I am currently taking the steep and long climb up the .NET learning curve and am considering fundemental design issues as I gain code skills. At this I can develop the simple UI controlled applications as presented in the walkthrus, but I am interested in developing or purchasing a sound n-tier framework. It appears that developing a n-tier framework can provide me with months if not years of work. I think the better way to go is to leverage a third party tool for this purpose.

I know that MM.Net is highly regarded on this site, and I have been studying the CSLA business objects model. I also have reviewed the Microsoft Enterprise library.

It seems that the Microsoft Enterprise library is a programmer convenience, and not a full framework. The CSLA seems robust for business objects but lacks the convenience features of the Enterprise library. Does anyone know if these two tools have ever been combined? Can the best parts of the Enterprise library (Security, Caching, Configuration) be used in conjunction with CSLA.

I have requested a MM.Net eval so that I can see if it can satisfy my requirement for programmer convenience along with business / data encapsulation features.

Can anyone offer comments regarding these tools, or recommendations and experiences with other frameworks.


Thanks

Glenn Domeracki