Web 2.0
The Internet has gone far beyond the average persons thinking. It is not only chatting or just surfing the web but it is a new way of connecting people and how to bring the experience from a desktop to the browser which will be more user friendly. For this reason some Rich Internet Applications (RIA) are required. Ajax is one of the widely used terms in this context in conjunction with flash, flex and Nexaweb. Web 2.0 application tends to interact with the end user and the end user had a greater role in the web 2.0 applications as he/she is not only the user of the application but also a participant. This may be through tagging the content, contributing to wiki, by podcasting or blogging. The user also provides feedback on the applications in addition to their social contribution to the applications.
One of the key components of web 2.0 are web services, and how these applications expose their functionality and can be combined with other applications to provide a rich set of new applications using mashups. Computer languages are required to perform these tasks, and it is very important to update the applications frequently so the many users get up to date information. Some of the applications of web 2.0 are flickr, del.icio.us, youtube, facebook, skyligo and myspace.
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