Application Architecture Guide 2.0 BETA 1 - Willy .Net

• Principles and practices. These serve as the foundation for the guide and provide a stable
basis for recommendations. They also reflect successful approaches used in the field.
• Modular. Each chapter within the guide is designed to be read independently. You do not
need to read the guide from beginning to end to get the benefits. Feel free to use just the
parts you need.
• Holistic. The guide is designed with the end in mind. If you do read the guide from
beginning to end, it is organized to fit together. The guide, in its entirety, is better than the
sum of its parts.
• Subject matter expertise. The guide exposes insight from various experts throughout
Microsoft and from customers in the field.
• Validation. The guidance is validated internally through testing. Also, extensive reviews
have been performed by product, field, and product support teams. Externally, the
guidance is validated through community participation and extensive customer feedback
cycles.
• What to do, why, how. Each section in the guide presents a set of recommendations. At the
start of each section, the guidelines are summarized using bold, bulleted lists. This gives you
a snapshot view of the recommendations. Then, each recommendation is expanded upon
telling you what to do, why, and how
• Fast Track. Takes a fast path through the essentials of the framework used by the guide to
help you quickly implement the guidance in your organization.
Audience
This guide is useful to anyone that cares about application design and architecture. The primary
audience for this guide is solution architects and development leads but any technologist who
wants to understand good application design on the .NET platform can get value by reading it.
How to Use This Guide
You can read this guide from beginning to end, or you can read only the relevant parts or
chapters. You can adopt the guide in its entirety for your organization or you can use critical
components to address your highest-priority needs. If you need to move quickly, use the fast
track. If you have more time and want to fully understand the architecture and design
approach, you can work the guidance into your application development life cycle and
processes and use it as a training tool.
Ways to Use the Guide
There are many ways to use this comprehensive guidance. The following are some ideas:
• Use it as a reference. Use the guide as a reference and learn the architecture and design
best practices for the .NET Framework.
• Use it as a mentor. Use the guide as your mentor for learning how to architect application
that meets your business goals and quality attributes objectives. The guide encapsulates the
lessons learned and experience from many subject matter experts.
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