Difference between Website and Web application

Web applications and web sites are not exactly same. There exists some differences. This article describes a comparison between web application and web site.

Web Application VS Web Site
Website and web application has some differences and are given bellow:
Web site

• Its primary role is to inform. We can say a website is informational
• Not all web sites are web applications
• In general sense websites are static
• Websites are built using HTML, CSS, and small portion of JavaScript
• No programming language is required
• No database is required
• Example: cnn.com

Web Application

• Its primary role is to do something. We can say a web application is interactive
• All web applications are web site
• Web applications are dynamic
• Web applications are built using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, Programming Language (PHP, ASP, and Ajax etc)
• Programming language is required
• Most of the time database is required
• Example: Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Flickr, Paypal

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That’s all about website vs web application.