It refers to client-server model where service requester is called client.
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Client-Server Application Object with child Objects
Actually I'm going to build an Client Server Application, at the Login I recive the User Object from the Server.
An user has a List of tasks, but I don't want to load them at the Login.
So what would ...
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Software architecture confusion App-Server/Client
i have a question about the following software architecture:
So, there is one database, an app server, which provide a restful service, a client and a framework, used by the app server and the ...
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1answer
171 views
An embedded C developer wishing to interface some code with a web page
Okay, so as the title says, I'm an embedded C/C++ developer.
Right now, I'm working on a project that involves a client/server C application. The server side of the application is running on ...
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Node.js, Client side web cache
So, I am not expert at Node.js, but from what I was looking at with Node.js it seems possible.
I am trying to cache data (A and B below) on the client (client 1 below) so that I can get that data on ...
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1answer
56 views
Custom mobile app and custom server app [duplicate]
I have this little bit simple and general question. Let's say I build an android app which requires an online server to communicate with. The thing is that I want to make the communication on my own ( ...
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2answers
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How to handle a large amount of authenticated clients
I currently have made a multithreaded server in c++ for windows, where each connected client gets a thread to themselves which stays running until the client's socket is closed.
When a client ...
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3answers
113 views
Client and I don't know each other - any tips on ensuring client won't run off w/o paying? [closed]
I'm in college. I've taken to finding badly coded websites, e-mailing the owners and telling them I can fix it in exchange for Paypal money. I just completed one of these little fixes for a site, and ...
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1answer
139 views
What's best for a client library: userland code or schema files?
I'm building a client library that consumes a collection of OpenStack API services. I know that as time goes on more services will be added - so I want to come up with a clean and neat way of ...
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2answers
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What kind of webservice can be called with just a browser url?
Can a webservice be written in such a way that it can be called via just a browser url?
For eg. if the webservice is called GetStockQuote, then it should be callable by the following url on the ...
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2answers
477 views
When is the private key given to the client? [closed]
http://www.thebuzzmedia.com/designing-a-secure-rest-api-without-oauth-authentication/
I've been reading the article and I haven't really grasped it yet. When is the private key given to the client?
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2answers
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How to assure client that we will complete our project and won't run away with the money [closed]
I have decided to work as a freelancer. I have developed a software and have successfully given the presentation demo. The client liked it and has agreed to implement the project in his organisation.
...
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1answer
199 views
Make an app that communicates with an app on a server over wifi [closed]
This is a very broad question, and I'm just looking for a pointer in the right direction more than a specific answer, but it's something I've always wondered and never known.
Lets say I have a ...
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1answer
353 views
constants/enums in API
What are a few ways constants and enums are dealt with when creating an API Client? I'm writing a client in python for our API and I've hit a sticking point with this. We use a lot of mappings to ...
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1answer
162 views
A Server sending data to be processed to clients [closed]
About a year ago I had an idea in mind which was using my friends computers to help me process my data, so I programmed a socket server application with boost::asio, and gave the client part of it to ...
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2answers
626 views
How to get requirements from Non-technical client? [closed]
I’ve working as a software engineer for last 4 years. Throughout my small experience I worked for IT organizations, where we had separate role of project manager, analyst, quality engineer and ...
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3answers
478 views
Should we be completely honest to our clients about a time frame for a project?
I have been having this experience for sometime now, when a client needs a software product and contacts me, the client usually wants to know the time frame on which this product will be accomplished. ...
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4answers
214 views
The right place to embed a parser : Server or the Client?
I'm writing a database management software. It has a client-server architecture where the server has the piece of code to store and retrieve. The client has to get the input from the user, connects to ...
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1answer
1k views
Building a strong robust client-server system
I need some help with regards to implement a pre-designed system that has 4 components and several constraints. I've spent approximately 50 hours trying to determine the best way to build this system; ...
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1answer
370 views
How to architect a P2P application
[Moved here at the suggestion of SO users (10k SO+)]
I'd like to develop a peer-to-peer application. While I have a lot of experience in LOB apps, I'm new to the P2P arena.
I've got a rough idea of ...
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1answer
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Should I re-download my server data after each change?
I have a simple DB editor that sits on the client. When I make changes via the editor, should I re-get all my data, as some of it is changed, or can I just do a check to make sure the procedure ran ...
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1answer
351 views
Which .NET technology would work as an improvement for this client/server application?
I am helping a friend with his rewrite of his .NET application, currently using WinForms + sockets, which is a client/server program that currently has on average ~120 concurrent users (sending ...
9
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2answers
625 views
What to do when a client asks for something unreasonable (from my point of view)
I'm a freelance programmer and recently I finished a website, it all works fine but there was one user that complained to my client that he couldn't log in. This problem was clearly a ...
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4answers
461 views
Would you refactor this and if so, would you charge your client?
I am working on a freelance job at home. The client wants me to write some new functionality for his CMS, but it is taking me a lot of time to figure out what the code is doing, because it is written ...
2
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4answers
894 views
AGPL License - does it apply in this scenario?
There is an AGPLv3 based software (Client) that makes web service calls (using SOAP) to another software (Server - commercial, cloud based). There is no common code or any connection whatsoever ...
2
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1answer
861 views
Should I Use WCF For My Purpose?
I wrote two programs that server and client can connect to each other (one program for server and another for client) with their IP addresses (socket programming).
Now I want to modify it so that if ...
2
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2answers
371 views
Ambiguous program requirements
it seems that most of the programming exercises that I am currently doing, are a little bit ambiguous when it comes to specifying what should I do.
When programmers work with clients, are the clients ...
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7answers
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What to do when client have unrealistic expectations? [closed]
I've been working on a project for the past six months at a client site since they require data confidentiality and didn't want us to work at our own office.
When I showed up alone to this client ...
3
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4answers
489 views
How do you convince the client their application's backend needs a rewrite?
I have been supporting a LOB winforms application for a client the last 3 years. The application is built with a simple monolithic architecture and uses .NET 2.0.
The application is a core part of ...
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1answer
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Security using jsonp
I'm writing an app that will make available a set of api functions that require cross site scripting to work. I'll be utilizing jsonp which will allow other developers to consume these services for ...
