Re: Migrating from EOF to Cayenne
Re: Migrating from EOF to Cayenne
- Subject: Re: Migrating from EOF to Cayenne
- From: Ramsey Gurley <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jul 2012 11:48:43 -0700
On Jul 13, 2012, at 2:54 AM, Henrique Gomes wrote:
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> On Jul 12, 2012, at 8:06 PM, Chuck Hill wrote:
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>>> You want to know the biggest unfixable problem with WO for me? WO apps can't be deployed on any mobile platform. That really sucks.
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>> For that, you need to change the paradigm from interface vending servers to servers that vend data and processing. Use a mobile client technology like Sencha or Montage. Or write D2iOS. :-)
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>> (..)
>> Chuck
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> I actually think that's the way to go.
You can do go client, but then you have to build a client for every platform you support. That's not trivial.
Deploying to client platforms is quite a bit different from deploying to a server under your control too. Instead of having a few instances, tended to by someone who knows what they are doing, on hardware you know everything about, you have hundreds/thousands/millions of instances on a plethora of different configurations being run by people who don't have freakin' a clue.
Supporting users is endless fun! No, really. It's endless. I get one or two user problems *every* morning. It's so fun.
1. Get problem description. (HelpDesk: ZOMG! User is alarmed!! App is not workings!!11!)
2. Ask for detailed information (Which user? What client platform? Define "not working" please.)
3. Take info and dig for cause.
4. Find ambiguity. GOTO step 2. Repeat for a while. (Sometimes forever. I have a bin of unsolved mysteries)
5. Determine problem.
6. Apply fix if a bug. Apply cluebat if PEBKAC.
Going client may free up some server resources, but it will definitely require more support resources. Guess which is cheaper :-)
> You mentioned that switching to Cayenne leaves 1/3 of WO, aka the presentation layer, but, really, is there a future on server side interface vending?
The best way to predict the future is to create it. Is anyone cranking out a client interface faster and more reliably than D2W yet? I'm all ears over here :-)
Ramsey
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