In the beginning of the Web, pages were static. They only used to show content with minimal interactivity and functionality. But with the advancement in the standards of the Web along with the evolution of computers, efficient browsers, enhanced tools and libraries, creating web applications has now become very easy, and a lot of functionalities can be added very quickly.
Here is a simple definition of web applications—any application that runs on a browser is a web application. There are many web applications that we use in our daily routine to check mails, read news, watch videos, and so on. Web applications run in your browser and do not require much of your computer resources.
The Web is growing at a very high rate. Many companies are building their applications on the Web. The first and most important benefit is that it is independent of the operating system. You can run it on Windows, Mac, or Linux and it works the same, because the work is mainly done by the browsers and they are available for most operating systems.
Here are some of the examples of web applications:
Gmail
Dropbox
Flickr
Facebook
