Blaine Wastell - patterns & practices client architecture guidance
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WCSF June 2007 Release Candidate Available on Codeplex
The WCSF June 2007 Release Candidate is now available on Codeplex. For instructions on installing...
Author: Blaine Date: 06/08/2007
SCSF Installation Patch Available for C#
A number of customers ran into problems installing the Smart Client Software Factory's Guidance...
Author: Blaine Date: 06/06/2007
Relationship between Acropolis and CAB
Glenn Block just blogged about the relationship of Acropolis and CAB check it out. We have been...
Author: Blaine Date: 06/06/2007
Wanted: by SCSF and WCSF Communities
We need you to get coding and help extend the patterns & practices deliverables. Have you gone...
Author: Blaine Date: 06/06/2007
WCSF R1.1 almost ready for release
A number of people having been asking when will WCSF R1.1 ship. We are now going through the final...
Author: Blaine Date: 06/05/2007
Upgrading from SCSF June 2006 release to SCSF May 2007 release
We received a number of questions on how to upgrade from the SCSF June 2006 release to SCSF May 2007...
Author: Blaine Date: 05/22/2007
Smart Client Software Factory - May 2007 Release is Live
We are excited that you can now download the SCSF - May 2007 release. The new release provides...
Author: Blaine Date: 05/18/2007
SCSF May Release is almost ready; WCSF R1.1 is coming soon
SCSF is almost ready to release on the web. It should be out in the next couple of days. It look a...
Author: Blaine Date: 05/18/2007
Introduce p&p Client program Product Manager
I want to introduce Glenn Block who is our new Product Manager for the p&p client program. As...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/22/2007
SCSF and WCSF msi will include dependency checker
During the Smart Client Software Factory R2 project, the team improved the msi by adding the...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/20/2007
Webinar on Why Use CAB?
Ideablade is putting on a seminar that explains what Composite User Interface Application Block...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/18/2007
New CAB/SCSF Workshop from David Platt July 10 - 13
David is conducting another CAB/SCSF workshop. A new 4 day workshop on July 10-13 still has open...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/18/2007
Voting early and often results in a planned point release of WCSF with EntLib 3.0
I lived in Chicago for 15 years and we had a saying when it came time to vote for public officials -...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/06/2007
WCSF Workshop Available on Codeplex
Last month the patterns & practices team had a great workshop with a number of customers. (OK, I...
Author: Blaine Date: 04/06/2007
Just Released: GAT and GAX, February 2007 CTP
You read that right, we just release the February version of GAT & GAX in March. As Tom...
Author: Blaine Date: 03/14/2007
Fix available for Add View with Presenter Recipe exception in WCSF
The Web Client Software Factory team found a resolution to the Add View with Presenter Recipe...
Author: Blaine Date: 03/13/2007
Reflections on SCSF Iteration 3
The team achieved its objectives for the week with the exception of finishing the WPF interop spikes...
Author: Blaine Date: 03/06/2007
Reflections on SCSF Iteration 2
During Iteration 2 we made a conscience decision to be more transparent with the community. We in...
Author: Blaine Date: 02/27/2007
SCSF first weekly drop
Take a look at our SCSF's first weekly drop. In Mike Puleio's blog, he outlines what was...
Author: Blaine Date: 02/24/2007
Publish planned SCSF stories for an iteration on codeplex
We created a page to list the planned SCSF stories for an iteration. This page will give you an idea...
Author: Blaine Date: 02/23/2007
WCSF Known Issues Published on Codeplex
We created a list of known issues with the Web Client Software Factory. You can find them here. As...
Author: Blaine Date: 02/23/2007
Reflections on SCSF Iteration 1
The SCSF team just finished its first iteration and conducted its iteration planned meeting for...
Author: Blaine Date: 02/20/2007
Plan for Smart Client Software Factory April Update
The Client Team at patterns & practices is planning an update of the Smart Client Software...
Author: Blaine Date: 02/19/2007