Web Apps vs Web Sites
From Standard Pixel:
Indeed we are becoming more and more aware that there are two different categories of web project, Web Apps and Web Sites. Web Apps are a lot like a desktop client. Users expect to have a single interface and be able to get to everything they need in few clicks. Web Sites, on the other hand are more like a news paper and people expect to enter through a front page of some kind and explore in to get more detailed information on a subject. For me, I have settled on creating one Web App project with a Ruby on Rails back-end mixed with a client written in SproutCore. Another project however, is a simple information site which will use PHP, along with a little interface help from YUI. - SproutCore is a chainsaw and YUI is a paring knife.
Could not agree more. We decided a long time ago that there is a big difference between building a thick-client JavaScript app vs a web site with some JavaScript enhancements. Thick-clients require a whole new level of complexity that web sites don’t have. Use the right tool for the job.
