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Rich internet and mobile applications

Rich internet and mobile applications

- [Narrator] Web technology has evolved to be more dynamic and more interactive, and this enhanced functionality comes with its own unique risks. Two types of applications that have come into being as a result of these changes are rich internet applications and mobile applications. Rich internet applications are web applications that look and feel like desktop apps. In other words, they're delivered through the internet. Although to the end users, all of the features and functionality at their fingertips seem more like an app that they might install in their laptop. Many of these applications were originally written using tools like Flash or Silverlight, but those tools have been replaced by JavaScript and HTML5. As a matter of fact, most social media web applications you use today are rich internet applications with a JavaScript front end and code written in C++, Java or Python on the backend. While this application architecture makes for a better user experience, it does come with…

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