To summarize, the thin client three-tier model builds on your expertise as a Visual C++ developer for creating powerful applications for the Internet. The model lets you effectively use Java, giving your applications the dynamic cross-platform deployment mechanism needed for the Internet. It also provides the client side of your applications with just enough application logic to optimally process and communicate user interaction across the Internet to the server. And, best of all, you don’t have to be a Java guru to build real Internet applications that solve real problems with Java.
The excitement surrounding the Internet is here to stay. The challenge to you is to apply the litmus test as you evaluate the profusion of frameworks and tools available in the months ahead. Then, while everyone else is trying to figure out which way they’re going, you can get some real work done.
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