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When should you build a web application vs. a thick client?

I would like to hear other people's advice on when one should build a web application versus building a thick client. Over the last few years, I have participated in several discussions about whether an application should be built (or an old…
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The proper way to do Dependency Injection in a Windows Client (WPF) Application

I am used to IoC/DI in web applications - mainly Ninject with MVC3. My controller is created for me, filled in with all dependencies in place, subdependencies etc. However, things are different in a thick client application. I have to create my own…
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Converting an existing web app to desktop application

I saw some other similar questions on this topic here but they were not very helpful so I a posing this question. What is the fastest way to convert a reasonably sized, simple web app to a Java desk top based client targeted for pc and mac?…
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client view of very large collection of objects. How to optimize?

I have 3-tier EJB application, and I need to create a view on a thick client (desktop Java application) that shows a very large collection of objects (over 5000 orders). Each object has child properties that are also complex objects, for…
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Thick client or a standalone application?

I was wondering what is the exact difference between a thick client and a standalone application. According to wikipedia a thick client still requires an application server. I've got a .Net Windows Forms application that does not connect to an…
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Local vs. Centralized Processing

I work at a company with a large SAP investment, and we also have dozens of large .Net systems (mostly internally for engineering systems), and Java platforms (mostly for external web applications). As such, we have large development shops on ABAP,…
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Getting Sqldeveloper working with instantclient on Windows without admin privileges?

I've installed Sqldeveloper Version 19.1 64-bit Version on an enterprise PC with Win10-64bit. It works fine with embedded jdbc-client, but I need to get it working using the Oracle OCI-client. One reason is the much better support to cancel long…
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How does your thick-client test whether it is compatible with the database schema?

I develop an app with both thick-client and thin-client components. We also version our database such that schema changes result in their own version number and change scripts can be applied. Database changes, however, don't always occur in step…
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Integrating Google AppEngine with a Thick Client

I want to make a multi-user client-server solution with Java Swing thick client as a front-end and Google AppEngine (Java one) as a back-end. The problem is that GAE provides only web-based forms for logging in and out, so there's no trivial way to…
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Record Windows session to remote website

I have some solutions running on third-party systems, and every so often a customer specific error occurs. Unfortunately, due both to the amount of customer customization and the access difficulties, we are not really able to replicate these (rather…
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communication between thin and thick client

I have a web application running on a browser window (thin client). I want to send some information to this Web App (window already open) from an external application (thick client) without going through the server (client to client). A solution…
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Is it possible that a Ignite thick client running outside amazon eks kubernetics env can access gridgain server inside eks kubernetics env

Is it possible that a Ignite thick client running outside amazon eks kubernetics env can access gridgain server inside eks kubernetics env. Unable to connect with the eks
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Intercepting TCP packets of genymotion android emulator

I am pentesting android application. I used burpsuite and configured genymotion emulated android to use my host as proxy. Installed CA certificates on android (android api < 24). Everything went well and I was able to intercept and manipulate…
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Apache Ignite Spring-Data (IgniteRepository), Apache Ignite Spring Cache (SpringCacheManager) with thin-client and thick-client

Is it possible to use a THIN-client with Ignite Spring-Data (IgniteRepository) and Ignite Spring Cache (SpringCacheManager) ? Is it possible to use a THICK-client with Ignite Spring-Data (IgniteRepository) and Ignite Spring Cache…
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Apache Ignite Thick Client - lightweight

I am building a UI POC for Apache Ignite and want it to be as light as possible. It is a live/real-time UI which will get, update, delete cache and should also listen to any changes in cache and always display the latest data. I learnt that Thin…
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