Chapter 2. CMS Architecture and Development

 

"Low-level programming is good for the programmer's soul."

 
 --John Carmack

I think when id Software's programming front man made this comment, he wasn't referring to n-tier architecture and component-based development. That said, for a .NET developer working in a web environment, these concepts are sufficiently low-level enough to be the chicken soup he prescribed.

It's easy to fall into the trap of building software primarily using the WYSIWYG editor and the drag-and-drop components that .NET provides. The limitation is twofold: first, large-scale design tends to fall by the wayside when compared to the ease of use of these prebuilt components. Second, there typically is an unusually large amount of ...

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