January 2008 - Posts

Unity Extensibility Workshop
29 January 08 12:13 PM

Microsoft Main Campus (Building 99) February 18-19, 2008 Redmond, WA Description Unity is Microsoft’s lightweight, extensible dependency injection container. Microsoft patterns & practices will host Unity Extensibility Workshop to walk the participants Read More...

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Filed under: p&p, EntLib, EntLib Contrib, extensibility, Enterprise Library, Unity, events, workshop

Who are we ? - introducing EntLib 4.0 and Unity Team
22 January 08 11:14 PM

In my previous posting, I’ve acknowleged everybody who worked on EntLib 1.0-3.1. I should have mentioned the technical experts who participate in our advisories and help with their critiques and suggestions. Many thanks to them too! And now … on to the Read More...

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Filed under: p&p, EntLib, team development, Enterprise Library, Unity

EntLib downloads exceed one million!
22 January 08 10:42 PM

Friends, Typically I check the download stats for EntLib about once a month. Back in Dec I knew we were on the path to 1 mln downloads but today I am pleased to announce to the EntLib users’ community that now we have actually exceeded 1mln downloads! Read More...

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Filed under: p&p, EntLib, Enterprise Library

Tests and Requirements, Requirements and Tests: A Möbius Strip
22 January 08 02:43 PM

Over a year ago, Robert Martin and I wrote a paper on exploring and disambiguating requirements with acceptance tests. In it we formulate the equivalence hypothesis - as formality increases, acceptance tests and requirements become indistinguishable. Read More...

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Filed under: articles, agile, fit, acceptance tests

Agile 2008 Conference - new model, many changes - part 1
15 January 08 01:21 AM

Catching up on blogging about Agile 2008 Conference , for which I am a Program Chair. Luckily, I am part of an amazing squad of 40+ enthusiasts and their teams, led by the fearless trio: Rachel Davies (who is the General Chair), Mary Poppendieck (who Read More...

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Filed under: agile, Agile2008, events

DIAB is now Unity
14 January 08 05:19 PM

First of all, we finally came up with a name for the DI container we are building. A drum roll, please… We’ve decided to call it “ Unity ” as a container that epitomizes a quality of one (system) being, comprising, or consisting of a number (of parts/components). Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, extensibility, Enterprise Library, dependency injection, Unity

Enterprise Library product backlog
08 January 08 05:00 PM

I've posted the current EntLib4 product backlog with prioritized stories on Codeplex: http://www.codeplex.com/entlib/Wiki/View.aspx?title=EntLib4%20Backlog There are two main areas we are working on: introducing the dependency injection block (which I Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, VS2008, extensibility, Enterprise Library, dependency injection