Recommended free book – Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, 2nd Edition

Just finished reviewing the below book – A must book for anyone interesting in enterprise architecture.

 

Appetizer screenshots

 

TOC

• Introducing the Guide
• Copyright
• Foreword by S. Somasegar
• Foreword by Scott Guthrie
• Preface by David Hill
• Software Architecture and Design
  • Chapter 1: What is Software Architecture?
  • Chapter 2: Key Principles of Software Architecture
  • Chapter 3: Architectural Patterns and Styles
  • Chapter 4: A Technique for Architecture and Design
• Design Fundamentals
  • Chapter 5: Layered Application Guidelines
  • Chapter 6: Presentation Layer Guidelines
  • Chapter 7: Business Layer Guidelines
  • Chapter 8: Data Layer Guidelines
  • Chapter 9: Service Layer Guidelines
  • Chapter 10: Component Guidelines
  • Chapter 11: Designing Presentation Components
  • Chapter 12: Designing Business Components
  • Chapter 13: Designing Business Entities
  • Chapter 14: Designing Workflow Components
  • Chapter 15: Designing Data Components
  • Chapter 16: Quality Attributes
  • Chapter 17: Crosscutting Concerns
  • Chapter 18: Communication and Messaging
  • Chapter 19: Physical Tiers and Deployment
• Application Archetypes
  • Chapter 20: Choosing an Application Type
  • Chapter 21: Designing Web Applications
  • Chapter 22: Designing Rich Client Applications
  • Chapter 23: Designing Rich Internet Applications
  • Chapter 24: Designing Mobile Applications
  • Chapter 25: Designing Service Applications
  • Chapter 26: Designing Hosted and Cloud Services
  • Chapter 27: Designing Office Business Applications
  • Chapter 28: Designing SharePoint LOB Applications
• Appendices
  • Appendix A: The Microsoft Application Platform
  • Appendix B: Presentation Technology Matrix
  • Appendix C: Data Access Technology Matrix
  • Appendix D: Integration Technology Matrix
  • Appendix E: Workflow Technology Matrix
  • Appendix F: patterns & practices Enterprise Library
  • Appendix G: patterns & practices Pattern Catalog
• Bibliography

 

Resources

Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, 2nd Edition.

A Developer’s Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation (WF4) in .NET 4

A very good tutorial/article about WF4 (not so many out there these days).

 

A Developer’s Introduction to Windows Workflow Foundation (WF) in .NET 4.

 

TOC

Overview

 

What’s New in WF4

Designers

Data Flow

Flowchart

Programming Model

Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Integration

 

Getting Started with Workflow

Workflow Structure

Workflow Templates and the Workflow Designer

Data flow in workflows

Variables – storing data

Arguments – passing data

Expressions – acting on data

Building your first workflow

Tour of the workflow activity palette

Activity Primitives and Collection Activities

Control flow activities

Migration

Flowchart

Messaging Activities

Transactions and Error Handling

Creating and executing workflows

Options for designing workflows

Options for executing workflows

Workflow Extensions

Persistence

Tracking

Creating custom activities

Activity class hierarchy

Composing activities using Activity designer

Writing custom Activity classes

Additional activity concepts

Activity designers

Rehosting the workflow designer

Workflow Services

Conclusion

About the Author

Additional Resources