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• Pape A good second book about arquitecture

  Hello I have finished "pro scalable application in .net 2.0" which was nice. Now I want to read another book about architecture. What do you recomend I think Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software is a good option, do you know another Thanks. Thanks to all of you, but i am looking for something different, do you know any book that speak deeply about soa, n-tier, etc etc.. And all the example ...Show All

• HiTech2000 Layered Architecture across Boundaries

  Hi, I would like to know, how separating layered architecture across boundaries can increase performance and scalability. We have a scenario where client insists on the Presentation Layer on a separate machine and the application server on a separate machine and the interaction between them is going to be using Web Services. Web Services are arguably slow and how can the performance improve against having the UI Layer and Business L ...Show All

• Ron Dean the best orm for .net?

  I would like to know your favorites, i am looking for a free one and with caching capabilities. Hi .Net programming is not always limited to SQl databases. What kind of ORM tool would be suggested if the databse is something like DB2 running on a Mainframe box (assume adapters like DataDirect is already there to talk with the Db2 instance) Besides, how do tools like Codus or Persistor.net integrates with Enterprise Library from MS (Jun ...Show All

• Vic-Viper User Connection ratio for asp.net application

  I am designing a web application and using some underlying reader classes. I see the number of connections to database are much more than users, may be 5-6 times. I think the number of user and connections should be same or almost same. I ran some vanilla code with out underlying reader class and found out that number of user and connections are same(almost). Underlying reader class use type data set and extend reader class for type dataset f ...Show All

• sdbala Data access application block Vs Tool generated DAL

  Hi, Can somebody throw light upon what are the differences between a data access layer generated by a OR mapping layer generated using a tool (which generates the code for DAL and having all the sql's embedded inside it) and using a data access application block provided by microsoft and when to use what. My feeling is that DAAB provided only flexiblity of database indepenndence by using factiory methods while tool generated DAL code helps ...Show All

• Gamal El Gezery A good second book about arquitecture

  Hello I have finished "pro scalable application in .net 2.0" which was nice. Now I want to read another book about architecture. What do you recomend I think Domain-Driven Design: Tackling Complexity in the Heart of Software is a good option, do you know another Thanks. I second Arnon's suggestion.  I also enjoyed Software Architect Bootcamp. DDD is a good book - however it deals with a certain narrow aspect ...Show All

• Nagul UI Frameworks

  Hi, Wondering if anyone can point to some good UI frameworks. I've looked at the Composite UI Application Block and the UI Process Application Block. Just wondering if anyone knows of others that might be worth investigating. I'm primarily interested in this for use with Windows Forms, not ASP.NET Thanks, Matt Are you talking about Smart Client frameworks, or just those dealing with the visual ...Show All

• manish_11 A good first book about .net architecture

  Hello gurus! I am a computer engineer (a Spanish five years degree) and a MCAD.net professional. I know about general architecture but not architecture in .net world. I want you to tell me a good first book about architecture under .net (net 2.0 ), develop real scalable applications, n-tiers, etc etc. Thanks. Not sure if this is too late but check this one: http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/compcat/default.aspx . Some of the PDFs ...Show All

• Roboss Liu Help with factory design

  Hi, I am working on a small project where I need to implement barcode. I was considering the factory pattern since I am dealing with multiple barcodes UPCA, EAN13 etc. I am really having a problem getting this pattern. Here is my code Public Interface IBarcode Function CalculateChecksumDigit( ByVal sBarcode As String ) As Integer ReadOnly Property CheckSumDigit() As Integer End Interface Public Interfa ...Show All

• Martin Sawicki Access to Stdregprov

  I am running into what I believe is a security problem trying to access the registry via WMI using stdregprov. I am trying to access the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International key, specifically the value sDecimal. The following is the javascript snippet I am using: var ls_regKey = "Control Panel\\International"; var HKCU = 0x80000001; refRegistry = GetObject("winMgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!root\\fit1cd66 ...Show All

• *itguy* Architecture for Product Development

  We are in the design phase of a Product XXX(Web Application ), the Product has several modules (M1.M2,M3....) and each module will be derived from common modules (CM1,CM2,CM3.....) in a many to many relationship. We got the requirements for a single module (M1) and we are planning to deliver a product with this existing module (M1) and add other modules in future as a plug-in to the existing module. We have some experience in UIPAB (User Inte ...Show All

• Paul1975 Design Patterns

  What is the usage of common GoF design patterns in daily coding I ask this because as a developer I'm constantly trying to improve both my code and my overall design, to create software that's easy to maintain and easy to extend--- hopefully easy to change without effecting the 'client' aspect through the use of interfaces etc--- Is there a more straight forward application of certain design patterns For example, does anyone sit down and actu ...Show All

• TheDogger need som direction

  Hi All, I'm a overseeing a project using asp.net tech uppfront for data capture and vb.net client where the data is manually manipluated and then returned SQL Server and back to the Asp.net client. Have any of you heard of an instance where you have used IIS to cache to relieve performance problems is this a often occurrance isn't this a sign that the application as such is poorly designed Background to my question are based o ...Show All

• LJames Snmp OID for number of terminals

  Hi, Is there any Snmp OID available to know as how many active terminals are open in an microsoft box. Thanks for your help. Guyus Does anyone knows answer for this ...Show All

• rileytaylor Client Server Application

    I am new to the object oriented design world and to .NET . My company has given me a task to design an application which should work as a client/server application for a limitted time and to be converted to a web app later. From my experience I reached to the conclusion that it is better to go for a fully OO design with MVC architecture where at present I will use the VB.NET Forms as the client and later we can change to ASP.NET a ...Show All