From RPC to Web Apps: Trends in Client-Server Systems

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• George Coulouris (Queen Mary University of London & University of Cambridge)
• Tuesday 25 May 2010, 16:00-17:00
• FW26, Computer Laboratory, William Gates Builiding.

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Client-server system goals and technology have come a long way from their original purpose as an infrastructure for the sharing of networked resources. Driven by the demand for widely-available and rich user interaction, the prevalent client-server infrastructure has evolved to become the web application environment. We trace the evolution of software design and technology developments that have led us to this point. RPC , CORBA, REST and AJAX are salient points that will be visited along the way. Our quest is for an answer to the question: is the web application environment a satisfactory basis for the development of interactive applications?

The talk slides at http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/dtg/www/files/publications/public/gfc22/Finalslides.pdf.

George Coulouris is Emeritus Professor of Computer Systems at Queen Mary, University of London and a Senior Research Associate at the Cambridge University Computer Laboratory.

This talk is part of the Computer Laboratory Systems Research Group Seminar series.

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