Rocky Lhotka: CSLA - Episode 210

Azure DevOps Podcast

Episode | Podcast

Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2022 08:00:00 +0000

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rockford Lhotka is the creator of the widely used CSLA .NET open-source development framework. He is the author of numerous books and regularly speaks at major conferences around the world. Rockford is a Microsoft Regional Director and MVP. He is co-chair of Visual Studio Live!, and the chair of the Cloud & Containers Live! Conferences. Rockford has worked on many projects in various roles, including software architecture, design and development, network administration, and project management. Over his career, he has designed and helped to create systems for bio-medical manufacturing, agriculture, point of sale, credit card fraud tracking, general retail, construction, and healthcare.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Topics of Discussion:</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[4:00] How an arcade game led Rocky to his career in software architecture, design, and development.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[5:05] What is CSLA, and what problems does it solve?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[8:40] Rocky defines business logic and what is</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">not</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">considered business logic.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[17:11] Rocky discusses his object-oriented approach, and inspiration from computer science Professor David West.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[19:25] A function library is where each rule is a function or a procedure.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[20:58] Rocky thinks that using object-oriented concepts is the way to go.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[23:51] Rocky’s preferred naming convention is to use a verb in the name.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[28:20] CSLA tries as much as possible to give you this home for business logic and then also provides some buffer between your business logic and everything from Windows Forms all the way up through Blazer.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[30:00] How does CSLA like to be used?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">[31:00] The CSLA framework is geared around an architecture where you have, at the center, this business logic layer, and below that you have a data access layer, and above that, you have an interface control layer.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Mentioned in this Episode:</strong></p> <p><a href="http://architecttips.clearmeasure.com/"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Architect Tips</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">— New video podcast!</span></p> <p><a href="https://azure.microsoft.com/en-ca/services/devops/?&amp;OCID=AID736756_SEM_7eul5uID"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Azure DevOps</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.clear-measure.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Clear Measure</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">(Sponsor)</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.amazon.com/NET-DevOps-Azure-Developers-Architecture/dp/1484253426"> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">.NET DevOps for Azure: A Developer’s Guide to DevOps Architecture the Right Way,</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">by Jeffrey Palermo</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">— Available on Amazon!</span></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-ROXy08zc-qTA0-3GAQDLw"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> Jeffrey Palermo’s YouTube</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://twitter.com/jeffreypalermo?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeffrey Palermo’s Twitter</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Follow to stay informed about future events!</span></p> <p><a href="http://www.palermo.network/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Programming with Palermo</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">programming@palermo.net</span></p> <p><a href="http://blog.lhotka.net/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Rocky’s Blog</span></a></p> <p><a href="http://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/rockford-lhotka-on-software-architecture"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Rocky on Episode 33</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://github.com/MarimerLLC"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Marimer LLC</span></a></p> <p><a href="http://davewest.us/product/object-thinking/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">David West — Object Thinking</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://github.com/MarimerLLC/csla/tree/main/Samples/ProjectTracker"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Marimer LLC Project Tracker</span></a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Want to Learn More?</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Visit</span> <a href="http://azuredevopspodcast.clear-measure.com/"><em><span style="font-weight: 400;">AzureDevOps.Show</span></em></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">for show notes and additional episodes.</span></p>