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Now Available: patterns & practices Application Architecture Book
The Microsoft Application Architecture Guide, 2nd edition, is now available on Amazon and should be available on the shelf at your local bookstores soon. The PDF was downloaded ~180,000 times. This is the Microsoft platform playbook for application architecture. Read More...
Posted 05 November 09 06:58 by J.D. Meier | 12 Comments   
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10 Years at patterns & practices
I never imagined I would invest 10 years on the patterns & practices team at Microsoft.  Life is short and I always imagined I would spend it across so many more adventures.  What surprised me is how much you can grow yourself, and grow Read More...
Posted 02 October 09 07:56 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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patterns & practices Assets Survey
If you take our patterns & practices satisfaction survey , you can let us know which patterns & practices assets you use and how satisfied you are with the assets, as well as how satisfied you are with overall patterns & practices results.  Read More...
Posted 07 August 09 07:11 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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Acceptance Test Engineering Guide Beta 2 Now Available
Our patterns & practices Acceptance Test Engineering Guide, Volume 1 (Beta 2) is now available on CodePlex.  The working definition that the team is using for acceptance testing is the planned evaluation of a system by customers and customer Read More...
Posted 30 June 09 09:37 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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Lessons Learned in patterns and practices
I'm a fan of continuous learning.  My post Lessons Learned in patterns & practices on Shaping Software summarizes some of my best lessons.  It's from the school of hard knocks.  I've been lucky enough to have some great mentors that Read More...
Posted 01 June 09 12:47 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Customer Connected Engineering
I posted slides on how we do Customer Connected Engineering at patterns & practices to Shaping Software .  Customers Connected Engineering (CCE) is how we engage customers throughout our product development. We formally engage customers during Read More...
Posted 19 May 09 06:00 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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The Elegant Code Cast on PRISM 2.0
Bob Brumfield and Blaine Wastell from our patterns & practices team talk about Prism 2.0 with the Elegant Code Cast in Code Cast 26 - Prism 2.0 .   Prism 2.0 is our patterns & practices Composite Client Application Guidance.  It's Read More...
Posted 23 April 09 03:52 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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New Release: Hands-on Labs for Unity 1.2
Hands-on Labs for Unity 1.2 are now available. What is Unity Unity is a lightweight, extensible dependency injection container with optional support for instance and type interception. It facilitates building loosely-coupled applications and provides Read More...
Posted 03 April 09 03:20 by J.D. Meier | 2 Comments   
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New Release: Hands-on Labs for Microsoft Enterprise Library 4.1
Hands-on Labs for Microsoft patterns & practices Enterprise Library 4.1 are now available.  What is Enterprise Library Microsoft Enterprise Library is a collection of reusable software components ("application blocks") designed to address Read More...
Posted 03 April 09 03:13 by J.D. Meier | 3 Comments   
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Enterprise Library 5.0 Product Backlog Prioritization Survey
Now's your chance to influence patterns & practices Enterprise Library 5.0.  You can do so by taking the Enterprise Library 5.0 Product Backlog Prioritization Survey .   The current backlog includes more than 100 stories.  You Read More...
Posted 28 March 09 05:11 by J.D. Meier | 5 Comments   
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New Release: Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight v2.0 (PRISM)
Composite Application Guidance for WPF and Silverlight v2.0 (PRISM) is now available. What is PRISM The Composite Client Application Guidance is designed to help you more easily build modular Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Silverlight client Read More...
Posted 18 February 09 03:58 by J.D. Meier | 4 Comments   
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New Release: patterns & practices WCF Security Guide
Today we released our patterns & practices Improving Web Service security: Scenarios and Implementation Guidance for WCF on MSDN.  Using end-to-end application scenarios, this guide shows you how to design and implement authentication and authorization Read More...
Posted 11 February 09 04:47 by J.D. Meier | 9 Comments   
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My Projects on MSDN
This post is a simple way to browse the bulk of my patterns & practices work on MSDN and CodePlex.   After I walk customers through things, the next question is usually, "OK, so where do we find this?"  This is the link I'll Read More...
Posted 10 February 09 07:51 by J.D. Meier | 5 Comments   
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People I've Worked with On Past Projects
One lesson I've learned time and again is that it's about the people.  You can be on a lousy project with great people and still have a great time.  The reverse is not always true.  Of course, the ideal world is a great project with great Read More...
Posted 09 February 09 07:00 by J.D. Meier | 1 Comments   
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Microsoft patterns & practices Agile Workspace Tour
I posted a visual walkthrough of our Microsoft patterns & practices Agile workspace on Shaping Software .   I basically did a lap around the halls and pointed out key things along the way.  Our patterns & practices team workspace Read More...
Posted 19 January 09 04:14 by J.D. Meier | 0 Comments   
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