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Code that runs with a purpose. Why is this not an application? I get what you're saying, but a widget is a subset of application. Widget has all attributes o
by cschneid 18y ago
Code that runs with a purpose. Why is this not an application?
I get what you're saying, but a widget is a subset of application. Widget has all attributes of application (code that runs), and then has additional attributes (limited size & scope).
I don't think the word application has any semantics that limit it to "useful".
- pxlpshr 18y agoI made a web-app yesterday, it printed Hello World except in l33t text. And I think that's the problem with SOME developers mentality about software. Just because it runs and compiles, does not make it an application consumers will use for lots of obvious reasons. If you want to be successful in software development, I would toss out the textbook semantic definitions, and focus more on 'applications of' technology that solves problems.
- mbreese 18y agoIn my mind, a web-app requires interaction... otherwise it is just a website. Now, the website can be backed by a rails-app, but to call this an app bit much. In my mind, it's a dynamically generated website.
- elliottkember 18y agoYeah, that's fair enough - I wouldn't call it an app either, and I made it. There's a rails app in there, but it's only generating a page. Rails made the generation process much easier, though :)