Blaine Wastell - patterns & practices client architecture guidance

Last December, we announced our thoughts on a new version of Prism for Windows 8 which we code named Kona. We are excited to announce that Prism for the Windows Runtime and the associated AdventureWorks Shopper reference implementation is now available...

We will release Prism for the Windows Runtime very soon. In preparation of the release, we created a knowledge base . The knowledge base will continue to grow overtime based upon question you ask in the discussion section on http://prismwindowsruntime...

Check out Francis Cheung and myself talking with Robert Green on Channel 9 about Prism for Windows Runtime. We give a quick overview of the Adventure Works Shopper Reference Implementation and then Francis demonstrates how to create a new app using Prism...

I want to update you on the status of the project from the patterns & practices team codenamed Kona Guidance. The project provides guidance on how to develop Windows Store business apps. We are close to completing the project and have beta versions...

For those of you interested in creating line of business Windows Store apps, you should check out the latest Kona source code on CodePlex . A number of you posted comments on my blog , requesting that Event Aggregator work with Windows 8 apps. With the...

The patterns & practices client team is happy to announce the release of the Hilo guidance: Developing a Windows Store app using JavaScript . This is companion guidance to Hilo C++ . Customer Value Windows 8 enables millions of people to be more productive...

The patterns & practices client team is happy to announce the release of the Hilo guidance: Developing a Windows Store app using C++ and XAML which is part of the Windows SDK. This is companion guidance for Hilo JavaScript . Customer Value Windows...

The patterns & practices Symposium 2013 is scheduled for January 15 – 17, on campus in Redmond. This is a great opportunity for your customers to connect and learn. We have an amazing set of presenters this year. To celebrate our theme of exploration...

This blog post discusses our plans for Prism to run on .NET 4.5 and our plans to create guidance for Windows 8 Line of Business (LOB) apps. Prism for Windows 8 is now released. Read about it on my blog post or see a demo of Prism on Channel 9. Prism...

We finally shipped Prism 4.1 for Silverlight 5. You can find the documentation at www.microsoft.com/prism . The documentation is the same between Prism 4.0 and Prism 4.1. The readme identifies the differences between the versions. Prism 4.1 changes Changes...

patterns & practices started working on Prism 4.1 which will target Silverlight 5 and items requested on Codeplex . The current plan is to ship the release in January. Additionally, we plan to ship Prism 4.5 after .NET 4.5 is released. Prism 4.5 will...

Brian Noyes, a long time Prism advisor is creating Working with Prism 4 Series. You should check it out as Brian is a good writer and trainer with lots of successful customers using Prism. This will be a multi-part series and the first installment is...

Check out PluralSight’s free offer for 3 hours of online Prism training from November 12 – 14. The course will help you learn how to design and build WPF, Silverlight, and Windows Phone Applications using Prism 4.0. The course covers: Getting Started...

Yesterday we published the CTP for Prism 4.0 . In my previous blog , I called this phase I. Phase I provides guidance on MVVM and using MEF for modularity. As I mentioned in this blog, for phase II we will consider the following for its scope: Stock Trader...

The team is hard at work on Prism 4.0 which will run on .NET 4.0 and Silverlight 4. We just posted the second drop on Codeplex. We are in the early stages so we really appreciate your feedback – both good and bad. As I previously announced in my blog...

I just posted an updated version to Codeplex of the Web Client Guidance now called Developing Web App: Building Responsive Modular Web Applications . This version includes updated documentation with graphics and links to other topics. We decided to delay...

As I mentioned in my blog post on Prism 4.0 we will publish a survey asking for your feedback on Prism 4.0. The Prism 4.0 survey just went live and we need you to help us prioritize the potential features for this release. So hurry up and take the survey...

We just published a beta version of the Web Client Software Factory for Visual Studio 2010 on Codeplex. Go check it out. This uses the new version of the Guidance Automation Extensions (GAX) and Guidance Automation Toolkit (GAT). GAX and GAT can be downloaded...

We just published a beta version of the Smart Client Software Factory for Visual Studio 2010 on Codeplex. Go check it out. This uses the new version of the Guidance Automation Extensions (GAX) and Guidance Automation Toolkit (GAT). GAX and GAT can be...

Last week we announced our plans for Prism 4.0 on patterns & practices blog , David Hill’s blog , and my blog . A number of you asked a follow-up question if Prism 4.0 will support Unity 2.0. The answer is yes? When we publish the interim release...

We received a number of questions on Codeplex asking us whether the Web Client Software Factory (WCSF) will support ASP.NET MVC and patterns & practices Unity. As I mentioned in a previous blog post , we decided to update the existing version of the...

p&p needs your feedback! We plan to release the Web Client Guidance around Dev10 launch. This guidance will help customers create rich, responsive, modular Web applications. We are looking for your input before the final release in early April to...

The patterns & practices Client Team just published a blog post on the p&p team blog that describes our plans for Prism vNext. The post answers two questions that we get with regards to Prism: Can I use Prism with WPF/Silverlight development...

Simon Ince recently posted some very good blog posts on View Models in MVC , Generic or Specific Routes , and Packing UI Components in MVC . These are some of the topics that we are covering in the Web Client Guidance project on http://webclientguidance...

We just posted the most recent drop of the Web Client Guidance on Codeplex . At this point we are making fewer changes to the code and focusing more on the documentation. Below is the change log for the drop. The next drop we will refine our guidance...