Day 1. The Challenge of N-tier Development

The current trend in enterprise program development is to provide n-tier frameworks aimed at delivering applications that are secure, scalable, and available. This market has produced two competing products: Sun Microsystems' Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) and Microsoft Corporation's .NET Framework. Both products have similar features and capabilities and are designed to provide a software framework that simplifies the development and operation of medium- to large-scale enterprise-wide applications.

A full comparison of J2EE and .NET is beyond the scope of this book but it is useful to examine the different strategies used by the providers of these products. The .NET Framework is a product strategy ...

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