[ Edit ] By popular demand (well, one request!) I've added links to all the articles in this series here; WCSF Application Architecture 1: Introduction (this post) WCSF Application Architecture 2: Application Controller WCSF Application Architecture...

Long live “Dependency Resolution”! OK, so I’m not really serious – but I got your attention right? Truth is, I personally love Dependency Injection , but that doesn’t mean it isn’t without its flaws. The Service Locator pattern is often touted as Dependency...

This article is part of a series; · WCSF Application Architecture 1: Introduction So why do we have patterns? I think it is basically to reuse good designs, and to adopt a common terminology when discussing software. But so often the subtleties...

This article is part of a series; · WCSF Application Architecture 1: Introduction · WCSF Application Architecture 2: Application Controller Model View Presenter The MVP pattern is effectively an evolution of Model View Controller, and is mainly...

This article is part of a series; · WCSF Application Architecture 1: Introduction · WCSF Application Architecture 2: Application Controller · WCSF Application Architecture 3: Model View Presenter · WCSF Application Architecture 4: Environment...

This article is part of a series; · WCSF Application Architecture 1: Introduction · WCSF Application Architecture 2: Application Controller · WCSF Application Architecture 3: Model View Presenter Abstraction Contraption My previous (and...

OK, so it isn’t really a sensible name for a pattern. In reality, this post is just about a useful technique to use when developing with generics that initially can feel a little counter intuitive. I’ve found many uses for it, so I think it is worth sharing...

Have you used Aspect Oriented Programming (AOP) or Policy Injection? They’re pretty much the same thing. If you haven’t, I’d highly recommend doing some reading, as I believe it is a Software Engineering practice that has moved out of the “fashionable...

Phil Haack , currently famous for working on the ASP.NET MVC Framework , has just blogged a great article comparing Model View Controller and Model View Presenter . I’d highly recommend giving it a read. There is also an old post of mine here comparing...

Just a quick link-post, but two really worth paying attention to. First up is Mehran’s post on recommended practices for WCF . Mehran is on my team , and is one of a few guys that seem to know so much about WCF sometimes I think I need to spin up a...

After being prompted by a friend (or ex-colleague, or drinking buddy, whatever you want to be called J ) I think I owe further explanation about my previous post on generics . Consider these two classes; public class FirstClass <T> { ...

If you’ve missed it, there is a new blog dedicated to the Software Factory initiative available here . I’d recommend reading Jack Greenfield’s post entitled “ Software Factories 2.0 ” – in which he covers the current thinking on Microsoft’s Software Factory...