Chapter summary
A properly architected ASP.NET MVC 4 application likely has many layers, or logical groupings of code. The client layer contains the JavaScript/jQuery code that is run in the browser. As you move in deeper, the application layer is connected to the client layer through HTTP requests, and contains the models, views, and controllers. The models can call into another potential layer below that where business logic is managed. This business layer can then call into a cache layer that manages an in-memory snapshot of recent data to enhance performance. This layer can call into the data access layer to select and save the data.
Session management is a state management mechanism built into Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS). ...
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