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what is the difference between "offshore","on-site","client side" development ?

May 13th, 2008 20:40
dman, i can do it, foo bar, Tania Glover, Taksh Verdhan, Deepak Sharma, John MacIntyre, chinns, http://sturly.com

Based on the question, I am going to assume you not a programmer and 
will try to explain this from a lay person's perspective.  To my 
understanding:
"Offshore" development refers to programmers in foreign countries doing 
the programming for you.  Usually paid by the project.
"On-Site" development refers to a company hiring a programmer to come 
in to their offices.  The programmer is usually supplied with all the 
resources they need to accomplish the task, such as a desk, computer, 
and development tools.  The programmer is also around to make changes, 
answer questions, or just be visible so the company knows the money is 
being well spent.
"Client Side" frequently refers to web page development.  Typically in 
web page development; an HTML file is requested from the server (i.e. 
http://www.microsoft.com) and is interpreted by the users web browser 
(i.e. Netscape or IE).  Many web servers allow the pages to contain 
script which will modify the page when it is requested, usually based 
on a database ... this is called "Server Side" development.  When the 
users web browser receives the web page; it parses, interprets, and 
displays the page for the user.  Many web browsers are also able to 
interpret script and can host programming on web page ... this code, 
which is executed in the browser, is called "Client Side".  It's very 
important to make the distinction (as a programmer any way) since 
server side code and client side code cannot interact.
I hope this helps,
John
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Sometimes (Usually informally), Client side development is also used 
for On-site development. But as John suggested, it's better to use the 
word On-site to avoid confusion
Deepak
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