Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Notification Services

Chapter 5. Designing and Prototyping an Application

IN THIS CHAPTER

• What Is a SQL-NS Application?

• Stages in the Application Development Process

• Supporting the Sample Application

• Initial Design: Seven Important Questions About Your Application

• Building the Application Prototype

In Chapter 4, “Working with SQL-NS Instances,” we looked at SQL-NS instances, the containers for groups of SQL-NS applications. In this and the next five chapters, we’ll take a detailed look at the applications themselves and the application development process.

This chapter covers the first stages of application development: the initial design and the building of a basic application prototype. In Chapters 6 through 10, you’ll learn how to transform a prototype ...