Techniques for managing program applications include an application being managed having an object-oriented interface with objects having data and methods to change the data. Changing these objects and/or the data of the objects changes the outcome of the application. A hyper-text transfer protocol (HTTP) server, a server-side script engine, and a scheduling mechanism are embedded in the application, i.e., they are made part of, and therefore run on, the same programming process as the application. Tasks to be performed by the application, the HTTP server, and the script engine are scheduled. The HTTP server processes requests of HTTP clients, typically supplied via a Web browser, and forwards them to the script engine. The script engine, which has direct access to the application objects, interacts with the application being controlled. The HTTP server runs the script engine for the requested script and formats the resulting information being returned to the client.