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Internet application development -- cheap and easy

Two factors are driving the cost of developing new Internet services down, the widespread adoption of an open platform strategy and the availability of Internet infrastructure services. We will discuss both of these. We conclude with the ultimate beneficiaries, end users. It is becoming much faster and easier for them to develop applications. Let's start with Twitter as an example of a company with an open platform strategy.... Show More

Keywords:: application development cost trend, application program interface, Internet infrastructure (cloud) services, end user application development trend, ecosystem, platform

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Academic Support Services / Library and Information Services / Information and Communication Technology Literacy / Information Literacy Standards

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Material Type:: Tutorial
Date Added to MERLOT:: July 22, 2011
Date Modified in MERLOT:: June 22, 2016
Author:: Larry Press, CSUDH
Submitter:: Larry Press

Primary Audience:: High School, College General Ed, College Lower Division
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Language:: English
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Creative Commons:: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States