COM+ Unleashed

Chapter 2. Multitiered Component Architectures

In This Chapter

• Ad-Hoc Design

• Fundamental Application Boundaries: Presentation, Logic, and Data Services

• Three-Tiered Design

• Keeping Tiers Balanced

• Multitiered Design

• Local or Distributed?

• Good Design Techniques

• Design Tools

Although COM and COM+ are groundbreaking new technologies that will surely change the way software is developed for the next decade, it is no silver bullet. COM and COM+ by themselves do not guarantee robust and reliable architectures, or even ones that work, for that matter. Good design principles are critical for any software system, regardless of the model or framework on which it is based. It is essential that sufficient time is spent analyzing the problem to be solved (the what ...