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Websites are built using many files and file types. A single website will not use all the extensions listed below, however, knowing the various file types by their extensions and their uses is helpful when deciding what type of website to build and how to build it. Scripting and programming languages are embedded into the html or xhtml coding. A scripting language can be combined with a programming language in a particular file, such as ASP and JavaScript. Two compiled languages, such as ASP and ColdFusion, typically cannot be combined because they require separate compilers.
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