Whether you are an enterprise architect or a home hobbyist, developing enterprise-class applications is not difficult with a proper foundation built on proven industry best practices. In this series, we focus on a variety of design and architecture topics for both developing mission-critical business systems and doing rapid application development. Specific topics include everything from software patterns to code libraries to Class and Object-oriented design for Web, Smart Client, and backend systems. We also discuss the new Visual Studio Team System and the advantages of architecting with Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0.