August 2018
Beginner
594 pages
22h 33m
English
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N-tier architecture
With an n-tier architecture, also known as a multitier architecture, there are multiple tiers in the architecture. One of the most widely-used variations of this type of layered architecture is the three-tier architecture. The rise of the web coincided with a shift from two-tier (client-server) architectures to three-tier architectures. This change was not a coincidence. With web applications and the use of web browsers, rich client applications containing business logic were not ideal.
The three-tier architecture separates logic into presentation, business, and data layers: