Web Development

Web site technology can be confusing. All kinds of terms are thrown around in techie conversations and most people don't know what any of it means.

We rarely build a web site completely out of static HTML these days. Nearly every site contains some levels of HTML, CSS, Javascript, AJAX, PHP or some other dynamic technology. Those technologies combine in the realm of web development.

Now Social Media has brought about a wave of requirements for Facebook Applications.

The terms don't matter as much as the delineation between two very distinct differences in the types of websites:

Is it a static web site?
Or is it a web application.

Static websites are easy to develop. The requirements are set and static web pages are built out of the necessary HTML technology.

Web applications are a different animal. They are more than just a page of information. The web application literally interacts differently with each visitor.

What is a Web Application?

web apps A web application is a program that can be accessed via the Internet that is coded in a language that Internet browsers can understand. A web application is a dynamic web site that "talks" to other technologies. You get to interact with the application via a browser.

The latest web applications provide access to software previously only distributed on individual computers one at a time. By availing your functionality to the network via web applications, you can now share updated data and functionality in real time.

Examples:

Database Integration - Your in-house legacy system is doing the Customer Relationship Management (CRM) work. The web application begins when you can see or update the CRM information from your web site. SOAP Integration is the common form.

eCommerce - Your web site ends when the description of a product ends and the "purchasing" of the product begins.

AJAX Tools - AJAX scripting can give your website a level of interactivity that is simply not possible with other tools.

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