Nothing is more important for an enterprise application than scalability and availability. Learn how to use clustering to meet both existing and future demands.

What is a Web Application’s Architecture? Component, database, middleware, user interface, and server interactions are all part of a web application’s architecture.

The Web services architecture consists of XML formatted files for exchanging information and SOAP for communication between applications.

Mobile clients could set a trend towards adoption of a new 2-tier application architecture that talks directly to a cloud-hosted database-as-a-service such as Database.com, cutting out the need ...

Big brands like Amazon and Netflix are embracing microservice architecture, but what is it, and how does it fit into application and software development?

REST is one of the most influential ideas in distributed architecture. Here's why it matters and how to understand RESTful services in theory and practice.

If a Web application framework vendor extends its system to support the Connector architecture, that vendor is assured of seamless connectivity to multiple EISs.

Web developers can no longer look at network latency and application performance as mutually exclusive concerns. Fortunately, there are several ways that developers can "hide" data transmission ...

The new way of the world for most web software development is the assembly of applications from cloud based APIs. Developers are saving loads of time by pulling in various cloud services and ...