Extropia
2001

Abstract:

ASPs, Java Servlets/JSP, Perl, ColdFusion, PHP. The landscape is filled with languages and technologies to make dynamic web applications. This talk contains a survey of the pros and cons of each technology as well as where to get good examples of key applications most every website needs on each platform.