Apps vs . Open Web : The Battle of the Decade

Today, both desktop and mobile software systems are usually built to leverage resources available on the World Wide Web. However, in recent years desktop and mobile software have evolved in different directions. On desktop computers, the most popular application for accessing content and applications on the Web is the web browser. In mobile devices, in contrast, the majority of web content is consumed via custom-built native web apps. This divergence will not continue indefinitely. We anticipate that in the 2010’s we will witness a major battle between two types of technologies: (1) native web apps and (2) Open Web applications that run in a web browser or some other standards-compliant web runtime environment. This ―Battle of the Decade‖ will determine the future of the software industry – as well as the future of software engineering research – for years to come. Keywords–web applications, web programming, web-based software development, software engineering, web engineering,

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