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PHP Leads Web 2.0

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Short Desciption: PHP Leads Web 2.0
Content Inside: At this stage, most people perceive Web 2.0 through the rapidly increasing number of dynamic websites like Flickr, Facebook, MySpace or Yahoo!. Compared to classic websites they are far more interactive and behave more and more like classic desktop applications, mostly thanks to AJAX, a client-side technology that resembles traditional user interface behavior in a browser. A good example is Zimbra1, a web based PIM application that offers the functionality of classic programs like Outlook or Thunderbird.


 It looks like a desktop application, it reacts almost as quick (or slow) as a desktop application — so is it a desktop application? Yes and no. Yes, because it performs all the tasks and actions you demand from it. No, because the underlying technologies and deployment methods are completely different.

Let’s have a look at classic methods of developing, deploying and using applications. Usually, applications are
written for a specific platform, be it Windows, Linux or the Mac, in a platform specific programming language like C++. The developer compiles the program and distributes it to the user. The user installs and runs the application. So far so good. If the user wants to use the application on more than one computer, he needs to install (and maybe licence) the application on all computers he wishes to use. Every time the application is updated, the user needs to install the update (on all computers). Now translate that into an enterprise with tens of thousands of employees and the ongoing maintenance of such applications becomes a real challenge.

Posted by PDFor Monday, August 23, 2010

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