The components of a web application

Web applications have evolved from being static web pages to complex applications that provide a multitude of functionality. You can think of a web application as a normal computer application that simply operates over the internet.

In this section, we will discuss the various components of web applications.

Web application architecture

Web application architecture is the interaction between various components. The three primary types of web application architecture are as follows:

• Single-Page Applications (SPA): These are common now, with minimalism being the in thing for web applications. These work by dynamically updating content to the current page. Asynchronous Javascript and XML ...