Web2.0 What's the next version?

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At a recent meeting, a customer asked his application to support Web 2.0; It was clear that he had read a lot about Web 2.0 articles. I answered him and explained to him the evolution of the web and its technology, and the fact that Web 2 was only a concept. Finally, this application does use the concept of Web 2.0, but it makes me think about the version number of the Web.

Where's the 1.0 edition?

The Web was a hot start, and companies and individuals wanted to know how to use the new medium. The motivation is to publish the information to the user. Various content management systems have been developed and used to manage the timely release of information. In addition, a personal web site is also a common carrier for users to express their own voice. This pattern is also changing as the web and its technologies evolve. Users become creators from simple content consumers, and the web is segmented into chunks and services that other sites can easily access.

Current Status: Version 2.0

The driving force behind the Web 2.0 campaign is to use the web as a platform. The concept has many meanings, including the user's participation, the rich user experience, the important role of data, and the loosely federated web driven by Web services. Any number of successful companies/websites can use facts to illustrate these concepts.

Google: Who else is more successful in the concept of applying Web 2.0 than this company? Google's business model relies on their data on countless web sites that are freely accessible. Google makes it easy for users to find information and listen to various options to adjust their user experience. In addition, many of Google's services are available through Web services.
Amazon: This is the leader of book information resources. Amazon has brought changes in book sales by allowing users to give feedback on the titles listed in the Web site and the number of rankings they sell. In addition, Amazon has developed its own database of data information, other sites can also use it. Its data can be accessed through a Web service.
ebay: No Web site can emphasize user involvement like ebay. Its growth is organically combined with the activities of users (buyers and sellers). Many of ebay's features are available through public Web services.
Wikipedia: This site is the ultimate example of online collaboration. It allows users to easily add and/or edit their data. A large number of users using the encyclopedia content ensure that the entries are valid.
These examples illustrate the fundamentals of the Web 2.0 concept. One notable feature of the top three companies is the ability to integrate their functionality through Web services into another Web application. It breaks the web into components, giving it the essential features of a loosely-integrated web.

Another notable example of collaboration and the creation of content by the hands of the user is the blog, which evolved from the simple way in which users created and maintained an online diary to a full-fledged system that publishes information on the Web.

While collaboration and community are key features of Web 2.0, they are also important elements of the open source and free software movement, which is also moving in the direction of Web 2.0. Open source brings developers to the community to create and improve software. Software bugs are reduced, and problems are quickly resolved because of the size of the open source community and the sheer volume of attention and action that is being given to the software.

Another technology driven by Web 2.0 or an example called a method is Ajax, which defines a way to create a rich client interface. It leverages the advantages of time-tested technologies (JavaScript and XML) that have been used to create powerful Web applications.

The example programs and techniques mentioned earlier are just an enumeration of the programs and technologies available today, but it does give people an idea of what they can get from applications that use Web 2.0 patterns.

Is the 3.0 coming?

The WEB 2.0 concept has been around for some time now, so someone will ask what will happen next. It is common sense that Web 3.0 is the next version, and it is already being discussed. So what does the next version of the Web bring to us? Some of the core concepts include: making technology available to more people, exploring the idea of forever online and forever serving, and addressing privacy issues as more and more personal information is posted on the web.

What do you think of it?

In general, the Web does not yet have an official version number, but community members will give it a different number at different stages of its development. With the Web starting from 1.0, and publishing information as its key concept, Web development to 2.0, with a particular emphasis on the importance of user involvement, what do we want from the rapid growth of the web? Share your thoughts about the Web development community in the form of a discussion article.

Tony Patton's career began with application developers, and he has obtained the Java, VB, Lotus, and XML certifications that represent their professional level.