Understanding client lifetime
Strictly speaking, a Tuxedo client is any program that calls services. There are two types of clients:
- A Tuxedo server can be a client if it calls other services. In this case, you should be reading the Understanding server lifetime section of this chapter again.
- If you are developing a Tuxedo client that is not a server, then it is no different to any other Python program except that clients call services. Nothing new here.
Let's now move on and learn about calling services.