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A little off topic but I wonder if there could be a middle ground for this kind of app. Run the actual UI on a web server and give users a central URL to go to
by 7952 12y ago
A little off topic but I wonder if there could be a middle ground for this kind of app. Run the actual UI on a web server and give users a central URL to go to. Then have a service installed on the local machine that has an API exposed with CORS.
- Spearchucker 12y agoYou certainly can. But when things go wrong you go from one to three places in which you have to look for the problem - the service, the network, and the server. Also, instead of a single package containing a single .exe you're now deploying to all desktops, and to a server. This in the context of developers finish the system, leave, and ops don't have the skills to fix a Ruby/node/whatever tech issue. While none of the options that work are technically wrong, it might be worth considering the differences between the best solution design, and a successful one.
- jasiek 12y ago...or use Chrome's USB connector, if you must use USB.