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=DESCRIPTION=
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| Web applications must be some of the most popular and accessible applications out there. Almost everyone has tried at least once in its life a web application whether to send an email or to write thoughts in an online journal. Now a days they have become indispensable and they are meant to make users' lives easier. As a short definition we could say that web applications are applications accessible through the internet or intranet and can be used to build webmails, blogs, forums, enterprise portals, wiki engines or even powerful search engines. When it comes to the internet the possibilities are endless. Web applications are based on the client/server architecture and use different technologies(Java, JavaScript, Flash and so on) to create user interface.
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=CLASSIFICATION=

If we were to classify web applications we would get the following categories:
*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Group-Calendaring---Collaborative-Applications collaborative applications]''' - these applications have the purpose to help a group of people or a team achieve their goal.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Content-Management content management systems]''' - these applications are supposed to manage information stored in a repository.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Search-Engines-1 search engines]''' - these applications will help users build fast search engines to include in their websites.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Portals portal applications]''' - these applications can be used to develop elaborate portals.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Social-Networking social networking applications]''' - these applications will allow users to build websites like MySpace or Youtube.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/RSS-readers RSS readers or news aggregators]''' - these applications are used to aggregate news feeds into one page.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Email email software]''' - software for sending and receiving emails. 
**'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Webmails webmail]'''
**'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Email-Clients email clients]'''
**'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Standalone-Email-Applications email server]'''

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Web-Servers web servers]''' - software that provides access to web documents.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Web-browsers web browsers]''' - software used to access the internet.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Wiki-Engines wiki engines]''' - software for building wikis similar to the famous Wikipedia.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Advertising-Tools-and-Software advertising tools]''' - software used in ad campaigns.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Blogs blogs]''' - software for building online journals.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Forums forums]''' - software for starting discussion boards.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/E-Commerce-Software e-commerce software]''' - electronic business application aimed at commercial transactions .

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/PHP-Scripts PHP scripts]''' - usable scripts.

*'''[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Email--Messaging---Other-Communications communicative software]''' - software used for chatting or online conferences.
**[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Chat-Servers chat]
**[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Instant-Messaging-Applications-1 instant messaging]
**[http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Conferencing-Applications conferencing applications]

=TOP CHARACTERISTICS=
Although this class contains all sort of products with different characteristics, there are a few features that are common to all of them, like:
*multi-tier architecture;
*accessible via internet or intranet;
*web interface, usually designed in JavaScript, Java, ASP .NET, Python, Perl etc;
*the use of Web application frameworks;
*the use of Servlets, Filters, JSP;
*most of them can be accessed through a web browser;
*most of them use the HTTP protocol;
*web applications are either presentation-oriented or service-oriented.

=TOP SOFTWARE=
Here is a list of users' favorite web applications, voted in 2007: 
1. [http://www.iterating.com/products/Firefox#reviews Firefox] ([http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Web-browsers Web browsers]) 
2. [http://www.iterating.com/products/Google-Reader#reviews Google Reader] ([http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/RSS-readers RSS Readers]) 
3. [http://www.iterating.com/products/Internet-Explorer-7#reviews Internet Explorer 7] ([http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Web-browsers Web browsers]) 
4. [http://www.iterating.com/products/Netvibes#reviews Netvibes] ([http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/RSS-readers RSS Readers]) 
5. [http://www.iterating.com/products/Opera#reviews Opera] ([http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Web-browsers Web browsers]) 
6. [http://www.iterating.com/products/Safari#reviews Safari] ([http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Web-browsers Web browsers] and [http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/RSS-readers RSS readers]) 
7. [http://www.iterating.com/products/AIM-Mail#reviews AIM] ([http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Webmails Webmails]) 
8. [http://www.iterating.com/products/Gmail#reviews GMAIL] ([http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Webmails Webmails]) 
9. [http://www.iterating.com/products/Yahoo--Mail#reviews Yahoo! Mail] ([http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Webmails Webmails]) 
10. [http://www.iterating.com/products/Skype#reviews Skype] ([http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Conferencing-Applications Conferencing applications] and [http://www.iterating.com/productclasses/Instant-Messaging-Applications-1 Instant messaging applications])

=COMMUNITIES=
*[http://www.mightyseek.com/ Web Application Security Podcast and Blog]
*[http://forum.webstandardsgroup.org/ WSG Forum] - discussion board on any subject related to web applications.
*[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/ Google Blog] - latest news on Google products.
*[http://blogs.msdn.com/ MSDN Blog]
*[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/blogs/ IBM developerWorks community] 
*[http://blogs.oracle.com/ Oracle Blog]
*[http://blog.mozilla.com/ The Mozilla Blog]
*[http://forums.asp.net/1019.aspx ASP.NET Forums]
*[http://forum.java.sun.com/index.jspa Sun Forum] 
*[http://theappleblog.com/ The Apple Blog]
*[http://www.webdeveloper.com/  Web Developer Forum]
*[http://forums.devshed.com/ Dev Shed Forums - Open source web development]
*[http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=465813 Developers Forum on Sourceforge.net]
*[http://www.devhunters.com/ Web Developer Forum]
*[http://my.opera.com/WebApplications/blog/ Web Applications Blog]

=SEE ALSO=
*[http://www.webapplist.com/ Unofficial Web Applications List] - here users can find a list of all sort of web applications.
*[http://nedwolf.com/Web-Applications.htm Best Free Web Applications] - a list of free and useful web applications. 
*[http://java.sun.com/j2ee/1.4/docs/tutorial/doc/WebApp.html Web Applications Tutorial] - a tutorial on how to build web applications.
*[http://www.user.com/webapps/webapps.htm Web vs. Desktop Design] - an interesting article on the comparison between web and desktop design.

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