From: gwtmp01@...
Date: 2006-04-08T01:11:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Separation of gui from "real work"


On Apr 7, 2006, at 11:04 AM, John wrote:
>> Gary Wright wrote:
>> Another thought is that the 'real work' is done via some sort of a
>> server
>> application with an API that is accessed from clients via inter- 
>> process
>> communication of some sort.  Think of the separation of functionality
>> between a mail reader application and the back end mailbox server via
>> IMAP or POP.
>
> I disagree - a client may do some 'real work', and a server may have a
> certain level of GUI (such as config and administration stuff).  And
> even if it's not like that, client-server is not appropriate in every
> situation - often I want an app that just runs locally.

Huh?  I simply suggested that not all problems need/should be solved  
with MVC
and provided an example as well as a pointer to a repository of software
patterns. I wasn't trying to say that MVC wasn't useful at all.  It  
can even
be part of the GUI client app talking to the non-gui server app that  
is doing
the 'real work'. There is nothing to agree or disagree with unless  
you think
that every peg should be shoved into the MVC-shaped hole.  In that  
case, I disagree.

Gary Wright