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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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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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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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EntLib4.1 kickoff
03 August 08 09:13 PM

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...

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Webcasts demos
11 July 08 06:35 AM

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...

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Webcasts on EntLib4 and Unity
18 June 08 03:35 PM

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...

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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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Unity DI container 1.0 shipped!
04 April 08 05:09 PM

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...

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Unity container: resolving non-public objects
01 April 08 07:10 PM

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...

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Unity project heartbeat
04 March 08 08:43 PM

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...

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Unity February 2008 Community Technology Preview
12 February 08 05:12 PM

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...

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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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