[Tutor] client server apps

[Noufal Ibrahim]

paulino1 at sapo.pt wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> 
> What's the point in having a server app between the user frontend and  
> a database backend? (As is the case of TinyERP wich is writen in  
> python-GTK)
> 
> Can't simillar functionality be achieved without that server? What are  
> the main pro's and con's?
> 

Off the cuff,  I think the layer would decouple your store (the db) and 
the UI. So, you can actually make a GUI, a web based UI etc. for the 
same application. Also, it would decouple your front end from a specific 
database.


On the negative side, it's one more thing that needs to be written and 
maintained and is a point of failure especially when large number of 
clients connect simultaneously.

I'd value the opinions of some of the more experienced programmers on 
this list.

-- 
~noufal