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Name element (use case), 111

Name property, 90

Namespace hierarchies, 17

Namespaces, 17, 357

Naming conventions, 409-411

for columns, 411

for routines, 410

SQL Server, 411

for tables, 410-411

using meaningful names, 410

for variables, 410

Naming standards (for code), 408-416

Natural language, 214

Navigation (web site), 275, 420

Need to know basis (access to information), 120

.NET applications

deployment methods, 362

deployment phases, 173

options for packaging, 173

target architectures for, 266

.NET assemblies. See Assemblies

.NET Compact Framework, 6, 29

.NET conversion project, 12

.NET datasets, 18

.NET developers, web site for, 6

.NET development, open-source, 30

.NET Enterprise Servers, 6

.NET Framework, 6, 16-23

.NET Framework classes, 12, 17, 306, 357

defined, 291

identifying for an application, 291

.NET Framework components, 10, 16-17

.NET Framework Configuration dialog box (VS .NET), 180

.NET Framework 1.1, 29

.NET paradigm, 6-12

.NET platform, 6-7, 85

as middleware between applications and Windows, 8

as a revolution not an evolution, 5

authentication, 351-352

built-in data types in, 17

vs. COM/DCOM model, 8-10, 16

compatibility with COM, 11

converting applications to vs. developing on, 12

converting existing applications to, 11-12

deployment features, 172-173

developing COM components on, 8

future directions, 28-31

future enhancements to, 29

introduction to, 5-15

language compilers, 24-25

methods for upgrading, 193

Microsoft’s marketing materials for, 346

multilanguage capability, 26

multiple versions of dependent assemblies, 176

new features and benefits of, 10

planning for, 85

release of, 5

security on, 302-304

software design on, 5

technologies not supported on, 12

upgrading systems and applications for, 7

Web and Windows applications, 264

vs. Windows DNA architecture, 8-9

.NET project templates, 20-22

.NET remoting, 7, 16

.Net Show (television show), 217

.NET versioning vs. COM versioning, 9

.NET-related resources and articles (Microsoft), 6

Network administration, 191

Network administrators, documentation for, 394

Network diagramming (Visio), 26

Network interoperability, 165

NIAM (Natural Language Information Analysis Method), 214

99 percent availability, 348

99.5 percent availability, 348

99.9 percent availability, 348-349

NLB (network load balancing), 157

NLS (National Language Support), 166

No-impact applications, 172

Nonfunctional requirements, 99-100, 149

Nonisolated model (of web application development), 436

Non-null constraint (database table), 314

Nonrepudiation requirements, 120

Normalization

concept of, 218

five rules of, 218-219

levels of, 218

Normalized database, 218

Note object (use case), 88

NTFS partition, project saved on, 436

N-tier application architecture, 266, 269-271

as least efficient configuration, 269

availability factors, 270, 348

vs. client/server, 269

complex architecture, 270

consuming of web services, 309

developer maintenance of, 367

difficulty and expense of, 270

for enterprise-level systems, 270

managing user sessions, 310

problems not easily found, 270

scalability of, 270

security for, 303

for web applications, 268

Numbers (locale-aware), 114

NUnit, 422