Objectives
In order to be effective and efficient in developing distributed applications, it's important to clearly understand the terms and technologies so often used to describe them. There are so many terms, acronyms, architectures, and object models in use today that it would be impossible to cover them all, so we will focus on those that pertain to the development of distributed applications with PowerBuilder. Technology changes rapidly, so we want to build a foundation of knowledge that will prepare you for the road ahead.
This chapter will focus on the basic elements of distributed application development. We'll explain what distributed computing is and how it has affected our development mentality. We'll also go into some detail in discussing ...
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