LOB Application Design Advice
i'm working on building application track manufacturing products , orders. i'm building ground (sql server end, .net front end). application run in controlled environment , though experience in past has been in windows application development, decided implement front end using silverlight due deployment aspect. (yes i'm doing myself. employer says can hire software engineer every candidate find either deny or stall indefinitely, that's different story, shouldn't vent here.) i've been messing .net ria services, entity framework, & mvvm pattern. feel if can these elements play nice, i'll have loosely coupled, maintainable, , extendable system allow me add on functionality , features on monthly basis. think i'm lost somewhere between 2 problems. problem #1 database architecture / entity framework. manufacturing engineers have created instructions on how each product created. these instructions collectively known product definition. divide ...