Server vs. Client Empowered Web Applications
Posted by: Gizmox - Guy Peleds Blog,
on 16 Jul 2009 |
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The following post is taken from an article that explore the differences, pros, cons and usages scenarios oftheServer empowered web architectureof Visual WebGui and on the other side the Client empowered web architecture features by solutions such as Classic AJAX, Flex/Flash, Classic Silverlight, Java Applets.
Both server and client empowered solutions can support any kind of UI look & feel using Silverlight or rich AJAX.
Client empowered applications support the highest performance in applications that data interactions are less common than pure UI/animations/media interactions.
Gaming, animations, and, most of the editors are not security critical applications so that client solutions are valid for those, however, server empowered solutions and more specifically Visual WebGui is much more secured by design.
Client footprint is the parameter representing the download weight as a function of the applications complexity. When client UI interactions, animations, and media are more common,...