A lovely couple (of architecture books)

It was brought to my attention that there's no way to have a (free) look at the TOC of Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise other than holding the book in hands and flip through pages. Sorry about that, this post is to make up for the omission. There's no reason and no intention to keep it secret :) Here it is: 

  1. Architect and Architecture Today
  2. UML Essentials
  3. Design Principles and Patterns
  4. The Business Layer
  5. The Service Layer
  6. The Data Access Layer 
  7. The Presentation Layer

The book develops its content more in terms of general patterns than concrete technologies. It is, however, concretely bound to the MS platform and it is not hard to recognize products and technologies behind the scenes. At the same time, it discusses other mostly open-source alternatives that fit nicely in the .NET stack.

Mid April 2009 is also the release date of the Web counterpart of the architecture book. I'm talking about Microsoft ASP.NET and AJAX: Architecting Web Applications, always from MS Press. Below, you find the TOC. I particularly recommend chapter 3 where I generalize most common approaches to AJAX today coining two (new?) terms: AJAX Server Pages and AJAX Service Layer.

  1. Under the Umbrella of AJAX
  2. The Easy Way to AJAX
  3. AJAX Architectures
  4. A Better and Richer JavaScript
  5. JavaScript Libraries
  6. AJAX patterns
  7. Client-side Data Binding
  8. Rich Internet Applications 

Chapter 6 and chapter 7 contain concrete stuff about AJAX patterns with a lot of references to existing frameworks. Chapter 5 doesn't miss some jQuery coverage.  Finally, Chapter 8 is about programming the Silverlight 2 model. Nothing on animation and graphics but everything a .NET developer/architect needs to know.

Published 16 April 2009 08:15 PM by despos
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# Jonathan R. said on 16 April, 2009 05:49 PM

I have actually had the pleasure of reading Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise and can tell everyone that this book is informative, concise, and covers exactly what any aspiring architect needs to know about the .NET world.  More importantly, it is a great book for seasoned architects to get a refresher.  I include this book for any new architect joining my team to read!

# micmit said on 16 April, 2009 07:21 PM

You may also consider making your book(s) searchable at Amazon. "Search inside this book" link. NO limit for  seeing a hitlist for a particular search , but navigating from a hit just shows  some pages  and allow limited number of pages to be shown  for the particular book, so book will remain searchable showing a hitlist  but one can't see the real pages.

# bengtbe said on 17 April, 2009 02:37 AM

I recently wrote a long and positive review of your architecture book on my blog (www.bengtbe.com/.../Book-review-Microsoft-NET-Architecting-Applications-for-the-Enterprise.aspx) where I give a short summary of each of the 7 chapters. Might be worth checking out for people thinking about buying the book, which I recommend that they to :)

# despos said on 17 April, 2009 03:40 AM

Thanks for the feedback and suggestions. Admittedly, I never paid much attention to the options that Amazon offers for authors. I'll do something. Thanks again!

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# .NET Architectonics said on 17 April, 2009 10:45 AM

One thing is using AJAX to dynamically refresh a small piece of a single page; all another thing is designing

# Jack said on 18 April, 2009 04:13 AM

How do you think Microsoft's Architecture Guidance?

# Sven said on 21 April, 2009 09:45 AM

I also really enjoyed this book.

Great work Dino!

# Tyler said on 25 April, 2009 12:14 PM

Just put in my order. Currently enjoying the "Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise" and looking forward to it's companion volume. Thanks, Dino, for your dedication to keeping us informed and well armed.

# Steven said on 20 August, 2009 08:34 AM

I loved "Microsoft .NET: Architecting Applications for the Enterprise". Thanks for this great book.

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# Dave said on 01 November, 2009 06:01 PM

Thanks so much for all the work you put into Architecting Applications for the Enterprise.  It is a book i refer to often, and always keep by my side.  I highly recommend this book to junior and seasoned developers.   Thanks again and I look forward to your other books!

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