What's the difference between app part, web part, and client web part?
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Just as SharePoint users have become accustomed to talking about web parts, Microsoft has changed the game from web parts to apps. A common question involves the difference between apps and web parts.
From an end user perspective, web parts and apps are similar – they both provide a way to add functionality to a SharePoint-based web site. Once created, they can be leveraged on multiple sites with proper deployment and configuration.
The primary difference between apps and web parts is how they are developed and deployed. Web parts are built to run within SharePoint and are deployed directly to SharePoint Servers. Apps run outside of the SharePoint environment and are simply added to SharePoint sites. One benefit of this is that poorly built apps will not impact your site like poorly built web parts can.
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- Proposed as answer by Dorrene BrownMicrosoft employee Saturday, August 31, 2013 2:03 AM
- Marked as answer by Dennis Guo Wednesday, September 4, 2013 1:20 PM
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Just as SharePoint users have become accustomed to talking about web parts, Microsoft has changed the game from web parts to apps. A common question involves the difference between apps and web parts.
From an end user perspective, web parts and apps are similar – they both provide a way to add functionality to a SharePoint-based web site. Once created, they can be leveraged on multiple sites with proper deployment and configuration.
The primary difference between apps and web parts is how they are developed and deployed. Web parts are built to run within SharePoint and are deployed directly to SharePoint Servers. Apps run outside of the SharePoint environment and are simply added to SharePoint sites. One benefit of this is that poorly built apps will not impact your site like poorly built web parts can.
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- Proposed as answer by Dorrene BrownMicrosoft employee Saturday, August 31, 2013 2:03 AM
- Marked as answer by Dennis Guo Wednesday, September 4, 2013 1:20 PM
