A brand new version (2nd edition) of this book: Microsoft® Application Architecture Guide, pattern&practise
Introducing the Guide
The goal of this guide is to help developers and solution architects build effective,
high quality applications on the Microsoft platform and the .NET Framework more
quickly and with less risk by leveraging tried and trusted architecture and design
principles and patterns.
The guide provides an overview of the underlying principles and patterns that provide
a solid foundation for good application architecture and design.
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