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| − | A web application is created using browser-supported [[programming languages]], such as the combination of [[JavaScript]], [[HTML]] and [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]] | + | A web application is created using browser-supported [[programming languages]], such as the combination of [[JavaScript]], [[HTML]] and [[Cascading Style Sheets|CSS]]. |
Web applications typically modify the [[Document Object Model]] to display [[output]]. | Web applications typically modify the [[Document Object Model]] to display [[output]]. | ||
Revision as of 08:11, 2 December 2015
A web application or web app is any computer program that runs in a web browser.
Description
A web application is created using browser-supported programming languages, such as the combination of JavaScript, HTML and CSS.
Web applications typically modify the Document Object Model to display output.
Benefits and popularity
Web applications are popular due to the ubiquity of web browsers, and the convenience of using a web browser as a client, sometimes called a thin client.
The ability to update and maintain web applications without distributing and installing software on potentially thousands of client computers is a key reason for their popularity, as is the inherent support for cross-platform compatibility.
Examples
Common web applications include:
See also
- Cascading Style Sheets
- Computer program
- Document Object Model
- HTML
- JavaScript
- MEAN (software bundle)
- Model-view-controller
- Same-origin policy
- Single-page application
- Solution stack
- Web browser
- Web server
- WebSocket
External links
- Web application Wikipedia
