Articles filed in category 'Microsoft Business Rules Framework'

  • Programming with the Microsoft Business Rules Framework

    By: Rick Garibay

    Last updated: Monday, November 2, 2020

    Published in: CODE Magazine: 2008 - November/December

    In fact, in most cases, business rules are the very reason for the existence of most software today. As application architectures have become more and more sophisticated, few can disagree with the merits of separating the presentation layer from the business layer or the data layer from the business layer. Yet many applications today are still built with process logic and business rules interwoven within the same business/application layer, which can lead to applications that are brittle, hard to maintain, and resistant to change. In this article, I will explain how to decouple the business rules within your application in a manner that yields high organizational visibility and accountability; and promotes rules as a unit of reuse to help you build applications that are ready for change.