What is a CRUD web application?

crud-web-app.md

What is a CRUD web application?

A CRUD Web application is the most basic type of web application. It allows you to create and edit data and show that data to your users.

The simplest example of a CRUD web application would probably be a blog. A blog allows you to create, read, update, and delete blog posts.

A more advanced web application like an analytics platform (e.g. Google Analytics) or a social network (e.g. LinkedIn) is not considered a CRUD web application because it has many advanced features that go beyond simply creating and updating data.

CRUD Means:

• Create
• Read
• Update
• Delete

CRUD Web Applications Allows Users To:

• Create data
• Read data in a list or as individual items
• Update data in a list or as an individual item
• Delete data from a list or from an individual item

Example CRUD Web Applications:

• Wordpress lets you create, update, and delete blog posts and pages
• Wikipedia lets you create, update, and delete articles
• Craigslist lets you create, update, and delete postings

Beyond CRUD:

• Facebook has a lot of CRUD functionality, but it also has real-time messaging, recommends posts and events to you, and has a powerful search. These features go way beyond a basic CRUD web app.
• Twitter and Instagram are pretty basic CRUD web apps on the surface, but since they also have the ability to follow and they recommend content, they're not considered CRUD web apps.
• Amazon also has a lot of CRUD features (creating, viewing, updating, deleting products), however their recommendations and search functionality are so advanced they go beyond the basic definition of a CRUD web app.