The programming language Python links the database to the “front-end” (main interface) of the timeline. Digital layouts and comps begin to set the visual tone and the aesthetics of an interface, but when the end product is intended for web use, there is no substitute for transferring the design into an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) and reproducing the design with HTML, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), and Javascript. Illustrator and Photoshop “comps” were recreated in Aptana Studio, the IDE application used to design and build the GDHit interface. Aptana Studio is an alternative IDE to the industry-standard Adobe Dreamweaver, and was.
