The application server model I am most interested in is JSP and everything can be developed with it, by combining Java2 and XHTML, you can create dynamic pages and manipulate Database information.

Designers and developers who want to host their website through Phalanx3 Web Development can make a connection to the Cloudscape v10.0 DBMS using the org.apache.derby.jdbc.EmbeddedDriver, simply e-mail or FTP your SQL, then I can build the database and get the jdbc:derby connection ready to go.

There are many languages that exist that are very powerful for web creation, such as PHP, Perl, Javascript, ASP and ASP.NET, these languages are definately worth learning and may prove to be very difficult to start, but as with any language, the key is time, patience and a lot of reading.

Coldfusion is Macromedia's answer to database driven web applications and if you can afford a copy, it would definately be worth pursuing.