Patterns & Practices – The Blog of Travis Gneiting

A better way to get a querystring

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Software Development: Patterns And Practices

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/practices/default.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc467894.aspx
http://www.codeplex.com/AppArchGuide

According to Microsoft P&P (Patterns and Practices) were created to meet the demands of architects and application developers. By following proven patterns and practices it is suggested that more sound applications will be the result. Included in P&P

How to design
Develop
Deploy
Operate architecturally sound applications on a Microsoft platform.

P&P for Web Applications
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/practices/bb969054.aspx#web_apps

PHP Patterns and Practices
http://www.phppatterns.com/docs/start