Questions tagged [server]
It refers to client-server model, where providers of a resource or service is called Server.
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Multithreaded Game Server: Single send() or Many send()s for Game List?
I'm developing a multithreaded game server (C/TCP). I need to send a list of 50-100 available games to a console client. Option A: Send 50-100 separate messages, using send() for every single ...
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Where to initialize clients in C server?
I’m writing a multiplayer server in C using sockets and pthreads. The project is separated by responsibility: server.c/.h → networking (socket, bind, listen, accept, thread creation) player.c/.h → ...
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How to implement a server application that can reload configuration without restart
I have a game server implemented in Python to which clients can connect and play against each other. I'd like to be able to reload configuration from a config file without restarting the server (as ...
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Is there any way to have an android or iOS app expose a web-api?
I want to develop a miminal app for iOS and Android. Basically, I want to have a widget (or similar micro-app) that displays how many items I have in a list. If I open the widget, it just opens a ...
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bare-metal server vs cloud server vs on-prem server?
I am trying to understand the difference between bare-metal servers and cloud servers. I am referring to the following document,blog. I understand that Amazon EC2(which is all the rage) is an example ...
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What really is a "web server" in relation to popular frameworks like Flask, Node.js, Apache?
In Flask you can run a "webserver". Well really it's a "WSGI Server". Well really you shouldn't be using core server features like serving files through HTTP at all, you should be ...
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frontend server obtain data from backend server, or frontend server return page with javascript that obtain data from backend server?
I'm currently learning how to separate frontend server and backend server. However, i'm not sure which approach should i take between the two Frontend server obtain data from backend server and ...
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Enabling file editing on a file stored on a server through custom routes and POST/GET Requests
I am creating a platform which allows multiple users to edit a file simultaneously and I was wondering if using a web server with routes could be the correct architecture for this goal. I am trying to ...
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