MSM-Workstation
The Macbeth Example -- Using MSM-PDQweb
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Windows versus Web
The main difference between accessing a database from a windows-based
interface and doing the same from a web-based interface lies in the
level of granularity of the programming that has to be done to
make the application work. In the case of a windows-based
approach, the programmer will have to anticipate many possible
events, and handle each of these appropriately. In the case of a
web-based approach, the number of interactions between
application software and end-user activity is a lot smaller.
An advantage of a web-based approach is that a lot of processing
is left to the "browser", and that the end-user can decide which
brand of "browser" to use. Any browser will do, as long as the
application doesn't expect any specific extensions to the
elementary set of capabilities that all commercial
browser-products share.
A dis-advantage of a web-based approach is that the programmer
has to abandon a certain level of control, and that the
interactions between the software and the end-user activity are a
lot more restricted.
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