ASP .NET 3.5 - Application Architecture and Design

ASP .NET 3.5 - Application Architecture and Design by Vivek Thakur is a great overview of architecture principles in the .NET 3.5 framework.

This book is available at http://www.packtpub.com.

Overview of major issues in application architecture with a perspective in regards to .NET 3.5.

Detailed explanation of the ASP.NET MVC framework!

Lots of screen shots and code samples to document the architecture principles and how to apply them in .NET 3.5. Very straightforward review for anyone looking to get basic architecture principles in the .NET 3.5 framework.

Chapter 1: Introduction to Architecture and Design

Lays out the importance of architecture and design and the associated definitions.Outlining the difference between tiers(physical separation) and layers(logical separation).

Chapter 2: 1-Tier 1-Layer Architecture in ASP.NET

Overview of simplest ASP applications: aspx files with code-behind

Chapter 3: ER Diagrams, Domain Model, and N-Layer Architecture

Review of ER graphical notation for data representationsReview of Domain Model notation with a UML reviewReview of 3 Layer Architecture (Data Access Layer, Business Layer, UI Layer)

Chapter 4: N-Tier Architecture

Reasons for N-Tier(Performance, Scalability, Reusability, Loose Coupling, better Plug and Play)5 Tier approach - Presentation, UI, Business, Data access, and Data tiers

Chapter 5: Model View Controller

Review of the Page Controller Pattern in ASP .NET(old style ASP .NET) and its problemsReview of the MVC Design or Model View Controller Detailed explanation of the ASP.NET MVC framework

Chapter 6: Design Patterns

Some review of useful design patterns as laid out by the "Gang of Four"Singleton, Factory, etc.

Chapter 7:SOA and WCF

Review of Service Oriented Architecture and Windows Communication FoundationSOA: XML, building and consuming Web ServicesWCF: the bundling of everything required for web services including performance gains

Chapter 8: Database Design

Issues with designing, modelling with Visio, and creation of databases

Chapter 9: Localization

Making your .NET application usable in multiple languages