InfoCollection Articles and Code

This series of articles was written following a request by Microsoft to make modern n-tier development accessible to a majority rather than a minority of developers.

N-Tier Development - Part 1	This article describes what N-Tier development is and how it can help organisations overcome some of the capacity and scalability problems often faced when facing a global audience.
N-Tier Development - Part 2: The Business Layer	A technical article on how to develop a business layer
N-Tier Development - Part 3: The Data Layer	A technical article showing how to get data out of a database and pass it to a business layer.

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Code Updated to .NET 2.0 and Released under the LGPL

Many clients and people from all over the world have contacted me about this simple, yet effective way of building n-tier applications.

There have been three main requests:

• Update to .NET 2.0 using generics
• Implement IBindingList so that the object is easier to use in grids and design-time
• CodeSmith Templates

The release 2.2 implements the above, plus:

• Base classes which removes the need to about 80% of the original code
• Over 40 bug fixes
• Compatibility with Infragistics grid and other Presenataion layer classes
• Supports Sorting and Searching without the need for a presenation layer control
• Full help system (beta version only)
• Full annotated source code
• Sample code
• Released as open source under the Lesser Gnu Public License.

What's the downside?

• The code is quite a bit more complex. However, the base pattern remains the same. All that has changed is the layout and the added bonus of IBindingList.
• No support forum as yet. Send me an e-mail
• The documentation is not complete. This should be available by end Feb 2007 (i.e. soon!)
• There are still a couple of issues here and there, however, the classes are usable and are being used in production.

 

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