Smart Client

[jack]

HI all im have heard little of smart client and wanted to implement it
..
is there any one who could help me with some example or some
explanation of smart client please .
Thanks for replying me.

 

[Richard Blewett [DevelopMentor]]

HI all im have heard little of smart client and wanted to implement it
.
is there any one who could help me with some example or some
explanation of smart client please .
Thanks for replying me.

There was a trend in the past to talk about thin clients (i.e. web based
ones) and thick or fat clients (e.g. Windows programs). Microsoft felt the
terms (fat and thick) to be rather insulting to Windows applications so they
coined the term "smart" clients.

So a smart client is one that takes advantage of the platform on which its
running (using the full UI capabilities, etc). Fortunately with ClickOnce
you can deploy these in a similar fashion to browser based applications now.

So if you want to create a "smart client" create a "Windows Application" in
VS.NET

Regards

Richard Blewett - DevelopMentor
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk/weblog
http://www.dotnetconsult.co.uk

 

[Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)]

Smart Clients are simply windows apps with some smarts in them. You would
typically call these "thick clients", but a smart client is "smart" enough
to do some work locally and allow some to be done on the server. Smart
clients are also those that are "smart" enough to know when they are
connected so they work either online or offline.

In other words, smart client means a lot. The core, however, is a windows
forms application that can connect to a central server. Woo Hoo!

--
Gregory A. Beamer

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[jack]

Thanks guys for this.