WebDNA is a server-side scripting, interpreted language with an embedded database system, specifically designed for the World Wide Web.
WebDNA code can interweave with css, html/html5 and js/ajax, allowing to mix layout with programming and server-side with client-side scripting.
[3] Example Code (connects to a whois server and shows the information, then stores it into a permanent database) According to Grant Hulbert,[4] one of the Pacific Coast Software founders, WebCatalog (now WebDNA) began as a set of C macros to help accomplish website graphical tasks.
It had shopping cart features, and a searchable fixed-field database with specialized fields for storing stock photo information.
[6] This was most evident in 1997 and 1998, with its StoreBuilder and WebMerchant products that allowed for a user to quickly build a store front online.
Starting with the release of WebDNA version 4.0 and ending with version 6.0a, the years 1999 to 2004 were very active years for WebDNA and the scripting language was adopted by many national and international names, including Disney, Chrysler, Kodak, Ben and Jerry's, the Pillsbury Dough Boy Shop, the NCAA Final Four and the Museum of Television and Radio.