Tag: design patterns
Mixins in .NET (again)
A while ago I wrote about Mixins in C# 3.0 , at the time I was saying that you can get some of the functionality, but not all, from some of the new language...
DALs and the DAAB
I've been pondering something that was raised in passing earlier this week and that is the relationship between a DAL (Data Abstraction Layer) and the DAAB (...
What is a DAL (Part 4)
As has been mentioned previously, one of the purposes of the DAL is to shield that application from the database. That said, what happens if a DAL throws an...
What is a DAL (Part 3)
In this continuation of my series on the DAL I'm going to show the ability to create several DALs and have a Factory class instantiate the correct DAL based on...
What is a DAL? (Part 2)
In my last post about the DAL I presented a very basic DAL based on a static class. This is fine for small applications, but for larger applications the...
What is a DAL?
I occasionally see posts on forums asking for help with some database problem. Then I see they've been using the the wizards in Visual Studio (which is okay...
The new Model View Controller
I've always had an inkling that there was something not quite right about Model-View-Controller pattern. Something didn't sit right with me that (1) the View...
