From: Roeland Moors <roelandmoors@...>
Date: 2004-12-30T05:14:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Distributed application

On Thu, Dec 30, 2004 at 04:50:56AM +0900, "Luis G. G�mez" wrote:
> Hello all,
> 
> It's my first time posting to this ML so this may be out of place...
> 
> I'm working on an idea for an application that, if conceived, would be 
> distributed as part of a system composed of a server and x number of 
> terminals. This server would be dedicated to serving an application in 
> the form of a GUI  that I'd like to develop using Ruby exclusively.
> 
> The server would be Linux but the terminals are likely to be running 
> windows (although it'd be great if the terminal's platform became 
> irrelevant).
> 
> Now, the idea is to have users (terminals) be recognized by the server 
> so that the application can be run from it. That way additional 
> terminals could be added to the LAN that would automatically "see" th 
> application. I'd like to be able to avoid installing anything on the 
> terminal (except maybe a shortcut or something similar). The user would 
> then doubble click the apps shortcut and launch the application from the 
> server. The application will, among other, allow for the manipulation of 
> images and documents being served by the app server. Nothing is stored 
> locally.
> 
Maybe you can just create a web application? Then all you need is
a browser. 

> My question is kind of broad. I'd like to know if anyone has worked on 
> similar distributed apps or if there are resources available online that 
> could guide me in the "right" direction. I've never done distributed 
> GUIs and don't even know if it's possible at this point using Ruby. 
> Also, I'm not clear about Ruby's image manipulation capabilities.
> 

http://rmagick.rubyforge.org/

-- 
Roeland