The web interface and databases were implemented with the LAMP strategy. The server used Linux (L) for the operating system, along with Apache (A) as the web server. The genotyping database was built with the MySQL database management system (M). PHP and PERL (P) were used to code the two parts of the web tool: the back end program and the front end interface. JavaScript and HTML were used sparingly in the front end interface. A domain name, http://www.flugenome.org, was acquired to provide access to the database and the web tool.