Decide on a heavy or lightweigh client app

[yifu]

Heavy

• Pro: light network protocol
• Con: Less network traffic: easier on battery life (iphone, ipad, macbook. etc)

Lightweigh

• Pro: The lighter, the easier to fix bugs : only need to upgrade the server.
• Con: Bigger network protocol? Report all the board each turn? Report all the next valid moves?

[yifu]

In the end the delivered app wil be an heavyweigh app.

But we need a lightweigh app to send 'fake' or 'wrong' command to the server. Probably a separated app is suitable. We should be able to toggle when sendin move msg or not to the server in order to change piece positions. Maybe two view: one with the right game as seen by the server and the 'wrong' one.

[yifu]

Peut etre un mix est meilleur: le client check les erreurs flagrantes: l'utilsateur selectione une piece adverse, ou alors repose une meme piece a sa place, etc. Avec un procotol plus lourd qui rappelle les positions de chaque piece a chaque etape. Il faudrait essayer une implementation de ce style et voir l'impact sur la taille des message sur le network.