Web Application: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Web Application: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Web Application: From Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
WebapplicationWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia
Webapplication
FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia
Awebapplicationorwebappisanysoftwarethatrunsina
webbrowser.Itiscreatedinabrowsersupportedprogramming
language(suchasthecombinationofJavaScript,HTMLand
CSS)andreliesonawebbrowsertorenderthe
application.[1][2][3]
Webapplicationsarepopularduetotheubiquityofweb
browsers,andtheconvenienceofusingawebbrowserasa
client,sometimescalledathinclient.Theabilitytoupdateand
Hordegroupwareisanopensource
maintainwebapplicationswithoutdistributingandinstalling
webapplication.
softwareonpotentiallythousandsofclientcomputersisakey
reasonfortheirpopularity,asistheinherentsupportforcross
platformcompatibility.Commonwebapplicationsincludewebmail,onlineretailsales,onlineauctions,
wikisandmanyotherfunctions.
Contents
1History
2Interface
3Structure
4Businessuse
5Writingwebapplications
6Applications
7Benefits
8Drawbacks
9Seealso
10References
11Externallinks
History
Inearliercomputingmodels,e.g.inclientserver,theloadfortheapplicationwassharedbetweencode
ontheserverandcodeinstalledoneachclientlocally.Inotherwords,anapplicationhaditsownclient
programwhichservedasitsuserinterfaceandhadtobeseparatelyinstalledoneachuser'spersonal
computer.Anupgradetotheserversidecodeoftheapplicationwouldtypicallyalsorequireanupgrade
totheclientsidecodeinstalledoneachuserworkstation,addingtothesupportcostanddecreasing
productivity.Inaddition,boththeclientandservercomponentsoftheapplicationwereusuallytightly
boundtoaparticularcomputerarchitectureandoperatingsystemandportingthemtootherswasoften
prohibitivelyexpensiveforallbutthelargestapplications.
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