Comparison/Difference between Web Application and Windows Application

Web Application 

·         Application loaded in the server. Client machine use the application using URL. you have to test it on different web browsers. Web applications are supposed to be tested on different browsers and OS platforms so broadly Web application is tested mainly for browser compatibility and operating system compatibility, error handling, static pages, backend testing and load testing.

·         It is a computer software application that is coded in a browser-supported language (such as HTML, ASP, PHP, Perl, Python etc.) and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable.

·         Web applications are very much useful when they are hosted. Web app can be access from anyware in the world through the internet.

·         Web application is tested mainly for browser compatibility and operating system compatibility, error handling, static pages, back-end testing and load testing.

·         Web applications are programs that used to run inside some web server (e.g., IIS) to fulfill the user requests over the http.

·         Common Web applications include Webmail, online retail sales, online auctions, wikis, discussion boards, Weblogs 

Windows Application

·         Application runs on personal computers and work stations, so when you test the desktop application you are focusing on a specific environment.

·         A program that is written to run under Microsoft's  Windows operating system.

·         Windows applications typically run under all 32-bit versions of Windows

·         Runs on personal computers and work stations.

·         Window based app. need to be install on your machine to access.

·         Windows applications (desktop) need to be installed on each client's PC.

·         Windows application runs faster than Web application.

·         Windows application have many inbuilt classes in .Net compared to Web application.