Exam Ref 70-486: Developing ASP.NET MVC 4 Web Applications

Objective 1.2: Design a distributed application

A distributed application is defined as software that runs on two or more computers. The capability to run on multiple computers is critical for systems that are concerned with performance, availability, scalability, and reliability. A typical non-web system following a distributed application architecture would have the client on one machine, the business layer on another, and the data access layer on a third machine. Designing a distributed application in ASP.NET MVC is similar in that you have the client (or view) in the browser, the business layer (the model), and the data access layer behind the model. However, you can abstract this out more and provide the opportunity for more distribution ...