* Posts by Tim Robinson

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Google Gears up for offline web apps

Tim Robinson

a back-to-front paradigm

From what I can see, this involves a local install of a generic web server and database on the client, and the application logic is written in javascript which runs in the browser.

Considering current best practice for application architecture (fat or thin clients invoking middleware business components which access enterprise back end resources), it's just about the most arse-about-face design you could imagine.