Architecture and methodology transcend development tools. That said, you still need to pick a language to illustrate how to implement the architecture/methodology. It only makes sense to illustrate using the tool that is arguably the most popular dev. tool in the world - VB...

< JVP >

>PMFJI,
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> I recently came to the same conclusion as you outline above. Consequently, I am currently reading Enterprise Application Architecture by Joseph Moniz ( ISBN 1861002580 ).
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> It describes how to really split the app up into tiers, 5 of them. It is VB based, but I am having no trouble warping it into my VFP head.
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> I've rolled out one app since beginning the book and already can see a huge impact on my architecture.
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>Marty