Browse by Tags

• agile
• dependency injection
• Enterprise Library
• EntLib
• EntLib Contrib
• events
• extensibility
• p&p
• team development
• Validation Block
• VS2008
• webcasts
• workshop

• EntLib4.1 kickoff

  On July 31 we have kicked off the EntLib4.1 and Unity 1.2 project. This is a minor service release. In it, we address several bugs and enhancements, and provide the following features: - Collections support in the Unity Application Block (Unity dependency Read More... Posted Sunday, August 03, 2008 9:13 PM by gmelnik | 3 Comments Filed under: EntLib, Enterprise Library, dependency injection, Unity

• Webcasts demos

  The demo from the Enterprise Library 4.0 webcast we did yesterday is posted on Codeplex . Now can also find the demos from the webcasts on Unity here . Read More... Posted Friday, July 11, 2008 6:35 AM by gmelnik | 1 Comments Filed under: EntLib, Enterprise Library, dependency injection, Unity, events, webcasts

• Webcasts on EntLib4 and Unity

  We are planning three webcasts on EntLib4 and Unity. Pencil in the tentative dates: § Taking advantage of Microsoft Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008 ( Level 200 – Intro ) July 10, 13:00-14:30pm Pacific Register § Introduction to dependency Read More... Posted Wednesday, June 18, 2008 3:35 PM by gmelnik | 4 Comments Filed under: EntLib, Enterprise Library, dependency injection, Unity, events, webcasts

• Unity refresh (v1.1)

  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... Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 11:40 PM by gmelnik | 3 Comments Filed under: dependency injection, Unity

• Enterprise Library 4.0 for Visual Studio 2008 released!

  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... Posted Friday, May 16, 2008 3:16 PM by gmelnik | 14 Comments Filed under: p&p, EntLib, EntLib Contrib, VS2008, Validation Block, Enterprise Library, Unity

• Unity DI container 1.0 shipped!

  Microsoft patterns & practices is excited to announce the release of Unity 1.0. As many of you already know, Unity is a lightweight, extensible dependency injection (DI) container. It facilitates building loosely coupled applications and provides Read More... Posted Friday, April 04, 2008 5:09 PM by gmelnik | 3 Comments Filed under: p&p, extensibility, dependency injection, Unity

• Unity container: resolving non-public objects

  If you care, please read the following thread posted on Codeplex: http://www.codeplex.com/unity/Thread/View.aspx?ThreadId=25123 and comment on the path we are taking to address the issue with injecting and resolving non-public types in partial trust scenarios. Read More... Posted Tuesday, April 01, 2008 7:10 PM by gmelnik | 0 Comments Filed under: extensibility, dependency injection, Unity

• Unity release date is moved to April 7

  We've revised our original release date (March 15) to April 7. In the meantime, feel free to access our community technology preview drops at http://www.codeplex.com/unity Grigori Read More... Posted Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:05 AM by gmelnik | 5 Comments Filed under: Unity

• Unity project heartbeat

  Those who follow the work of our team on Unity have probably noticed a certain rhythm we follow – of weekly Unity CTP drops on Tuesdays. Today, we did another one. It has some changes to the API (described at http://www.codeplex.com/unity/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=11319 Read More... Posted Tuesday, March 04, 2008 8:43 PM by gmelnik | 2 Comments Filed under: agile, dependency injection, Unity

• EntLib/Unity roadmap

  This is a quick update on our release plans. March 15 - Unity 1.0 release March 15 - Enterprise Library 4.0 CTP (includes new features of WMI2 support, ability to provide your own cache manager, and other enhancements to the application blocks based on Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 27, 2008 3:37 PM by gmelnik | 11 Comments Filed under: EntLib, Enterprise Library, Unity

• Unity February 2008 Community Technology Preview

  Friends! Today we have released the February 2008 Community Technology Preview of Unity , our lightweight extensible dependency injection container (it's truly lightweight - to use it, you only need to include 2 assemblies totalling about 100K). Get it Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 12, 2008 5:12 PM by gmelnik | 11 Comments Filed under: extensibility, dependency injection, Unity

• Unity Extensibility Workshop

  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... Posted Tuesday, January 29, 2008 12:13 PM by gmelnik | 5 Comments Filed under: p&p, EntLib, EntLib Contrib, extensibility, Enterprise Library, Unity, events, workshop

• Who are we ? - introducing EntLib 4.0 and Unity Team

  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... Posted Tuesday, January 22, 2008 11:14 PM by gmelnik | 6 Comments Filed under: p&p, EntLib, team development, Enterprise Library, Unity

• DIAB is now Unity

  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... Posted Monday, January 14, 2008 5:19 PM by gmelnik | 19 Comments Filed under: EntLib, extensibility, Enterprise Library, dependency injection, Unity