Web Applications

​A Web Application or Web App is a client Server software application in which the client (or user interface) runs in a web browser. Millions of businesses use the internet as a cost-effective communications channel. It helps them to exchange information with their target market and make fast, secure transactions. Web Applications use a combination of server-side scripts like PHP, ASAP etc. to handle the storage and retrieval of the information, and client-side scripts like JavaScript and HTML to present information to the users through the web browser. This allows users to interact with the company using online forms, content management systems, shopping carts and many more things. The application allows employees to create documents, share information, collaborate on projects and work on common documents regardless of location of device.

​Web Applications are usually coded in browser with supported language such as JavaScript and HTML as these types of languages rely on the browser to render the program executable. Some of the applications are dynamic, requiring server-side processing and others completely static with on processing required at the server, that’s called static website.

The web applications require a web server to run requests from the client, an application server to perform the tasks requested and sometimes, a database to store the information. There are lots of Applications working in the market like ASP.NET, ASP AND ColdFusion, PHP and JSP.