Clarification on StackApps "App" vs "Script"

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Pursuant to a chat conversation there's some clarification needed on what it means for a stackapp to be an app or a script. I'm posting this for the community and for future searchers and as a bit of a FAQ (sorta)

If you haven't heard about this, read Jeff's latest blog entry Stack Apps and Scripts.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 19 '11 at 00:03

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Things that make you a app

you do NOT run in a web browser
you create a totally different user interface
you are not written in JavaScript
you are many thousands of lines of code, far too much to list in a Stack Overflow post or an average blog entry

Things that make you a script

you run only in the web browser
you make small modifications to the existing website user interface
you are written in JavaScript
your code is small enough to print in a Stack Overflow post or an average blog entry

This IMO is not so difficult to figure out.

answered Feb 19 '11 at 00:03

Jeff Atwood

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Our little SEChatModifications may not fit in a SO Post tho :\ and it's definitely Javascript – jcolebrand Feb 19 '11 at 00:04
@drachenstern, but it fits for everything else. So the code is long, it does a lot of things! – Rebecca Chernoff Feb 19 '11 at 00:24
Some apps run a in a webbrowser, eg http://stackapps.com/questions/36/. So i think your first point on app is not true. – Jonathan. Feb 19 '11 at 12:28
@Jonathan ~ viewing in a browser and hosted in a browser are two different things ... – jcolebrand Feb 19 '11 at 20:53
@drachenstern, of course your right, sorry Jeff – Jonathan. Feb 19 '11 at 21:13

Clarification on StackApps "App" vs "Script"

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