public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from tadanderson with tag pnp

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

Service Factory - Modeling Edition CTP (VS2008) Available

The Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition (also known as the Service Factory) is an integrated collection of resources designed to help you quickly and consistently build WCF and ASMX Web services that adhere to well-known architecture and design patterns. These resources consist of models with code generation in the form of tools integrated with Visual Studio 2008 and patterns and architecture topics in the form of written guidance.

Real World Software Architecture

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

Next version of Web Client Software Factory (WCSF)

Blaine has posted an update on the next version of the Web Client Software Factory (WCSF). It will include support for Visual Studio 2008.

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

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.

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.

June 2007

Web Client Software Factory June 2007 Release ( v1.1 ) is Available for Download

Web Client Software Factory June 2007 Release ( v1.1 ) is Available for Download

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.

Microsoft Enterprise Service Bus (ESB) Guidance

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