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PUBLIC MARKS from tadanderson with tags pnp & Mircosoft

March 2008

Has Microsoft Implemented the Software Factory? I think not.

What I have seen come out of patterns and practices are not software factories as prescribed by the initial movement.

ASP.NET 3.5 MVC Preview 2 Available for Download

The ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 provides an early look at an upcoming framework for building ASP.NET web applications using the Model-View-Controller pattern.

February 2008

January 2008

New Web Client Software Factory Modularity Bundle from patterns & practices

Modularity is the separation of an application in independent and collaborative modules. You use modules to encapsulate a set of concerns of your application and independently develop and deploy them to your applications. These modules are developed and maintained by multiple teams.

December 2007

Real World Software Architecture

David has posted a new MVP Bundle Screencast on the WCSF v2.0 Model View Presenter Design Pattern.

November 2007

October 2007

September 2007

Web Client Software Factory- Validation Guidance Bundle

The patterns & practices team has released a Web Client Software Factory Validation Guidance Bundle.

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...

patterns & practices Practices Checker for ASP.NET Applications

patterns & practices Practices Checker is a tool that helps you verify your applications against the patterns & practices performance recommendations for ASP.NET applications.

Contextual Autocomplete Guidance Bundle and ContextSensitiveAutoCompleteExtender Control

Check out the Contextual Autocomplete Guidance Bundle and ContextSensitiveAutoCompleteExtender Control.

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.

July 2007

New Code Generation Tool- patterns & practices: Repository Factory

The Repository Factory is a guidance package that automates creation of entity classes that map to database tables and repository classes to read and write those entity classes.

May 2007

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.

Microsoft Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Guidance

The Patterns and Practices team has started an upgrade initiative for the Microsoft Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Guidance.