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Latest revision as of 13:14, 17 April 2018
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
- Node.js
- Same-origin policy
- Single-page application
- Solution stack
- Web application development
- Web app manifest - provides information about an application (such as name, author, icon, and description) in a JSON text file. The purpose of the manifest is to install web applications to the homescreen of a device, providing users with quicker access and a richer experience.
- Web-based simulation
- Web browser
- Web developer
- Web server
- WebSocket
- Yii
External links
- Web application Wikipedia
