A Web server exclusively handles HTTP requests, whereas an application server serves business logic to application programs through any number of protocols. Let’s examine each in more detail. A Web ...

Whether you're building a Web or desktop application, here's a round-up of tools for building the interface with plain old HTML. Being able to work comfortably on Web-related code elements -- HTML, ...

To understand how to do proper application server development, you need to understand how the two basic containers of an application server work, namely the Web container and the EJB container. This ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I track enterprise software application development & data management. Software builds applications. Some of those applications ...

More and more applications are being built on web technologies, from familiar web apps and services, to Electron-hosted JavaScript, to a new generation of stand-alone progressive web applications. The ...

Website defacements? Database dumps? Mysterious files? Here's how to tell if your Web application has been hacked -- and how to secure it once and for all When customers interact with your business, ...

Microsoft on Tuesday won a patent for launching a certain kind of HTML application within Windows. The patent, "Method and apparatus for writing a Windows application in HTML" (Hypertext Markup ...

Software applications in widespread general use can be broken down into two developmental types – those designed to run on the Web and others that are non-Web-based. Web-based apps are designed for ...

Keyboard shortcuts might seem kind of old school since they’re mainly associated with desktop applications, but bringing some basic shortcut functionality into your web application can easily enhance ...

Web-based employment application software offers a convenient alternative to paper-based job applications. More than 50 percent of companies use job boards, making it the top hiring tool. For salaried ...