Web Applications

*A web application or Web Apps

- An app is a piece of software. It can run on the Internet, on your computer, or on your phone or other electronic device
-Refer to any application, services in internet.
-Ex: Google Documents, Windows Live Hotmail, Turbo Tax online and etc

*Web browsers are software applications that allow users to retrieve data and interact with content located on web pages within a website

* Examples of Browsers

- Internet Explorer
- Netscape
- Mozilla Firefox
- safari
- Opera

* - Web applications commonly use a combination of

Internet Explorer:

Static Web:

•Web 1.0
•considered as "read-only web." allows people to search for information and read it.
•Web 1.0 aren’t interactive
-closed to external editing
-Web 1.0 pages do not allow visitors to contribute

Example: Online official Information resources.

Dynamic Web:

•Web 2.0
•Dynamic interactive web sites
- Web interactions between people, software and data and describes a
•Typically combination of technology allowing user to interact with information.

Google Apps Technology:

* Messaging
* Calendaring
* Documents
* Video
* Sites
* Talk
* Maps

Google Mail (Gmail):

-It encourages users to communicate.
-IM, voice and video chat.
- Anytime, anywhere access to your email.