What languages are Control Panels written in (no, I don't mean English)? TIA

I know H-Sphere is written in Java and uses native Perl scripts to perform modifications on Linux (not sure about Windows).

C is also used as the backend of some control panels...

Originally posted by ZeonHost
I know H-Sphere is written in Java and uses native Perl scripts to perform modifications on Linux (not sure about Windows).
H-Sphere is written in java/freemarker (html based template language) for the main server, perl/shell scripts for unix servers & c++/asp for windows servers. There are also some components that are done in C/C++ on unix as well, usually for performance benefits.

thank you for all the replies

How exactly would you program a control panel, for the web, in C/C++?

Originally posted by iseletsk

H-Sphere is written in java/freemarker (html based template language) for the main server, perl/shell scripts for unix servers & c++/asp for windows servers. There are also some components that are done in C/C++ on unix as well, usually for performance benefits.

Does a user have to have a java-capable browser, in order to use H-Sphere or any part of it?

CPanel is written in perl I believe. And I wouldn't be too surprised if some of the coding came from WebMin. I see some similarities, though, of course, I've never seen CPanel's perl code.

No. H-sphere uses server-side java, so the clients do not have to be java capable. This is just like when you visit a site coded in server-side java, you don't need a java VM. (Look for pages ended in jsp). Of course, specific functionality of H-sphere may depend on java (maybe a file manager, I don't know).

Peter

Originally posted by Zalbag
How exactly would you program a control panel, for the web, in C/C++?
You usually program it in some kind of server-side scripting language, such as php or perl, then from those scripts you call external components that are written in C/C++.

Of course, you can have the whole control panel written in C/C++, including the web interface. But I don't think C/C++ is the most productive language when it comes to CGI scripting and HTML formatting.

Peter

SimpleCP is pure perl using a MySQL driven database to keep all its information.

Originally posted by Zalbag
How exactly would you program a control panel, for the web, in C/C++?

A compiled C program can execute as a CGI script.

In general windows CP's use com. Usualy wirtten in c++ or VB.
Im writting mine in VB and the com is run as an admin.
:-)