Start networking and exchanging professional insights

Register now or log in to join your professional community.

Follow

What is the difference between web development and app development? Do both have same features? explain

user-image
Question added by Haithm Baobaid , Senior consultant freelancer , freelancer
Date Posted: 2019/01/07
Aravind G
by Aravind G , SOFTWARE TESTING

Web Development is related to the development of wedsites which can be generally view by all and App development is related to the development of application in mobile for personnel and security for customers to use it

Alaa Adel Jafaar
by Alaa Adel Jafaar , Senior Technical Engineer , Al Bawani construction ( F.A )

Web designers use various design programs such as Adobe Photoshop to create the layout and other visual elements of the website. ... Web developers use HTML, CSS, Javascript, PHP and other programming languages to bring to life the designfiles.

Muhammad Hammad
by Muhammad Hammad , Software Engineer , Sitronics Telecom Solution

web development runs on server which is apache IIS server .where the app development runs on PC and laptop which have exe file, while the web app have no exe file

web and app (desktop/mobile) development differs in many ways, however to simplify it in few words. Development, Deployment and Updates, and Service Delivery is key difference. Techincal Features may differ as well, but output may same for both. Think of games which runs seamless on many different platforms.

suraj kumbhar
by suraj kumbhar , Software Developer , Shagun Developers

In Web Development There is Web Application develope and hosted in in the respected servers like apache,iis etc

But in app development there is perticular application development and there is and executable file format

but in web app there is no exe file .

Faiq Siddiqui
by Faiq Siddiqui , Software Architect Team Lead , Sahara Home Care / Chiragh Technology

Web is universal and platform independent/ free application, mean web-application or web-apps may execute perfectly in any OS who has modern WEB Browsers.. 

 

While

app is like a desktop application which is mostly dependent on OS.

 

Aboobakkar Siddeq D U
by Aboobakkar Siddeq D U , Software Engineer/Support , Stop Point Technology & Trading

Web designer means the person who use different design programs like Photoshop, Microsoft Visio, or simple HTML, CSS to create the layout and other visual elements for the website, where as a Web Developers use HTML, CSS, Javascript, C#, Asp.Net, Java and other programming languages to perform some actions in web.

HASSAN RAZA
by HASSAN RAZA , Senior Full Stack Developer , Thingtrax

The Word Web Development Specifically related to web mean site working on http or https protocol.if we talking about application development its may be web application or desktop application or both...

Muhammad Khalid
by Muhammad Khalid , Assistant Manager Development & Infrastructure , Punjab Information Technology Board

Development of applications specificaly to run as website can be called web development. 

App development is generalized form in which we can develop web applications, desktop applications, Mobile applications etc.

Suman Rajbhar
by Suman Rajbhar , System Analyst , Sys Dev Limited

Features may not wide different but web app must have http or https protocol whether app development depends on OS platform.

Jinan Kordab
by Jinan Kordab , Intermediate Programmer , Innovative Systems Design

Example of App Development is traditional Windows Forms App, or an application that opens up as Windows Forms and can run without internet, like games. Web Development is related to everything that is related to the internet and the Web. A website , for example, can also be built as HTML 5 App, that runs on mobile phones and desktop computers also. To summarize, web development is greater in scope, and includes app development.

More Questions Like This