The Three-Tier Architecture Pattern Language Workshop

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The Three-Tier ArchitecturePattern Language
Workshop
Welcome to

• OOPSLA 2001,
• Tampa Bay, Florida, USA,
• Marriott Waterside Hotel,
• Monday, Oct 15, 2001

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Goal

• Capture similarities among three-tier
  architectures
• Describe common requirements and system designs
  using design patterns
• Integrate the design patterns into a pattern
  language
• Share experiences
• Just how many layers/tiers are there?
• Document best practices as a pattern language

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Reference Questions

• Is it really Three-tier or N-tier?
• Are there forces specific to each layer? General
  forces?
• Should the patterns be characterized by layers?
• What are some of the existing patterns and
  pattern languages?
• What should be the target audience of the pattern
  language?
• How would the pattern language map to specific
  domains?

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Agenda

• Introduction (830am - 900am)
• Introduction to Patterns (900am - 930am) -
  Michael Kircher
• Experience Report (930am - 1000am)
• Marco Torchiano, Lessons learnt from developing
  and changing an educational three tier system
• Break (1000am - 1030am)
• Transactions, Persistency, and Resource
  Management (1030am - 1200pm)
• Jim Tyhurst, Choosing Transaction Models for
  Enterprise Applications
• Brian Berenbach, Container Based Persistence
• Prashant Jain, A Pattern Language for Resource
  Management in Three Tier Architectures
• Lunch (1200pm - 130pm)
• Moderated Discussion (130pm - 300pm)
• Break (300pm - 330pm)
• Moderated Discussion (330pm - 500pm)