Get the definitive guide on designing applications on the Microsoft application platform—straight from the Microsoft patterns & practices team. Learn how to choose the most appropriate architecture and the best implementation technologies that the Microsoft application platform offers applications developers. Get critical design recommendations and guidelines organized by application type—from Web, mobile, and rich Internet applications to Office Business Applications. You’ll also get links to additional technical resources that can help with your application development.
Foreword by S. SomasegarForeword by Scott GuthriePreface by David HillIntroducing the GuidePart I: Software Architecture and Design
- Chapter 1: What Is Software Architecture?
- Chapter 2: Key Principles of Software Architecture
- Chapter 3: Architectural Patterns and Styles
- Chapter 4: A Technique for Architecture and Design
Part II: Design Fundamentals
- Chapter 5: Layered Application Guidelines
- Chapter 6: Presentation Layer Guidelines
- Chapter 7: Business Layer Guidelines
- Chapter 8: Data Layer Guidelines
- Chapter 9: Service Layer Guidelines
- Chapter 10: Component Guidelines
- Chapter 11: Designing Presentation Components
- Chapter 12: Designing Business Components
- Chapter 13: Designing Business Entities
- Chapter 14: Designing Workflow Components
- Chapter 15: Designing Data Components
- Chapter 16: Quality Attributes
- Chapter 17: Crosscutting Concerns
- Chapter 18: Communication and Messaging
- Chapter 19: Physical Tiers and Deployment
Part III: Application Archetypes
- Chapter 20: Choosing an Application Type
- Chapter 21: Designing Web Applications
- Chapter 22: Designing Rich Client Applications
- Chapter 23: Designing Rich Internet Applications
- Chapter 24: Designing Mobile Applications
- Chapter 25: Designing Service Applications
- Chapter 26: Designing Hosted and Cloud Services
- Chapter 27: Designing Office Business Applications
- Chapter 28: Designing SharePoint LOB Applications
Part IV: Appendices
- The Microsoft Application Platform
- Presentation Technology Matrix
- Data Access Technology Matrix
- Integration Technology Matrix
- Workflow Technology Matrix
- patterns & practices Enterprise Library
- patterns & practices Pattern Catalog