Looking for ways to find guidance and learn?  A series of Developer Guidance Maps have been published, covering a wide range of technologies and guidance types. These maps help you find resources ( code samples , documentation , “How To”s , videos , training ), for learning about each of these areas...

If you're been looking into the Acropolis project for building composite applications, take a look at this post by the Acropolis team. The short of it is that the project in its current form (as CTP's) will no longer be versioned (but will remain available.) However, the goals, concepts, and lessons...

I'll be in Boston tomorrow night (10/4), giving a talk about the Patterns & Practices group and Enterprise Library for the Beantown .NET User Group. If you're in the Boston area and are interested in learning about how Enterprise Library can help with your development efforts, drop by for a listen...

We've collected the slides and content from our most recent Roadshow and have made them available at: http://www.arcStreamEast.net/arcStreamEast/Download/zips/BandC-May2007.zip Covered sessions are: XML and the Database What's New from the Patterns & Practices Group? Silverlight ASP.NET AJAX - Going...

We're back in the saddle again, gearing up for another five-city tour to bring deep technical content to a projection screen near you! Dates, locations, and registration links are at the bottom of this post. Note that we've changed venues from Farmington to Hartford, CT and Manchester to Nashua...

Tom Hollander gives word that the official release of Enterprise Library 3.0 is now available ! This is great news and provides architects and developers with new options for quickly implementing proven best practices for .NET Framework 2.0 and 3.0 applications. Enterprise Library 3.0 includes the following...

The Patterns & Practices team has just released an excellent set of prescriptive guides for Visual Studio Team System. Read the detailed information in J.D. Meier's announcement post , but here are the direct links: Explained: Branching in Team Foundation Server Explained - Structuring Your Solutions...

Hot off the press, the Patterns & Practices team's Tom Hollander has announced the availability of the first Community Technology Preview (CTP) of Enterprise Library v3.0! Download it from the new CodePlex site at http://www.codeplex.com/entlib . Some highlights from Tom's post: Core Source Code...