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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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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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Filed under: extensibility, dependency injection, Unity

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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Filed under: extensibility, dependency injection, Unity

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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Making Dependency Injection Simpler in EntLib 4
03 December 07 07:51 PM

The benefits of modular design with cohesive components that have little or no coupling to the rest of the software system are commonly recognized today. Dependency injection is a mechanism that facilitates such aggressive decoupling and independence Read More...

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Filed under: p&p, EntLib, extensibility, Enterprise Library, dependency injection