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patterns & practices GAT/GAX and Software Factories for VS 2010

ajoyk — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:37:25 GMT

With 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. Excerpt...(read more)

My trip to Ukraine and Russia

ajoyk — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 20:15:03 GMT

I 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&p event at Kyiv, Ukraine and Moscow, Russia . Our itinerary also included several customer...(read more)

Building WPF and Silverlight Applications with a Single Code Base Using Prism - MSDN Magazine Article

ajoyk — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:20:28 GMT

Erwin from patterns & practices team wrote an article for MSDN Magazine on "Building WPF and Silverlight applications using Prism". Check it out here . Related links: p&p Prism: http://www.microsoft.com/prism p&p Satisfaction Survey:...(read more)

Survey says…

ajoyk — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 07:34:30 GMT

Not yet. We need your input first. Please take a few minutes to complete this survey and let us know which p&p assets you use/ or used and how satisfied you are with p&p assets and of course, overall with p&p. Thanks for taking the time to...(read more)

Guidance for the Web from p&p

ajoyk — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 05:27:06 GMT

I am writing this blog post from India. 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....(read more)

Become a Fan of p&p summit!

ajoyk — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 09:26:39 GMT

Become a fan of p&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&p summit. Act fast and become a fan. Accessories...(read more)

I am a PC and have Windows 7 RC installed

ajoyk — Wed, 06 May 2009 02:22:20 GMT

I 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...(read more)

p&p Column in MSDN Magazine

ajoyk — Wed, 29 Apr 2009 06:57:24 GMT

I am sure many of you are regular readers of MSDN Magazine . We are happy to announce the launch of a new " patterns & practices " column starting with the May 2009 issue. Alex Homer from the p&p team authors the first installment :...(read more)

What’s in p&p SharePoint Guidance v2?

ajoyk — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:56:40 GMT

patterns & 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:...(read more)

I voted. Have you?

ajoyk — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 21:57:41 GMT

Influence the features that makes it into the next version of Enterprise Library v5.0. Grigori Melnik has posted the tentative product backlog with the initial estimates for your feedback. Take this survey and tell us what you would like...(read more)

VB Quick Starts and How-Tos for Prism v2.0

ajoyk — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 19:42:09 GMT

As 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...(read more)

2 more reasons to attend p&p summit…

ajoyk — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 07:24:17 GMT

Brian Harry and Douglas Purdy That’s right. Brian and Doug are now joining the p&p summit as keynoters. Here is the complete line up of keynote speakers: Martin Fowler, Scott Guthrie, Brian Harry, David Campbell, Wolfram Schulte, & Douglas Purdy...(read more)

patterns & practices Summit 2009 is now open for registration.

ajoyk — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 01:42:55 GMT

p&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,...(read more)

p&p Software Factories, GAT/GAX and Visual Studio 2010

ajoyk — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 07:24:00 GMT

My p&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&p are committed to refreshing the software factories and GAT/GAX...(read more)

Guidance for building WPF and Silverlight Applications

ajoyk — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 07:26:36 GMT

Composite 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....(read more)