Talk:Multitier architecture

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Cleanup and merging

I'd like to clean this article and the Three-tier (computing) article up and merge them together. Two-tier, three-tier, n-tier, are all just names for the same basic concept (that steps from Model-view-controller) and both articles do a bad job explaining things. I originally just merged the articles (bad idea) and planned to work on them later, but I haven't really gotten the chance yet.

And technically, the article should probably be named "Multiple tier" (why I merged the bigger article into the smaller!) because it's more encompassing.

Anyway, I will work on the articles more before merging them, and maybe others will join in. -- Foofy 07:11, 19 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for unmerging; thinking and talking about this beforehand is a much better idea. I will help out some with the cleanup as I have bandwidth. We do need to keep the three-tier explanations clear in the eventual outcome; that's how most people come to know of / about multi-tier architectures these days. Georgewilliamherbert 00:57, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

- Yeah, almost everytime I read about another tier beyond the original three, it's more of a clarification of another tier. I'm gonna sink my teeth into this later tonight, still reading and gathering a bunch of info. Have a general outline I'll try to pound in tonight. -- Foofy 19:22, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

- Multiple tier is still refered to in the CIW educational manuals for testing as another definition of three-tier. Unless the curriculumn changes, I think it is a good idea to keep the three tier explanation with the mutli-tier name as simply another defining term. Kat.

I agree!