Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 18 August 1997

Foil 5 The WebWindows Revolution!

From Master Set of Foils for Web Programming Course Jackson State University Mississippi -- Fall Semester 97. by Nancy McCracken, Geoffrey C. Fox, Tom Scavo *

WebWindows denotes the emerging architecture for essentially ALL modern software whether for
  • By now "traditional" client server computing model
  • New Internet based applications such as digital video services, commerce, electronic societies
  • Even mainframes are included as server in client- server model
Traditionally Software is written for a particular operating system
  • e.g. for Windows 95/NT UNIX or Macintosh
In WebWindows, one writes for the "Interface" defined by:
  • Web Standards such as HTML Java VRML HTTP ..
  • Implementation on top of Web Servers and Clients



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