1. A method for building a web-based application, comprising: defining a scope of the web-based application, via a programming module, based on a plurality of parameters of a non-web-based application; defining an error-handling mechanism based on an error-handling mechanism of the non-web-based application; defining a plurality of resources for the web-based application; defining the mechanism of function for each resource of the plurality of resources; and building, using a computer processor, the web-based application.