What is a web application?

vrijdag 7 februari 2003

“ The first step toward differentiating web applications from traditional content-centric websites is to focus on the "application" part of the equation. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, an application is (among other things), "...a computer program designed for a specific task or use." That last phrase, "specific task," is perhaps the most important.

The fundamental purpose of all web applications is to facilitate the completion of one or more tasks. Unlike visitors to traditional, content-centric websites, users of web applications invariably arrive with specific goals, tasks, and expectations in mind. Of course, that's not to say that visitors to content-based websites don't also arrive with certain goals and expectations, but rather that the motivations for using a web application are almost always explicit and precise.”

What is a web application?

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