Web Applications Development
Providing your website visitors with online tools, services, and promotions
is the best way to ensure they continue to utilize, and go on to recommend,
your website. eXoloop's Web Solutions enhance corporate web sites and web-based
systems in order for clients to update content on the fly, personalize user
experiences, and capture valuable data. eXoloop's development team focuses on
usability, efficient performance, and integration of functionality with a
professionally designed and comfortable user-interface. Our experienced team
will provide your business with the online tools to keep your customers coming
back.
What is a Web Application?
Web application is essentially a website which supports certain functionality.
Unlike the most common website, which concentrates on providing information to its
visitors, web application allows your visitors to enjoy a variety of services,
perform a sophisticated set of operations, and better communicate with your business.
The most common example of a web application is an Online Store which provides your
visitors with the services like locating a product, reading more information about
the product, and ultimately purchasing the product.
Advantages
- Accessibility - Every user with a web browser and an internet connection
can access your web application from anywhere in the world and at any time.
- Cross-Platform Compatibility - It does not matter if the user of your web
application user has a PC or Mac, nor the version of the operating system on
his computer. As long as your user has a standard web browser he will be able
to view and use your web application.
- Ease of Use - Web applications are usually more intuitive and easy-to-use
for novice computer users and therefore less costly when it comes to integrating
a new web application with your business and training your employees.
- Lower Installation and Maintenance Costs - Due to the fact that a web
application is usually installed on a single web server, it is easier to install
and maintain it, and as a result it is less costly.
- Collaborative Work - Web applications allow access of multiple users to the
same information and can help increase the productivity of your personnel.
- Distribution - Your web application can be divided into one or more parts,
which will provide different types of functionality to various types of users.
For example, an online store may have the following parts:
- A storefront which will serve people (your customers) that would like to
purchase a certain product.
- A store management module which will allow the online store employees to
handle and fulfill orders, enter product information, etc.
- Inventory management module which will provide your business with a full
control over supply and demand and the state of your inventory in one or more
locations.
Disadvantages
- Simplistic User Interface - Although the simplicity of the user interface
is what makes web applications easier use and integrate with your business,
some solutions require a more sophisticated user interface in order to perform
certain tasks.
- Reduced Performance - The performance of a web application depends on the
speed of your internet connection (the faster the better) and the quality and
web server, which hosts the web application. In addition, for each request made
from the user's web browser, the web server has to connect to one or more
databases and generate an HTML response (A step which is not required in desktop
applications).
Hosting Issues - Large companies and corporations may choose to host their
web applications on their own servers, but for most medium and small companies
this may be an unnecessary expense and thus hosting their web application with
a hosting company would be a better solution.
If you choose to host your website or web application with a hosting company (ASP)
you should keep the following points in mind:
- Security - Since your web application and its database are hosted on the
hosting company's server, they have full access to all of the information in
your database and might potentially make illegal use of it.
- Availability - Your web application will be available as long as the server
on which it is installed is up and running properly. The problem is that even
the most reliable servers require maintenance and repair from time to time and
as a result, on these occasions your web application or website will be inaccessible.
- Backup - Data is one of the most important assets of your company. It is
important that you make sure that the hosting company you are working with will
backup your database(s) on a regular basis to prevent any data loss.
- Stability - Hosting companies are notoriously unstable, a company that is
here today may be taken over or even go bankrupt tomorrow. This kind of situation
might cause you to lose access to your web application and database temporarily or
even permanently.
Host With eXoloop!
Because it is not ease to find a reliable hosting company, eXoloop is offering high-end
hosting services which will make sure that your web application and data are protected,
backed up, and available 99% of the time.
The basic steps for building a web application at eXoloop are almost similar to
the way we handle any software development project. The main difference is the
configuration of the project and the deployment of the web application once it is
ready to launch.
Most web applications are divided into two main parts. The first part is a front-end
web application, which is usually a customer-oriented website with different services
that can be controlled by a back-end application, which is the administration area.
Front-End Web Application
The front-end web application is usually the business front you will display
to your customers. The way your business is represented on the web has tremendous
importance and often the level of professionalism and ease of navigation in you
website will determine the kind of image your business will project and the amount
of business your website will generate.
eXoloop offers high-end design which is built to fit the customer's taste and
the website target market, comfortable user interface, and content generation
services which will make your website stand out, and generate the maximum amount
of business for your company. Visit the website development page for more
information about eXoloop's web development process.
A common example for a front-end web application is an online store, which
displays the company's products, and let the visitor submit his purchase.
Back-End Web Application
Each web application can have one or more back-end web applications which will
serve different users and allow them to customize the front-end web application and
manage the information which was collected by it. A good back-end application
should make your company's work easier and integrate seamlessly with your standard
work process.
The eXoloop team includes experts in application design and development, which
will provide your company with various solutions for managing your any aspect of
your business and will increase its productivity.
A common example for a back-end web application is an the administration area
of an online store which enables the business owner to add and remove product from
the store, handle orders, etc.
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