May 2008 - Posts

Upcoming conferences - where I'll be (May - Oct 2008)
31 May 08 08:45 AM

Tech-Ed 2008 Developers , June 2-6, Orlando, FL. I’ll be giving a talk on the Enterprise Library (DVP02-TLC). I’ll be also hanging out in the exhibition areas (mainly, Process & Project Management (DVP- VSTS 2008)). CAST 2008 , July 14-17, Toronto, Read More...

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Filed under: agile, Agile2008, events, acceptance tests, workshop, software testing, TechReady, PDC, TechEd, STAR, CAST

What does "done" mean to you?
22 May 08 07:30 AM

We have posted a short survey on the practices of acceptance testing that I would like to invite you to answer. Your thoughtful responses will help us focus the guide on issues that matter to you. Your input is critical. If you feel particularly strongly Read More...

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Filed under: survey, acceptance tests

Where did the Application Block Software Factory go?
22 May 08 06:41 AM

As I mentioned in the announcement of the Enterprise Library 4, two pieces were removed from the release: Application Block Software Factory and Strong-Naming Guidance Package. These are made available as a separate download on EntLibContrib . Here’s Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, EntLib Contrib, Enterprise Library

Unity refresh (v1.1)
16 May 08 11:40 PM

In addition to the release of the Enterprise Library 4.0, the patterns & practices team is happy to announce the release of the Unity dependency injection container v1.1. Quick Links: – MSDN site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/unity – Community Forum: Read More...

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Filed under: dependency injection, Unity

Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008 released!
16 May 08 03:16 PM

Friends, I am extremely excited to announce the release of the Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008. Congratulations to the team ! Quick Links: – MSDN site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/entlib – Community Forum: http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkID=119312 Read More...

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Filed under: p&p, EntLib, EntLib Contrib, VS2008, Validation Block, Enterprise Library, Unity

Empirical Evidence of Agile Methods: ce que nous savons, ce que nous pensons savoir et ce que nous voulons savoir
13 May 08 07:37 AM

I gave two versions of my talk on the Empirical Evidence of Agile Methods : What We Know, What We Think We Know, and What We Would Like to Know at the patterns & practices summit in Québec City, Canada and the Agile Québec user group last week. Here’re Read More...

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Filed under: empirical evidence, agile, talks