Create your application to work without either a UI or a database so you can run automated regression-tests against the application, work when the database becomes unavailable, and link applications together without any user involvement.
Known also as: Hexagonal Architecture
Read the full description here: http://alistair.cockburn.us/Hexagonal+architecture
I know that my Italian friends Matteo Vaccari e Antonio Carpentieri have presented sessions about this topic at the London XP Days and in other agile events, so they can be trustworthy source when you want to ask questions about this topic.
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