FRAMEWORK FOR DISTRIBUTED APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

With the advancements in power, cost, and availability of microprocessors as well as the rapid growth in networking technologies and infrastructure, it is natural that we have developed technologies to allow hundreds of machines to connect with one another over a LAN for resource-sharing. These resources range from hardware devices to databases, files, computational power, and much more. With the benefits of such a system for developers and students in mind, this project, aims to be a framework using which resources of multiple systems within a computer network can be utilized. This framework is an attempt to abstract away the complexities of distributed application development by providing a platform to work upon. It is intended to be a robust, scalable, and safe platform for developing resourcesharing applications. The project itself is a culmination of our four years of engineering study, as we derive our knowledge base from teachings of the curriculum such as operating systems, distributed systems, data structures and algorithms, microprocessors, and computer networks. Thus, the project serves both facets of academia and practical implementation.