Web Technologies Used by medfordpublicschools.org

Nginx is a web server and reverse proxy software. It is also used as a load balancer, HTTP cache and a mail proxy server. It is open source and free, and is known for its high performance and stability. Nginx is designed to handle a large number of concurrent connections and can easily scale to meet the needs of a high-traffic website. It is used by some of the world's most popular websites, including Netflix, WordPress, and Dropbox.

PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor is a general-purpose programming language originally designed for web development. PHP code may be executed with a command line interface (CLI), embedded into HTML code, or used in combination with various web template systems, web content management systems, and web frameworks.

Font Awesome is a font and icon toolkit based on CSS and LESS. It was made for use with Twitter Bootstrap.

Twitter Emoji (Twemoji) is a simple library that provides standard Unicode emoji support across all platforms.

MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) based on Structured Query Language (SQL). It is one of the most popular RDBMSs and is used to store, organize, and retrieve data for a wide variety of applications. MySQL is used by many web-based applications, including WordPress, Drupal, and other content management systems. It is also used in many enterprise applications, such as banking, shopping, and e-commerce systems. MySQL is easy to use and can be quickly set up and configured on most operating systems. It is highly secure and supports a wide range of features that make it a robust and reliable database solution.

WordPress is a content management system based on PHP & MySQL. Features include a plugin architecture and a template system. It is most associated with blogging but supports other types of web content including more traditional mailing lists and forums, media galleries, and online stores.

Incapsula is a cloud-based application delivery platform. It uses a global content delivery network to provide web application security, DDoS mitigation, content caching, application delivery, load balancing and failover services.

Hotjar is a behavior analytics and user feedback service that helps you understand the behavior of your website users and get their feedback through tools such as heatmaps, session recordings, and surveys.