Comparison of Web Application Frameworks and Impact of Responsive Web Applications

This article compares different web application frameworks such as WordPress, Joomla, Codeignitor, and Text pattern. It also discusses the impact of responsive web applications on mobile devices. The article highlights the importance of responsive web design and how it can improve the user experience on mobile devices.

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a) Comparison with Modern Web application
The board game web application was designed very carefully with proper html and CSS
implementation. The CSS was used to make the web application more attractive and eye-
catching. The board game web application is made for the community of Puketapu, a town in
New Zealand, has a club called Board Games Aficionados. The web application suites their
purpose as it provides the basic information related with the events, date and many more.
Their previous web application was just a static web page which just show some basic game
information and does not provide any modification as well. However, the web application is
been modified to a certain level where the Create, Read, Update and Delete function were
enabled to enhance the functionality and the effectiveness of the web application. The modified
web application can be considered as a moderate web application members can easily log-in
and check game records as well. The whole interface of the web application was not too glossy
as the CSS file is very basic. However, the functionality and usability of the web application is
very moderate as it provides easy log-in and easy modification options.
This web application lacks some major utilities comparing to the modern web application. The
design of the web application is very poor as it does not provide several layers and sections
which are common in the modern web application.
b. Comparison of the Web Application Frameworks
1. WordPress – It is an open-source and online website creation tool, which is mainly
coded in PHP. It is one of the most easiest and powerful blogging tool in the recent times. The
platform provides enough efficiency for web developers in order to build efficient sites for

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clients. WordPress is an ideal tool for simple form of websites for blogging and publishing news
articles.
2. Joomla – It is an open-source and free form of content management system (CMS) that would
be useful for publishing contents on the internet platform. The tool is mainly designed as a form
of community platform that has strong features of networking. In terms of comparison, Joomla
combines the purpose of flexibility and power, with the retention of the nature of user-
friendliness powered by WordPress (Coker & Mukundan, 2013). The platform of Joomla is
primarily used for designing websites that would have much level of content and provides a
structured form of flexibility such as social networking sites and e-Commerce sites.
3. Codeignitor – It is a PHP development framework that possesses a small footprint. It
is very much helpful for developers who would need a basic, simple and a sophisticated toolkit
in order to create a fully featured applications based on the web platform (Chang et al., 2015).
Codeignitor is also known as an open source software that is helpful in providing a secure
framework of development. This is also used for the creation of dynamic websites with the use
of PHP.
4. Text pattern – It is a free and open source CMS that is primarily based on MySQL and PHP.
The main aim of Text pattern is to become a general purpose CMS that would be suitable for the
aim of deployment within many form of contexts. Text pattern and WordPress are two forms of
blogging platforms and open source content management systems that are free of cost and are
based on the platforms of MySQL and PHP (Sima, Kelly & Hoffman, 2015). Hence, users have
the capability to download the latest versions of the CMSs in a straight manner and free from the
official websites.

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In comparison to the other form of platforms, WordPress would provide much form of
flexibility when compared to the other platforms. WordPress provides the ability for
customization, creation of plugins, modification of themes and the modification of the core files.
Although Joomla provides the feature of customizability, the tool lacks the approach of web and
the latest model of themes.
c. Impact of Responsive Web Applications
The optimization of mobile is becoming free of access in the recent times with the
growing use of technology. The responsive form of design of web applications would allow the
user to possess a single website that would automatically fit within the screen size of the mobile
device during the process of viewing. The responsiveness of the web based applications could be
performed by the adaption of the content, navigation, design and the interaction method of
deliverance of the same form of comfort (Zheng, Zhang & Ganesh, 2016). It also provides the
purpose of usability for the mobile devices as similar with the desktop users. The responsive
form of web design could be defined as the methodology that would recommend the
implementation and design of a particular website, which would be able to respond to the
behaviour and environment depending on the size of screen, operating system and orientation of
the device.
A mobile web application would mainly combine the versatility of the internet
applications with the additional functionality of touch enabled devices. Responsive web
applications provides a rich look for the website and provides a best feeling for the users. The
optimization within the web applications would also provide various form of services such as
improved form of video capabilities, offline browsing and improved location based services

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(Adams & Pinenkov, 2015). As the mobile applications are based on the internet technologies,
they are mostly compatible with the latest smartphones for the content view of large form of
mobile audiences.
The speed of the computing devices is limited. The limitation within the computing
speeds is fundamental. An efficient algorithm within the computing device would be able to
perform higher forms of computation within the computer hardware. Further improvements
within the computer hardware would be possible with the efficiency within the computing
algorithms.

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