[Mono-list] Application Architecture

Hello,

I have a question about application architecture and I figured this is as good a place as any to ask my question.

Currently I have a small database (29 Tables, 149 Columns in total) and now I want to write code to use the database.

The idea is to write a class library to access the code, so that I'm not bound to a specific user interface,

I guess this is a normal DAL component then. Now I've read some books on ADO.NET, and though all of them

give a very good insight on the inner workings and usage of ADO.NET they do not offer much information

about best practices or real life application design. They just throw some building blocks at the reader,

show off some small applications and that's it. So I'm asking your advice on how I should develop my DAL.

Where do I start, what are the things I need to keep in mind, etc...

I would also like to know about personal experience you may have had on the subject, problems you encountered and so on.

One thing I don't need is a link to another webpage explaining to me how to create a provider independant dal component,

I need advice on real life application development, not an ADO.NET tutorial :-)

I know this is a very 'global' question, and that there is no strait answer to my problem,

but that's why I would like to start this discussion, perhaps I can learn from your own experiences

Thank you.

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