Frontend applications
These are the applications presented to a solution’s end users. The users interact with these applications to operate the overall functionality provided. Frontend applications can be specifically built for desktop, web, or mobile. Desktop applications are not relevant to our scope as web applications already provide more convenient ways for consuming cloud services within web browsers. In this section, we will cover web applications; we will touch upon mobile applications later.
Typically, a web application is supposed to present information and let the user interaction via the user interface elements (also called controls). A web application comprises three pillars that correspond to different web technologies:
- Page content, structure, and basic formatting → HTML
- Advanced formatting and theming → CSS
- The behavior of page elements and interaction → JavaScript and WebAssembly
As web applications became more...