This example is the code from the Pyro tutorial where we build a simple ware house that stores items. The idea is that there is one big warehouse that everyone can store items in, and retrieve other items from (if they're in the warehouse). The tutorial consists of 3 phases: phase 1: Simple prototype code where everything is running in a single process. visit.py creates the warehouse and two visitors. This code is fully operational but contains no Pyro code at all and shows what the system is going to look like later on. phase 2: Pyro is now used to make the warehouse a standalone component. You can still visit it ofcourse. visit.py does need the URI of the warehouse however. (It is printed as soon as the warehouse is started) The code of the Warehouse and the Person classes is unchanged. phase 3: Phase 2 works fine but is a bit cumbersome because you need to copy-paste the warehouse URI to be able to visit it. Phase 3 simplifies things a bit by using the Pyro name server. Also, it uses the Pyro excepthook to print a nicer exception message if anything goes wrong. (Try taking something from the warehouse that is not present!) The code of the Warehouse and the Person classes is still unchanged.