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Damn impressive work with Javascript, guys! We are rapidly getting to the point where it's almost difficult to tell at a glance if you are using a web-based ap

by bprater 18y ago

Damn impressive work with Javascript, guys! We are rapidly getting to the point where it's almost difficult to tell at a glance if you are using a web-based app or a client-based app.

asnyder 18y ago
A JavaScript application is a client-based app. The only difference is that you go to a url that loads your client app, versus having it already installed on your system.
- boucher 18y ago
  It's a pretty big difference though from downloaded desktop software.
  - asnyder 18y ago
    How? Don't you consider Flash, Java, and Silverlight applications to be downloaded software? What if it's an AcitveX application that's served through your browser, is that a web based application?
- bprater 18y ago
  Hrm, I've always used the verbage 'web-based app' for anything that funneled its way over to the Internet and was stuck in my browser. (Versus something that hung out on my hard drive.) Do you guys think it's inaccurate to call an app like this one that is 95% Javascript 'web-based'? If not, what is a more accurate word?
  - alaskamiller 18y ago
    It resides on a web server, you access it via a web browser, it's a web-based app.
  - asnyder 18y ago
    Do you consider a Java Applet to be a web based application?
- tlrobinson 18y ago
  I see two levels in the hierarchy: first there's "desktop" vs "web", then within "web" there's "client-side" vs. "server-side" (or more commonly, some combination of the two). Straight up HTML and CSS pages powered by your favorite server-side technology (PHP, Rails, J2EE...) are clearly server-side web apps. I'd say page-based web apps that add some dynamism via JavaScript (like Hacker News, Reddit, etc) are still mostly server-side with a little bit of client-side stuff. 280 Slides is still a web-app, but it's almost entirely client-side. However, the lines are blurring with things like Google Gears (err... "Gears") and Adobe AIR.
seiji 18y ago
They have an unreleased wrapper to make their web-based apps deployable as desktop-only apps too.

by bprater 18y ago

Damn impressive work with Javascript, guys! We are rapidly getting to the point where it's almost difficult to tell at a glance if you are using a web-based app or a client-based app.

asnyder 18y ago

A JavaScript application is a client-based app. The only difference is that you go to a url that loads your client app, versus having it already installed on your system.

boucher 18y ago
It's a pretty big difference though from downloaded desktop software.
- asnyder 18y ago
  How? Don't you consider Flash, Java, and Silverlight applications to be downloaded software? What if it's an AcitveX application that's served through your browser, is that a web based application?
bprater 18y ago
Hrm, I've always used the verbage 'web-based app' for anything that funneled its way over to the Internet and was stuck in my browser. (Versus something that hung out on my hard drive.) Do you guys think it's inaccurate to call an app like this one that is 95% Javascript 'web-based'? If not, what is a more accurate word?
- alaskamiller 18y ago
  It resides on a web server, you access it via a web browser, it's a web-based app.
- asnyder 18y ago
  Do you consider a Java Applet to be a web based application?
tlrobinson 18y ago
I see two levels in the hierarchy: first there's "desktop" vs "web", then within "web" there's "client-side" vs. "server-side" (or more commonly, some combination of the two). Straight up HTML and CSS pages powered by your favorite server-side technology (PHP, Rails, J2EE...) are clearly server-side web apps. I'd say page-based web apps that add some dynamism via JavaScript (like Hacker News, Reddit, etc) are still mostly server-side with a little bit of client-side stuff. 280 Slides is still a web-app, but it's almost entirely client-side. However, the lines are blurring with things like Google Gears (err... "Gears") and Adobe AIR.

seiji 18y ago

They have an unreleased wrapper to make their web-based apps deployable as desktop-only apps too.