CS $230$ Module Four Journal Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

The Module Four Assignment introduced several key topics that you should reflect upon for greater understanding of their implications. In previous assignments, you used the client$-$server architectural pattern to separate application logic into discrete parts to satisfy various purposes.

The REST$-$style API used to define the interaction between the two tiers $($server$-$ and client$-$side$)$ supports many different platforms, capabilities, and languages. This approach provides an effective layer that isolates the two sides so that each side can evolve independently. In this journal assignment, you will discuss how each tier $($server$-$ and client$-$side$),$ as well as the interaction between the two, can be developed to meet software requirements for an application.

Prompt

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria in your journal submission:

Client$-$Server Pattern: Discuss how the client$-$server pattern can be used to satisfy software requirements and efficiently solve a problem. Specifically, the web$-$based game application must be able to be run on multiple operating platforms.

Server Side: You have developed the application from the server side. Discuss how the server side provides communication to the client side with REST API style.

Client Side: You wrote an application for multiple clients where the multiple environments can interact with the server. Discuss what is required of the developers so that the application on all three clients is able to be used on the website. Consider what next steps would entail to develop for the client side of the game application. For instance:

How would you add more users to the database?

What other features might you include in the game app?

What if The Gaming Room asked you to host the application on a fourth and fifth client? For example, on Xbox and PS$4.$