Data Access Layer Server
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Hello all, I don't know if i posted on the correct forum (i'm thinking i should use the Architecture forum) but here goes. There is talk at my workplace that we should move the DAL and Business Layer on a server and just ship the interface. The interface would connect to our server and use the Business Layer. How can this be done, except of course, web services (and probably WCF)? I would use Web services, but the project manager does not like that idea. Thank you.
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Hello all, I don't know if i posted on the correct forum (i'm thinking i should use the Architecture forum) but here goes. There is talk at my workplace that we should move the DAL and Business Layer on a server and just ship the interface. The interface would connect to our server and use the Business Layer. How can this be done, except of course, web services (and probably WCF)? I would use Web services, but the project manager does not like that idea. Thank you.
thoru wrote:
move the DAL and Business Layer on a server and just ship the interface.
That's how most SAAS (software as a service) apps work. You'll need a mechanism to allow the client side presentation layer to communicate with the server; I've been using WCF to do this with much success. I highly recommend it. /ravi
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thoru wrote:
move the DAL and Business Layer on a server and just ship the interface.
That's how most SAAS (software as a service) apps work. You'll need a mechanism to allow the client side presentation layer to communicate with the server; I've been using WCF to do this with much success. I highly recommend it. /ravi
My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com
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Hello all, I don't know if i posted on the correct forum (i'm thinking i should use the Architecture forum) but here goes. There is talk at my workplace that we should move the DAL and Business Layer on a server and just ship the interface. The interface would connect to our server and use the Business Layer. How can this be done, except of course, web services (and probably WCF)? I would use Web services, but the project manager does not like that idea. Thank you.
If you want to implement SaaS, then you need to consider the mechanism through which the data is going to be transported over the wire. If it's anything other than an HTTP/HTTPS format, then you are going to have trouble convincing other companies to accept it because they may have to open up the firewalls - something that a lot of companies are against.
thoru wrote:
I would use Web services, but the project manager does not like that idea.
It's not his place to like or dislike the idea. A project manager should not have the final say in technological decisions; that's not what he's there for.
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