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5/31/2013 1:06 AM
 
Dylan72

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I have an implementation that could be done in a number of small modules, or perhaps as one or two large modules.

The benefit of using smaller modules is that I can arrange them on my page as I want. But a single monolithic module would have a single codebase, and since I'm using JQuery and JQueryUI a bit, I assume it would also work quicker.

What's the general preference when developing a number of small-but-related modules? Monolithic, or not?

(For info, these modules would be scoped by user id for the most part.)

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5/31/2013 5:58 PM
 
Erik van Ballegoij


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If you put the smaller modules in one large Visual Studio solution (as a compiled module, or Web Application Project), it would still be one code base, and you could still put as many modules on pages as you like. In other words.. if you are creating a compiled module, it really doesnt matter what you choose..
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6/1/2013 12:57 AM
 
Dylan72

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OK, that is sage advice. I'll put my modules together in the same solution.

One follow-up question, then, if my modules all access the same set of database tables, should I have a module just for the database objects to be installed in? Like a "controller" module?

I am worried that I may be complicating things by having multiple modules each with a bit of the table structure in them.

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6/2/2013 2:01 AM
 
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Technically you could have 1 controller that accesses everything. I general though, you would have 1 controller per table, that usually makes for code that is better readable.Remember that this is one big solution, so you can access common code (ie. your business layer) from all the modules.
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