The typical DevForce n-tier client is a smart .NET UI such as a Silverlight, Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF), or Windows Forms application, but it might also be a console application, a Windows Service, or an ASP.NET application.
In an n-tier DevForce application, the client tier communicates with an EntityServer on a separate application server tier, and the application server in turn communicates with the data tier.
We'll discuss configuration and deployment of Silverlight and other application types next.