Basic Web Applications

Web application resides on a company’s Web server, and can be accessed over a network, such as the World Wide Web or an Internet. It is a three-layered application, the Web browser, the content generation technology tool such as Java servlets or ASP (Active Server Pages), and the company’s database. The Web browser makes the initial request to the database to perform the requested task, either by retrieving information from the database, or by updating it. Since Web applications reside on a server, they can be updated and modified anytime without distribution or installation of software on the client’s machines,. That is why there is the widespread adoption of Web applications in today’s organizations such as shopping carts, forms, login pages, dynamic content, discussion boards and blogs