Business Application Design Considerations

This class provides a thought-provoking, interactive, round-table discussion intended for experienced developers. Each topic is an element of a reference architecture that includes ideas for commonly neglected considerations of business application design.

Code examples use the Microsoft .NET framework, however the topics are universal in application.

Topics

• Use dynamic forms creation to achieve reusable, consistent, screen layouts.
• Use a complex data entry control to display help and error messages better.
• Use complex controls to support the natural cycle of search, list, details.
• Make a good service contract for paging through and updating detached recordsets.
• Detect and overcome collisions between conflicting updates.
• Use logs for data warehouse feeds and technical support traces.
• Compromise between strong data typing and dynamic data.
• Data table columns for soft deletes, soft updates, and future changes.
• The benefits of a catalog of SQL statements.
• Use phantom columns to guide UI navigation.
• How to prepare for NoSQL in the cloud.