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In my previous article , we discussed the opportunities for Smart Client development in the enterprise, enabled by the registry-less run style of managed code. In this article, we will flush out the details necessary to successfully deploy a managed Smart Client application. Click Once Deployment One...

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As the economic downturn begins to have tangible consequences, IT executives have turned their eyes towards reducing costs within their organizations. Whenever there is an attempt at the executive level to control costs, the primary targets tend to be hardware replacement projects, non-strategic business...

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On Tuesday, December 16th 2008, about twenty brave souls ventured out into the snow to meet at the first ever nPlus1 ArcSummit in Mason, Ohio. Okay, to be fair, the snow really didn't start until after the majority of the attendees arrived, but still. The crowd was made up of software architects, aspiring...

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nPlus1 is looking new writers. If your interested in contributing some first-part content to nPlus1 please send an abstract or a draft to articles@nplus1.org . We are looking for articles on the following topics: Application Architecture Enterprise Architecture SOA Cloud Computing Virtualization Frameworks...

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I recently attended the DevLink event in Murfreesboro Tennessee and participated in an open space (which oddly enough I submitted) about “selling” SOA to clients. Specifically the talk was around how to communicate the benefits and opportunities that moving to a service oriented architecture...

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As an architect out in the community, I am often asked by people how they can become an architect. They want to know what an architect does. After all, it is sort of obvious what a developer does. They develop software, usually by writing code. But what does an architect do all day? Well, It Depends...

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Let’s paint a picture all too familiar among software developers. You’re staring at a mess of code.- Jumbled loops and mammoth methods. You’re wishing this wasn’t the result of your own coding. It was never meant to be this big; this was a simple one-off app for Betty in accounting...

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The Problem Space At the end of the day, the goal for any line of business application is to make life better for the users. That, of course, is the users’ perspective. There are other considerations that must be taken into account, and those are the “ilities” - Maintainability, Supportability...

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An architect who specializes in a single language or technology is like Batman with a single pouch on his utility belt, or a painter with only a single color in their palette. In order to be most effective, an architect must strive to be continually adding to their palette. They must continuously diversify...

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