Currently stuck with what “app” means in webdev context.
I sign up for some webdev course and bought some webdev related books and all of them mentions “app”.
I mean in literal context, an app is just a piece code that would get called later if needed right? Am i missing something?
Like if i built a simple calculator using cpp and saved it. The file would be called an app right?
And also.
What’s the difference between library and an app?
Could someone dumb it down for me please?
Thanks in advance!
For me an app refers to a piece of code that the end user will interact with.
ah… i see! Thanks!
@zpartacoos so it’s roughly the same as declaring a variable on any programming language then calling it for later usage.
Am i correct?
@deesapoetra I assume a web app anything other than static web pages, since the server side will need to process info to give you an output
@vikinghoader could you dumb it down a bit more for me?
html game doesn’t require server side scripting. Does it still considered an app too? I mean they could process input and output.
@deesapoetra I would not consider it a web app but more a web game, my view is a bit biased from a pentester perspective, if there is no input processed on the server side, then it doesn't have functionality and thus I don't consider it a web app
@deesapoetra you'll probably get a different response from different devs as this seems like a gray area depending on your background. As far as I can tell, web developers call many things "app" whereas in mobile, embedded and desktop development that has a slightly different meaning.
For me, an app refers to a piece of code that the end-user will interact with whereas a library is meant for yourself or other developers, typically as an underlying component of the larger application/system.