JDM71488
11-29-2007, 02:13 PM
i have a dedicated server that runs apache, php, and mysql. i'd like to build some systems for small-medium companies that need things like point-of-sale, inventory management systems, or anything that they might need that uses peripheral devices like bar code readers, card scanners, etc.
i would like to put the application on my server, then provide thin clients to businesses using my application that can access the internet with all of the appropriate peripherals hooked into it. the bar code scanners, card readers and such would populate the web forms of my application and it would work just as if a keyboard was inputting the data. i think?
my friend mentioned using java to do a distributed system that would do all of the processing on my server, but i don't know if that is the route i want to go. hp thin clients are what i as looking at and they should be able to run internet based apps with ease, right?
security is a big concern as i know ssl can be cracked. my friend suggested shell. i know php has shell capabilities, but i'd like to have some opinions of people that have implemented similar systems.
has anyone done anything like this before?
i would like to put the application on my server, then provide thin clients to businesses using my application that can access the internet with all of the appropriate peripherals hooked into it. the bar code scanners, card readers and such would populate the web forms of my application and it would work just as if a keyboard was inputting the data. i think?
my friend mentioned using java to do a distributed system that would do all of the processing on my server, but i don't know if that is the route i want to go. hp thin clients are what i as looking at and they should be able to run internet based apps with ease, right?
security is a big concern as i know ssl can be cracked. my friend suggested shell. i know php has shell capabilities, but i'd like to have some opinions of people that have implemented similar systems.
has anyone done anything like this before?