Wizards of Smart » HTTP http://wizardsofsmart.net .NET Design Patterns Thu, 29 Jul 2010 16:40:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1-alpha HTTP: the Other ESB http://wizardsofsmart.net/resources/http-the-other-esb/ http://wizardsofsmart.net/resources/http-the-other-esb/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:40 +0000 panesofglass http://wizardsofsmart.net/uncategorized/http-the-other-esb/ I presented this at Houston Tech Fest 2009 back in September. The attendees received the topic well, and I was pretty happy with it, considering I’m still learning a lot myself.

HTTP: the Other ESB

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]]> http://wizardsofsmart.net/resources/http-the-other-esb/feed/ 0 The Problem with the MVC Frameworks – Introduction http://wizardsofsmart.net/patterns/the-problem-with-the-mvc-frameworks-introduction/ http://wizardsofsmart.net/patterns/the-problem-with-the-mvc-frameworks-introduction/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2009 18:03:50 +0000 panesofglass http://wizardsofsmart.net/uncategorized/the-problem-with-the-mvc-frameworks-introduction/ The anticipatory buzz about ASP.NET MVC last year has become a loud clanging about the general MVC pattern this year. We’ve got several people talking about the “M” in MVC (K. Scott, Rob & Javier); the “right” way to make ASP.NET MVC work (Jimmy and Seb); and complete alternatives in the form of FubuMVC (Front Controller), Bistro (Alex), and—related from a web development perspective if not MVC—OpenRasta (Seb). Why do we have all this complexity or all these options? I submit to you that the problems in the pattern as it relates to web design and the complex structures designed to handle it are a result of mixed metaphors; i.e., the web is not a UI but a service platform.

Before moving on, let me just say that by no means am I advocating WebForms or other, similar frameworks. Such things are atrocities that should never have been committed upon this earth. (Okay, I exaggerate a bit, but hopefully you get my point that while I’m about to rag on MVC, some of these other things are worse.)

As I wrote, this thing became far too long for a single post, so I’m breaking it up into sections. I also need to find and tie in the discussion I had with JB about this very thing. I like how that discussion went, although it was based upon other discussions similar to those in the following posts:

1. A History of Violence against HTML
2. New Names for Old Things
3. Serve me up some of that good ole Appl(ication)e Pie
4. The Web is a Service Bus
5. The Gauntlet

So stay tuned. There’s more to come. :)

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