2014
Microsoft .NET - Architecting Applications for the Enterprise (2nd Edition) Book Review
This book does an excellent job of showing the architect how to achieve their part of the many pieces of the puzzle that are needed to create an agile environment
2012
Pro .NET Best Practices Book Review
I highly recommend this book to any role involved with developing .NET software.
2011
Practical Code Generation in .NET: Covering Visual Studio 2005, 2008, and 2010 Book Review
One of the things I like the most about the book is that the author really shows you how to take advantage of existing tools and libraries that are intended to be used for code generation.
2009
C# VB.NET and ASP.NET Refactoring Book Reviews
Both of these books are great. Each has it's own unique sections, while at the same time they cover the same refactorings, smells, and Object-Oriented Design Principles in detail.
2007
Cool Links III- .NET 3.0, 3.5, Acropolis, TFS, AJAX, Visual Studio 2008, CAB, WPF, Silverlight, WCF, SQL Server 2008
I posted a few sets of links a few months ago. Here is another list. There has been a ton of new info to keep up with. Topics - .NET 3.0, 3.5, Acropolis, TFS, AJAX, Visual Studio 2008, CAB, WPF, Silverlight, SQL Server 2008, Architecture, WCF, LINQ, MVP, Repository Factory, etc...
Create Data Access Layer Using Repository Factory Guidance Package Screencast Part II Available
This screencast demonstrates using the Repository Factory Guidance Package to generate a data access layer for web and winform applications. Discusses differences between it and the older Data Access Guidance Package.
More Cool Links- .NET 3.0, 3.5, Acropolis, TFS, AJAX, Visual Studio 2008, CAB, WPF, Silverlight and SQL Server 2008
I posted this set of links a few weeks ago. Here is another list. There has been a ton of new info to keep up with.
patterns & practices Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications Guide
The Microsoft Patterns & Practices team released the beta 1 PDF version of the patterns & practices Performance Testing Guidance for Web Applications Guide.
Programming Microsoft Composite UI Application Block and Smart Client Software Factory Book on the Way
Programming Microsoft Composite UI Application Block and Smart Client Software Factory Book on the Way. I am hoping that this book provides a good path through the documentation and that it settles some of the contradictions found in it.
Vote, Vote, Vote - Enterprise Library 3.1 and Web Client Software Factory 1.1 are coming, and then Web Client Software Factory 2.0.
The interaction between the PnP team and the community has been excellent. If you haven't been voting on the changes you would like to see happen, you should start. Each of the CodePlex sites offer a voting section for the feature we the community would like to see.
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