This book discusses factors and opinions developers should consider in order to create higher quality designs and applications. The author uses one large-scale business application throughout the book as the basis for all examples to clearly illustrate concepts being discussed. Coverage also includes: a variety of aspects about design in the world of .NET; explanations of the business and data access layers of application design; solutions for problems such as code structure, solid error trapping, and how to build in debugging support; discussion of how to design larger projects with more robust systems and reusable components.