Posts tagged with architecture

Jan 5 2012

Four Philosophies behind Technology Choices

A look at the reasons and motivators that lay behind some of our technology choices, in the context of some philosophical theories.

architecture governance libraries
Apr 30 2011

Performance from Day 1

Performance is important, and is difficult to add at the end of the project. Let's ensure decent performance from day 1

architecture performance
Apr 28 2011

Integration: Coupling

Different integration solutions lead to different levels of coupling. Let's explore that.

architecture integration coupling
Apr 27 2011

Integration: Messaging

For the fourth and final integration option, we explore the use of asynchronous messaging.

architecture integration messaging
Apr 26 2011

Integration: Web Services

A third solution to our integration scenario is for one application to expose web services. How would that work?

architecture integration wcf
Apr 24 2011

Integration: ETL

Another solution to application integration to use extract/transform/load scripts to move data between the databases.

architecture etl integration
Apr 22 2011

Integration: Shared Database

One solution to application integration is for the applications to just share the same RDBMS. Let's explore the pros and cons of this approach.

integration architecture
Apr 21 2011

Integration: Scenario

Introducing a simple scenario where two applications need to integrate. Part of a series on integration approaches.

integration architecture
Feb 16 2011

Unit of Work in Rich Clients

Categorizing the different ways unit of work might be managed in WPF applications

wpf mvvm mvc patterns architecture
Feb 19 2010
Sep 26 2009

WPF Guidelines

Guidelines for developers and architects embarking on WPF applications

wpf guidelines architecture