Foreword

Every business uses software to automate their business functions. At their heart, such applications are about gathering, storing, and processing data, so such applications could involve what we typically think of under the rubric of “business applications”—for example, tracking finances or assets (as in ERP software). But it also includes the process of software development, systems management, or anything else involving data. There is a lot of this business software out there, a lot more being written, and even more that people wish they had the time, budget, and skill to write.

Building such software involves two concerns: the business problem to be solved (the domain) and the technology into which a solution is rendered. First you ...

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