Web App – The Beginning
When I was JC2 long time ago, web app was simple. When I googled for a tutorial on how to build a web app, the approach that I came up with was:
- Proprietary server to host the app. I used Union Server because it has documented examples.
- HTML, CSS, jQuery UI for the front-end user interface. (It seems that nobody uses jQuery UI anymore)
- jQuery, JavaScript for handling user interactions.
Since the proprietary server has a JavaScript client, with very easy to use APIs, the development was quite easy. I thought I had known everything that I need to know to become a web developer, but I was so wrong. Continue reading