Theory
Before you learn how to create a VKontakte application, we’ll first understand what is meant by this term.
There are only two types of software:
- Basic. It can include software that is installed on any device that operates on the basis of logical operations and does not change under any circumstances. Take, for example, your home computer. In addition to the usual operating system that you encounter every time, including a personal computer (for example, Windows), there is software such as BIOS (from the English “Basic Operating System” - the basic system). It is responsible for the health and proper operation of everything that relates to a personal computer: monitor, mouse, keyboard, printer, RAM, and more. In the event that something does not work, the BIOS will display an error message on the screen.
- Application software - any software installed on the computer, for example, it can be all your favorite Windows, Unix or Linux. Any program running under any operating system is an application.
How to create a VK application
The VKontakte application is an application software that must perform one or another function. How to create a VKontakte application? To do this, you need to know at least one of the programming languages with which programs are created.
There are many programming languages, for sure you have already read a lot of articles about them and are now in confusion: how to create a VKontakte application if you don’t know any of them? But do not worry. We’ll hasten to reassure you, the creation of VKontakte applications is a laborious but feasible process.
For programming any web application, only three main languages are used:
- PHP (Preprocessor Hypertext), which forked not so long ago from C ++ and is developing quite fast. To learn how to create a VKontakte application, you will need tutorials and tutorials on this language from the latest and most trusted sources. On the basis of this language, not only applications are created, but also the most modern and multifunctional websites are written.
- Javascript Most often, this language is used to create applications for mobile phones, smartphones and gadgets. You can take this language as a basis. To understand how to create a VKontakte application based on Java, you need to understand at least html. Java is not as complex as PHP, and therefore you can learn it yourself.
- Flash applications. One of the most interesting web programming tools. To create flash-applications "VKontakte" you need Adobe Flash 2.0 or Flex Builder. But in any case, a beginner can not do without learning ActionScript, which is a high-level language (like PHP), but is used for other purposes. If you are an amateur in programming who has not yet encountered this process and does not know a single language, then it will be very difficult for you to understand what ActionScript is.
Despite the variety of programming languages, JavaScript is most convenient for creating applications of this kind. Note that to create an attractive interface for the VKontakte application, you will need an API (“Application Programming Interface” - an interface for creating applications).
At first, a beginner may find it impossible to master programming languages. But if you understand the simplest html language, then creating a VKontakte application will not be difficult for you.