The end to end principle

[CFu]

Hello,

I have a paper here saying:

Don't:
- strict team division / manager / back-end / front-end

Do:
- Implement features end-2-end

What is meant by "implement features end-2-end"? I have read some articles about the end to end principle but I do not fully understand what it is about other than the network being either dumb or intelligent or the end devices being smart and something to do with TCP/IP.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Theory5]

Well, you are familiar with basic network structure and TCP/IP right? The end-2-end Principle is simply a design principle that encourages putting more intelligent devices towards the end points to optimize performance. This happens by allowing communication protocols to only occur at said intelligent end-points.
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