<meta name="description" content="p&p, patterns & practices, process, agile, team system" /> http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/atom.xmlCommunity Server2009-02-18T23:26:36Zhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/11/05/patterns-practices-gat-gax-and-software-factories-for-vs-2010.aspx2009-11-05T20:37:25Z2009-11-05T20:37:25ZWith Visual Studio 2010 Beta 2 out, I have seen increase in number of emails I get about GAT/GAX and Software Factories. Don just posted this blog with an update on our plan. Please post a comment to that blog posting or send Don an email. &#160; Excerpt from the blog post: “Since everything else is dependent on GAX, getting it to a stable state on VS2010 is the first order of business. We hope to have early drops by the end of the calendar year so we can all start bringing forward the multitude...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/11/05/patterns-practices-gat-gax-and-software-factories-for-vs-2010.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9918223" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/10/05/my-trip-to-ukraine-and-russia.aspx2009-10-05T20:15:03Z2009-10-05T20:15:03ZI had the fortune of travelling to Ukraine and Russia accompanied by my colleagues Don Smith and Grigori Melnik . The two weeks trip was primarily for the p&amp;p event at Kyiv, Ukraine and Moscow, Russia . Our itinerary also included several customer meetings and press interviews. This is one of the best trips I have been on in the recent times and suspect it will remain that for a while. Obviously many thanks go to the phenomenal hosts at Ukraine and Russia. Couple that with a great event we had,...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/10/05/my-trip-to-ukraine-and-russia.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9903345" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/08/17/building-wpf-and-silverlight-applications-with-a-single-code-base-using-prism-msdn-magazine-article.aspx2009-08-18T03:20:28Z2009-08-18T03:20:28ZErwin from patterns &amp; practices team wrote an article for MSDN Magazine on &quot;Building WPF and Silverlight applications using Prism&quot;. Check it out here . Related links: p&amp;p Prism: http://www.microsoft.com/prism p&amp;p Satisfaction Survey: http://tinyurl.com/pnpsurvey Happy Reading!...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/08/17/building-wpf-and-silverlight-applications-with-a-single-code-base-using-prism-msdn-magazine-article.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9873227" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/08/07/survey-says.aspx2009-08-07T07:34:30Z2009-08-07T07:34:30ZNot yet. We need your input first. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and let us know which p&amp;p assets you use/ or used and how satisfied you are with p&amp;p assets and of course, overall with p&amp;p. Thanks for taking the time to complete the survey. Survey Link: http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/?p=WEB229HEVSWBED...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/08/07/survey-says.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9859867" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/07/20/guidance-for-the-web-from-p-p.aspx2009-07-21T05:27:06Z2009-07-21T05:27:06ZI am writing this blog post from India.&#160; I am in Chennai on vacation and having a great time connecting with family and friends. It is a hot and humid and that is to be expected. What is not to be expected though is the traffic pattern here in Chennai. It&#160; is important to watch for what the car and bike next to you and ahead of you is going to do next. It is fun and good times. On the work front, p&amp;p is gearing up to create next set of guidance for web applications. Before we get going...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/07/20/guidance-for-the-web-from-p-p.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9842673" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/06/24/become-a-fan-of-p-p-summit.aspx2009-06-24T09:26:39Z2009-06-24T09:26:39ZBecome a fan of p&amp;p summit on Facebook by clicking here . We have a fan drive going on right now to get 250 fans by June 30th. If we hit that number, one lucky fan will get a free pass to the p&amp;p summit. Act fast and become a fan. Accessories for your blog You can help us by blogging and tweeting about the summit. We have created some images (i.e. blog buttons) that you could use in your blog. Here is a sample below. You can check out the rest of the images at our facebook page here . p&amp;p...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/06/24/become-a-fan-of-p-p-summit.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9800968" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/05/05/i-am-a-pc-and-have-windows-7-rc-installed.aspx2009-05-06T02:22:20Z2009-05-06T02:22:20ZI got my primary machine loaded with Windows 7 RC this past Friday. Had an issue with multiple monitor but a video driver upgrade took care of it. I am liking it so far. If you want to give it a try, here is the link to download Win7 RC bits: http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-7/download.aspx Happy downloading!...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/05/05/i-am-a-pc-and-have-windows-7-rc-installed.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9589940" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/04/28/p-p-column-in-msdn-magazine.aspx2009-04-29T06:57:24Z2009-04-29T06:57:24ZI am sure many of you are regular readers of MSDN Magazine . We are happy to announce the launch of a new &quot; patterns &amp; practices &quot; column starting with the May 2009 issue. Alex Homer from the p&amp;p team authors the first installment : You Can Depend On Patterns and Practices If you have topic suggestions for this column, please post them in the comment section of this blog, Happy Reading!...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/04/28/p-p-column-in-msdn-magazine.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9574930" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/04/15/what-s-in-p-p-sharepoint-guidance-v2.aspx2009-04-16T06:56:40Z2009-04-16T06:56:40Zpatterns &amp; practices released SharePoint development guidance v1 back in November of last year. Check out this video for a brief overview and the patterns used. As you may know, we are working on the next version of the guidance which will cover: Enterprise Quality Tested and well understood scale characteristics Performance tuned application utilizing techniques to achieve high throughput and scale Manageable - configurable with instrumentation and diagnostics Content Driven Applications An...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/04/15/what-s-in-p-p-sharepoint-guidance-v2.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9552121" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/03/29/i-voted-have-you.aspx2009-03-29T21:57:41Z2009-03-29T21:57:41ZInfluence the features that makes it into the next version of Enterprise Library&#160; v5.0. Grigori Melnik has posted the tentative product backlog with the initial estimates for your feedback. &#160; Take this survey and tell us what you would like to see included in Enterprise Library v5.0. Happy Voting!...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/03/29/i-voted-have-you.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9517391" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/03/27/vb-quick-starts-and-how-tos-for-prism-v2-0.aspx2009-03-27T19:42:09Z2009-03-27T19:42:09ZAs promised, we are delighted to release quickstarts, How-Tos and HOLs in Visual Basic for Prism v2.0. You can download it from here . What is in this download? The Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight is designed to help you more easily build enterprise-level Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight client applications. It will help you design and build enterprise-level composite WPF client applications—composite applications use loosely coupled, independently evolvable...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/03/27/vb-quick-starts-and-how-tos-for-prism-v2-0.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9514555" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/03/19/2-more-reasons-to-attend-p-p-summit.aspx2009-03-19T07:24:17Z2009-03-19T07:24:17ZBrian Harry and Douglas Purdy That’s right. Brian and Doug are now joining the p&amp;p summit as keynoters. Here is the complete line up of keynote speakers: Martin Fowler, Scott Guthrie, Brian Harry, David Campbell, Wolfram Schulte, &amp; Douglas Purdy As I mentioned in my last post , registration for the summit is now open....(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/03/19/2-more-reasons-to-attend-p-p-summit.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9488972" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/03/02/patterns-practices-summit-2009-is-now-open-for-registration.aspx2009-03-03T01:42:55Z2009-03-03T01:42:55Zp&amp;p Summit 2009 will be held in Microsoft Conference Center, Redmond, Washington between Oct 12th and 16th 2009. Mark your calendars and register now to take advantage of the early bird price. Keynote presentations by: Martin Fowler, Scott Guthrie, David Campbell, &amp; Wolfram Schulte Here is the session schedule from the last year’s conference. What topics do you like to see covered in this year’s conference? Post topic suggestions in the blog comments. &#160; See you in October!...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/03/02/patterns-practices-summit-2009-is-now-open-for-registration.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9455344" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/02/25/p-p-software-factories-gat-gax-and-visual-studio-2010.aspx2009-02-26T07:24:00Z2009-02-26T07:24:00ZMy p&amp;p colleague Don Smith posted a blog with our high level plans for Software Factories and GAT/GAX for Visual Studion 2010. Check it out here . The key message here is that we at p&amp;p are committed to refreshing the software factories and GAT/GAX for Visual Studio 2010. As Don says in his post, help us understand the most important scenarios for you. Post a comment to this blog or Don's or send me an email at ajoy dot krishnamoorthy at microsoft dot com....(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/02/25/p-p-software-factories-gat-gax-and-visual-studio-2010.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9445634" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspxhttp://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/02/18/guidance-for-building-wpf-and-silverlight-applications.aspx2009-02-19T07:26:36Z2009-02-19T07:26:36ZComposite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight v2.0 (PRISM) What’s PRISM? The Composite Application Guidance is designed to help you more easily build modular Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight client line of business applications. These types of applications typically feature multiple screens, rich, flexible user interaction and data visualization, and role-determined behavior. They are built to last and built for change . This means that the application's expected lifetime...(<a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ajoyk/archive/2009/02/18/guidance-for-building-wpf-and-silverlight-applications.aspx">read more</a>)<img src="http://blogs.msdn.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=9433237" width="1" height="1">ajoykhttp://blogs.msdn.com/members/ajoyk.aspx