Comparison of Web Application Frameworks and Impact of Responsive Web Applications

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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.