Designing a Distributed Job Assignment Application

The job assignment application consists of two parts, a server and a client. The client will communicate with only a single server, whereas the server will communicate with any number of clients. The server application must maintain state for all clients as well as perform the following tasks:

  • Allow clients to choose job assignments

  • Allow clients to indicate a job is complete

  • Notify clients of new jobs in real time

  • Track all jobs assigned and completed by each client

The client’s main purpose is data entry; therefore, a user interface is required. The main screen of the user interface should show a list of all jobs currently on the server and should contain controls that allow the user to create, ...

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