Direct DevBlog » .NET http://www.directsystems.com/devblog Cracking the code! Tue, 01 Sep 2009 02:00:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 en hourly 1 P2P and Everywhere! http://www.directsystems.com/devblog/2009/08/14/p2p-and-everywhere/ http://www.directsystems.com/devblog/2009/08/14/p2p-and-everywhere/#comments Fri, 14 Aug 2009 19:34:48 +0000 Andrew http://www.directsystems.com/devblog/?p=42 Both the Loading Dock and Central Service are built on Microsoft .NET framework, specifically Windows Communication Foundation.  The applications will utilize Peer-to-Peer (P2P) technology  to perform functions such as authentication, tracing, administration and load balancing.  Unlike traditional pure (de-centralized) networks commonly associated with P2P (file sharing for example), we are implementing a hybrid mesh, with the Central Service logging and responding to requests from peer applications.

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Speaking of the “new software”, we are at a pivotal point in the development process.  One of our main focuses is the migration from a file-based TopSpeed DB to Microsoft SQL Server.  The goal is more reliability and scalability.  While Bob is off somewhere sipping on bahama mamas and NOT thinking about Direct Systems, he has tasked me with setting up a fresh instance of MS SQL Server 2008 Express Edition on our newly re-purposed file server turned development server.  There are many prerequisites like the annoying Web Platform Installer (PI) and .NET 3.5 SP1 among a laundry list of others. The key here is merging our two databases together.  Until now, Bob and I have been working off of essentially the same data hosted on our individual computers.  It’s time to join forces and show everyone how well our two systems work together.  I’ll go into more detail in another post.

For now, just know that the install is complete and the .sql files have all been processed.  And I can rest easy tonight, just like Bob probably is…

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