What is the client-server application
What is a client-server application
A client-server application is one that runs on a client device while accessing information from a remote server.
In the context of building applications with Weaviate, this means having a server as an intermediary to handle all interactions with your database as opposed to interacting with your database directly from your client application.
This section aims to guide you through how to do that as you build applications with the Weaviate Typescript v3 client: weaviate-client.
Using the weaviate-client in a client-server application
The v3 client uses gRPC to connect to your Weaviate instance. The client supports Node.js, server-based development. It does not support browser-based web client development.
Install the client by following these instructions. A big benefit of using the new v3 client is the introduction of the gRPC protocol. A faster, more reliable platform to handle interactions with the database at scale. Unfortunately, gRPC does not support browser-based client development.
Besides the requirements of running the weaviate-client, the client-server architecture is reliably more secure than interactions directly from the client.
Having a client-server approach means you can optimize your use of Weaviate by implementing load balancing, user and session management, middleware and various other optimizations.
In the next sections we'll look at how to build client-server applications with..