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13 November 09 05:30 AM

When speaking about or demoing EntLib, I often get asked which Microsoft products Enterprise Library is used in. There are several dozen internal Microsoft projects (that we know of) that take advantage of Enterprise Library. However, many people are Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, Enterprise Library, Unity

Dependency Injection pattern in APIs
12 November 09 05:44 PM

My colleague and friend Chris Tavares, who is the Dev Lead on Enterprise Library and Unity, published an insightful article in MSDN magazine on the usage of DI in APIs, which I highly recommend. It is based on our recent experience of doing architectural Read More...

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

Grigori at PDC
11 November 09 06:54 AM

I’ll be at PDC2009 in LA next week. I’ll be happy to meet with EntLib and Unity users as well as critics, to discuss new features of EntLib 5.0, preview the new config experience and also solicit suggestions for post v5 work. If you’d like to discuss Read More...

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Filed under: p&p, EntLib, Enterprise Library, Unity, events, PDC, acceptance testing

p&p Summit 2009: What’s coming in Enterprise Library 5.0
16 October 09 07:51 AM

Yesterday Bob Brumfield and I gave a talk on EntLib5.0 at p&p summit in Redmond . We’ve discussed the underlying architectural refactoring and previewed the following improvements: Data accessors that will help you easily consume sproc results when Read More...

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Filed under: p&p, EntLib, Enterprise Library, Unity, events, pnpsummit

EntLib/Unity Trainers
14 August 09 04:50 PM

If you are offering industrial or academic courses or workshops that use Enterprise Library or Unity, I hope you are already taking advantage of our updated Hands-On Labs . I would like to know what else we could do to better support you and the learners. Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, Enterprise Library, Unity, labs, ease of use, learnability, training

Unity 2.0 container update
16 July 09 12:18 PM

Our latest work on Unity 2.0 is available on Codeplex (see change set 28516 ). This is the first work we’ve done on Unity as part of the EntLib5.0 effort . Major changes in this drop include: ObjectBuilder2 DLL is now gone. The code is now completely Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, Enterprise Library, dependency injection, Unity, new release, user experience

Enterprise Library 5.0: Architectural refactoring complete
25 June 09 04:19 PM

The highest priority story in the EntLib5 backlog is ARC01: Architectural refactoring, which includes the use of a dependency injection container for wiring your EntLib objects instead of the one-off ObjectBuilder factories and DI container independence Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, extensibility, Enterprise Library, Unity, ease of use

Enterprise Library 5.0: Product Backlog prioritization results
16 April 09 12:50 PM

Some two weeks ago, we exposed the preliminary product backlog for Enterprise Library 5.0 and invited the community to vote on the features that matter to them most. And what a response we got! Over 2,600 people viewed the backlog and 981 cast their votes, Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, survey, Enterprise Library, Unity, plans, learnability, user experience

Enterprise Library 5.0 – tentative product backlog published, story/feature prioritization is open – your participation is invited!
27 March 09 12:01 AM

EntLib Community! First of all, let me thank all of those who actively took part in providing their ideas and suggestions for the next version of EntLib. There are over 50 comments posted to my original invite and a similar number of emails, all of which Read More...

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Filed under: p&p, EntLib, Enterprise Library, Unity, new release

Enterprise Library 5.0 Product Backlog (Tentative, non-prioritized)
26 March 09 08:37 PM

Refer to the following list of possible features/stories for Enterprise Library v5.0 and the codes for each feature and estimated costs for their implementation. User Experience UX01: Better error reporting/messaging throughout (M) UX02: Debugging Visualizer Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, Enterprise Library, Unity, plans

Just Released – Hands-on Labs for Enterprise Library 4.1 and Unity 1.2
18 March 09 05:38 PM

I know it’s easy to get lost in the plethora of announcements and buzz from MIX’09, but today we are releasing a set of hands-on labs for all the application blocks in Enterprise Library. We believe that this valuable release will not go unnoticed by Read More...

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Filed under: intro, EntLib, guide, Enterprise Library, Unity, new release, labs, ease of use, learnability

Enterprise Library 5 – what’s on your wish list?
26 January 09 10:55 PM

We’ve started our planning of the Enterprise Library 5. This is your chance to send us suggestions, comments, screams... These may include ideas for new blocks, new providers for existing blocks, integration with new .NET Framework 4.0 features, improvements Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, Enterprise Library, Unity, plans

Just Released: Unity Application Block 1.2 for Silverlight
14 December 08 01:01 AM

If you are building rich application experiences in Silverlight , you can now use the power of dependency injection. It was possible to use Unity on Silverlight before, but you had to make some tweaks since Silverlight has some differences from the desktop Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, extensibility, Enterprise Library, dependency injection, Unity, new release, Silverlight

What is Enterprise Library team currently up to?
11 December 08 03:10 PM

After shipping Enterprise Library v4.1 , the team is focusing on the ease-of-use and learnability aspects of both EntLib and Unity. Our top stories of the current backlog include the following: Unity for Silverlight [Done - 12/14/2008] Comprehensive Enterprise Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, extensibility, Enterprise Library, dependency injection, Unity, videos, interception, plans, support, labs

Just Released: Microsoft Enterprise Library 4.1 and Unity 1.2
28 October 08 02:17 PM

From the floor of the Los Angeles Convention Center, I am writing this message in between many exciting PDC sessions and conversations with customers of Enterprise Library and other p&p assets. Microsoft patterns & practices is pleased to announce Read More...

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Filed under: EntLib, VS2008, extensibility, Enterprise Library, Unity, interception, AOP