Designing and implementing multi‐user applications: A case study
Prasun Dewan · Software Practice and Experience · 1993
Abstract We have developed a new multi‐user application that integrates and extends the concepts in a variety of current multi‐user applications. It allows multiple users to store, retrieve and browse through information, communicate information both synchronously and asynchronously, create ‘pipes’ of consistent, editable and persistent views, and interactively specify handlers for events. It has been implemented using the experimental technologies of distributed objects and multi‐user editor generation. Our work on this application suggests a new and practical model for designing and implementing multi‐user applications. In this paper, we describe the user interface and implementation of the application, give the rationale for our design choices, describe our experience with the tools and techniques used in the implementation, and present conclusions and directions for future work.