September 2007
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.
SEI Component Formal Reasoning Technology (ComFoRT) Reasoning Framework 2.0 Available
Version 2.0 of ComFoRT is an Eclipse-based integrated development environment (IDE), which includes a syntax highlighting editor, a counterexample viewer, and integrated help and tutorials to simplify use
August 2007
A Framework for Software Product Line Practice, Version 5.0 is Available!!!!!
The Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon has released their Framework for Software Product Line Practice, Version 5.0.
Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Line-of-Business (LOB) Adapter SDK Available
Microsoft Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) Line-of-Business (LOB) Adapter SDK is available for download.
A Ton of ASP.NET 2.0 Data Access Video Tutorials
There are a ton of data access tutorials posted on the ASP.NET site that explore techniques for implementing common data access patterns in ASP.NET 2.0.
July 2007
patterns & practices April 2007 DVD is Available for Download Again
The patterns & practices April 2007 DVD was taken down for a while, but it is back up for download. This time there are 2 posters included with the downloads.
June 2007
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.
May 2007
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.
Smart Client Software Factory (SCSF) v2 Released (May 2007)!!!!
The Smart Client Software Factory (SCSF) v2 (May 2007), which includes Windows Presentation Foundation interoperability CAB extensions and View with presenter recipe, is available for download.
A New Software Product Lines Community Wiki to Keep your Eye on.
A new Software Product Lines Community Wiki site has been set up, where contributors can submit patterns of variation mechanism usage.
Pattern-Oriented Software Architecture: A Pattern Language for Distributed Computing (POSA4)
This is the Pattern Bible for Distributed Computing. It pulls together 114 patterns and shows how to use them in the context of distributed software architectures. It also claims to reference 150 patterns in other publications.
