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Thursday, July 03, 2008 7:17 AM
Composite Application Guidance is Live
Before I go any further, we shipped! :-) Links: Composite Application Guidance Landing Page (will be at http://msdn.microsoft.com/compositewpf ) Composite Application Guidance What's in the box Here's an overview of what you'll find At the core is the
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Wednesday, July 02, 2008 1:19 AM
Composite Application Guidance - What is it?
In the development of the Composite Application Guidance one area that we have labored intensely was around documentation. Documentation was so high on our priority list, that we deliberately reduced the number of bells and whistles in order to allow
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Tuesday, July 01, 2008 7:52 PM
How Prism supports using multiple IOC containers
Today we received the following question / comment on our forums around our strategy for supporting multiple containers in Prism. This is something that I believe is on the minds of other folks using Prism. Below is a portion of the thread which you can
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Monday, June 30, 2008 10:02 PM
Talking about Prism with InfoQ
Recently at the ALT.NET Summit, I got a chance to sit down with Greg Young to discuss the work we've been doing in our new Composite Application Guidance (Prism). In the interview we talk about the guidance, what technical and architectural challenges
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Monday, June 30, 2008 9:57 AM
Composite Application Guidance, time to ship
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckaroli/1779555530/ The last time I did one of these posts, I was off on how close we were, by about a month. Well this time that's not the case. At the end of last week we dropped an RC for Composite Application Guidance
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Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:28 AM
Prism vs Framework XXX
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mukluk/288925731/ There's been a bunch of talk on the net comparing Prism to other frameworks that exist. In many cases comparisons are being made based on feature parity and such. I think it's important to make the distinction
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 7:23 PM
Brian Noyes thoughts on Prism
Brian Noyes from IDesign is one of the great folks helping us in the design and development of Prism. Brian brings a breadth of experience with WPF, and has worked significantly with CAB. He also was the author of the click-once integration pieces in
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Wednesday, March 12, 2008 1:54 AM
'Prism' launches on CodePlex
Some time ago we announced that patterns & practices was going to be delivering a new set of guidance for building composite applications in WPF. A lot has happened since then, least of which is coming up with a new codename "Prism". Just last week
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Friday, February 08, 2008 4:53 PM
Have you heard of SFD?
OK, you've heard of TDD and BDD, but have you heard of SFD? SFD stands for Simple-First Development. It's a principle that we're driving on as we move forward in our "Prism" (Composite WPF) project. Essentially it means that when we attempt
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 10:22 AM
What is Differentiated UI? (and how it pertains to Composite WPF)
Over the past few weeks we've been doing a lot of deep exploration into what it means to build a composite UI within WPF. As soon as you set your foot into WPF land you come into contact with a concept known as Differentiated UI . You'll hear this term
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Thursday, January 10, 2008 9:07 AM
Thinking about a name for Composite WPF
We're in the early stages of the new Composite WPF. We've received a bunch of feedback from customers that the name needs work and doesn't roll off the tongue. This applies to the short form CWPF or the longer Composite Windows Presentation Foundation.
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