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In software engineering, multi-tier architecture (often referred to as n-tier architecture) is a client–server architecture in which presentation, application processing and data management functions are physically separated

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Delphi on Windows 10 - Can't debug remote server anymore with TSocketConnection

I have a 3-tier application that uses TSocketConnection to connect to a remote datamodule server app. In Windows 8 i could open two instances of Delphi, one for the client and another for the server. I run both inside Delphi and could debug the…
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Time to start returning IQueryable instead of IList to my Web UI / Web API Layer?

I've got a multi-layer application that starts with the repository pattern for all data access and it returns IQueryable to the Services layer. The Services layer, which includes all of the business logic, returns IList to the Controllers (note:…
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Connection String - N-Tier Application

I have had a dig around for an answer to this issue but everything previously asked seems to be a complex variation on this and doesn't answer the question so I thought I should just ask. I am developing a three tier application with the…
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MVC application. How does mult-tier architecture fit in?

I am new to the concept of MVC and multi-tiered web architecture. I developing a PHP application and am using one of the available MVC frameworks. My question is as follows: From what I understand, MVC in and of itself is not considered a…
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Distributing Tiers Across VMs

Although this is a Java-centric question it really applies to any system utilizing a multi-tier architecture. In 3-tier architectures, you typically have 3 tiers: A client/presentation tier where the client code lives; and A middleware tier where…
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Java EE EIS Tier

I've been reading up on Java EE architecture, and have seen (in the Oracle docs at least) several references to a so-called EIS (enterprise information systems) tier which comprises the 3rd (data) tier of the Java EE architecture. I understand that…
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Difference between RMI and ActiveMQ

I'm currently trying to get comfortable with multi tier applications (Server / Client Architecture). For that I created Service Interfaces and the associated Service Implementations. Both modules - the Client and the Server - knowing the Interfaces…
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C++ and multi-tier architecture

To attain the highest grade in a recent piece of coursework I'm asked to develop a specific application using c++ and multi-tier programming. I understand the theory behind multi-tier architecture and exactly which parts of this application belong…
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Multi-tier vs Distibuted?

Multi-tier and/or ditstributed apps, do they have the same meaning ? When we talk about layers in these apps, is it physical layers (database, browser, web server,...) or logical layers (data access layer, business layer,...) ?
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.NET Multi tier Design LINQ

I am quite new to the architecture and I am desiging an application for my next .NET project. My proposed architecture design is as follows: It is traditional three tier application which contains: DataLayer (LINQ + Partial…
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Using Asp.net Identity with service instead of dbcontext

I have a multi-tier application with real physical tiers in different servers, I want to use asp.net Identity for my Authorization. But I wonder if it is possible that, Identity uses my DAL Service for db jobs, because I don't have any access to…
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How to pass a complex type parameter (DTO object) to GET requests?

I have an n-tier application, whereas the core web service is built with Web API. many of the web service's methods are set as HTTPGET and accept a DTO object as parameter. my client app, built with MVC 5 is using HttpClient to call this API. so it…
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Multitier naming

I want to create a multitier project with 3 layers (or tiers? what's the difference?) Now, how should I name each layer (tier) ? I saw this description on wikipedia: But I can not simply name my layers "Presentation tier", "Logic tier" and "Data…
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How to avoid session-related parameters in business layer?

I have a Java EE application (simple web GUI, a large EJB 3 business layer, JPA) whose most functions depend on the currently logged-on user. Because of this, the EJBs are infested with omnipresent String userName parameter. You can hardly find a…
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What is a multi-tier cache?

I've recently come across the phrase "multi-tier cache" relating to multi-tiered architectures, but without a meaningful explanation of what such a cache would be (or how it would be used). Relevant online searches for that phrase don't really turn…
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