Another article completed

I finished my third article for Builder.com last night, and I'm really stoked. In case you haven't noticed by now, I really like writing about .NET, even thou you wouldn't notice it from my blog. This article is entitled: Preventing “Middle Child Syndrome” In Your Data Layer. Now, you're probably sitting there going, 'WTF does that mean?' Well, here's a sample:

For many developers, building applications is a lot like building a family. The Business Tier is like the oldest child: mature and responsible, it knows how to handle everything, and is good a telling people what to do. The Presentation Tier is like the youngest child. The baby of the family, this one is cute, flashy, and gets all the attention. The Data Tier is, unfortunately, often like the middle child: pivotal to the family unit but largely unnoticed, insecure, and left to fend for itself. In this article, I’m going to show you how to nurture your middle child, and give it the tools it needs to survive in its’ often harsh environment.

I'm extremely excited about this article, as I've been wanting to talk about the DAL (data access layer) for quite some time. Hopefully I've used a metaphor that is easy to understand. As soon as I find out when it will hit the web, I'll make that information available to the community.

Lots of work to do today. I'm knee-deep in a rewrite project which is taking up a lot of my time. Also, I upgraded my servers last night to the final Windows Server 2003 bits, and now I can't get access to them. I think the upgrade shut off Remote Desktop Connection. That's kinda lame. I would have expected it to persist the system settings across the upgrade. <sigh> oh well. Back to work for me.