Communication between application and website
Posted: Fri May 22, 2009 10:44 am
Hello!
I'm new to this forum and I don't know if this is the right category for my post, so please, admins, move it to the right one if it isn't.
Now, my question:
I'm preparing an estimate for a customer, but the information I have about the project is quite fuzzy, so I have to ask them for more information.
What I know about the project is, the customer an application (i can't say more abou it, but for this example, we could think it's a calculator) and they want the users of the website to be able to submit calculations to their application, and then get the result of the calculation via the website, too, and all in real time.
The customer didn't provide me with any information on how the application would connect to the website (how it would get the calculations submitted by the website user and how the result would be sent back), and I have never done anything like that before. Also the communication with my final client is quite difficult, since there are many intermediary parts, and none of them seem to know much about the project, and a direct interview with the final client is not an option. So here is what I need you to help me with:
- What's the usual way, if there is any, of connecting a website to an application for such purposes?
- What alternative ways should I suggest the client?
- I also have to ask the client about the format of the data that are supplied to the application, and its output. Can you spot any other concerns I should be aware of?
I hope I was able to make my case clear enough, despite the little information I have.
Thank you for your attention.
I'm new to this forum and I don't know if this is the right category for my post, so please, admins, move it to the right one if it isn't.
Now, my question:
I'm preparing an estimate for a customer, but the information I have about the project is quite fuzzy, so I have to ask them for more information.
What I know about the project is, the customer an application (i can't say more abou it, but for this example, we could think it's a calculator) and they want the users of the website to be able to submit calculations to their application, and then get the result of the calculation via the website, too, and all in real time.
The customer didn't provide me with any information on how the application would connect to the website (how it would get the calculations submitted by the website user and how the result would be sent back), and I have never done anything like that before. Also the communication with my final client is quite difficult, since there are many intermediary parts, and none of them seem to know much about the project, and a direct interview with the final client is not an option. So here is what I need you to help me with:
- What's the usual way, if there is any, of connecting a website to an application for such purposes?
- What alternative ways should I suggest the client?
- I also have to ask the client about the format of the data that are supplied to the application, and its output. Can you spot any other concerns I should be aware of?
I hope I was able to make my case clear enough, despite the little information I have.
Thank you for your attention.