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# Project Server Notes
## Checkpoint 1
1. Lots of software today connects to remote servers, and can't work offline.
What are some advantages of using a program or an app which uses a remote
server? What are some advantages of using a program or an app which is
completely local?
2. You just ran a server on your own computer, and connected to it as a client
on the same computer. In what other situations might it be useful to run a
server on your computer, where you're the only client, on the same computer?
## Checkpoint 2
3. Choose a program (Steam), web app (Google Docs), or app (Weather) that you use
frequently. You can't observe the calls this program is making to its server
(unless you have fancy tools), but you can infer some of the calls based on the
program's behavior. Describe a few routes which you think may exist for your
chosen program's backend server.
4. In your own words, what is an exception? When might it be useful to handle an
exception? When is it better not to handle an exception, and instead let the
program crash?