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Enterprise Library Core Architecture Webcast
So what's this Configuration Source thing meant to be? Why do you have so many kinds of factories?...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 12/05/2005
Enterprise Library Update
December is here, and I know that a lot of you are getting anxious for an update on Enterprise...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 12/02/2005
GAT Release Plans
Those diehard p&p fans in the audience are no doubt familiar with the Guidance Automation...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 11/21/2005
Say g'day to another p&p blogger
At long last, Jason Hogg has launched his own blog, titled (of course) The Hogg Blog. For those who...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 11/20/2005
What’s up with the Cryptography Application Block?
I know that when many of you downloaded the November CTP of Enterprise Library, you were surprised...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 11/16/2005
Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0 - November CTP now available!
We're pleased to announce that the November Community Technology Preview of Enterprise Library for...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 11/07/2005
Solution Folders in Enterprise Library
Solution Folders are a small but very useful new feature in Visual Studio 2005. If you haven't...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 10/28/2005
Webcast about Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0
Want to find out more about what's in store for the next release of Enterprise Library? Join me,...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 10/16/2005
GAT documentation in a wiki
Here in the patterns & practices team, people are inclined to go wiki-mad from time to time. We...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 10/08/2005
New CTP of the Composite UI Application Block released - and introducing ObjectBuilder.
Our partners in crime over in the p&p smart client program have just released the October...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 10/08/2005
"What are we up to?" Webcast
I hope you enjoyed my last post about the current plans for the LOB program. If you'd like to find...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 10/05/2005
Patch 1763 for Enterprise Library - January 2005
This week we released Patch 1763 for Enterprise Library January 2005 ("1.0") to our GotDotNet...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 09/24/2005
DAAB in Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0
Here we go again – another Data Access Application Block (DAAB). Those of you who have been...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 09/14/2005
Architecture Testing Guidance
Prior to working at Microsoft, on occasion I've had the misfortune to work on projects where the...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 09/08/2005
August CTP of Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0 available to download
I know a lot of you have been waiting a while for this, so I’m pleased to announce that the first...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 08/26/2005
Supporting multiple configuration environments using the EntLib config tool
One of the more frequent questions I have heard about Enterprise Library is how to efficiently...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 08/16/2005
Can you hear the drums Fernando?
Fernando Simonazzi, one of the developers of Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0 has finally joined the...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 08/16/2005
A hard earned thirst needs a better cold beer
Anyone who has spent any amount of time in Australia is no doubt familiar with VB. VB is the lowest...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 08/14/2005
Logging in Enterprise Library for .NET 2.0
Today I’d like to talk about a few of the key changes we are planning in the Logging &...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 08/12/2005
Scott spills the beans...
While I was taking a (hopefully deserved) break in Alaska last week, Scott has splilled a bunch of...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 08/06/2005
MSN Virtual Earth beta launched
This has nothing to do with my work - but I thought it was cool enough to share. If you thought...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 07/25/2005
Documentation in EntLib 2.0: Some follow-up questions
I think my last post on this topic set a new record for number of responses to one of my posts...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 07/12/2005
Web Services Security Patterns preview now available
Over the last few months, the patterns & practices team has been busy putting together some new...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 07/12/2005
Cool use of GAT: NUnit Converter
Even before we released the Guidance Automation Toolkit, I knew it would be pretty difficult for a...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 07/07/2005
Enterprise Library June 2005 now available!
This took me by surprise (see previous post) - but it looks like Enterprise Library June 2005 has...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 07/02/2005
Thwarted!
In my last post I expressed considerable optimism that we would get Enterprise Library June 2005...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 06/30/2005
patterns and practices News round-up
There are quite a few things going on in the world of p&p at the moment, so I thought it would...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 06/26/2005
The Ecosystem Grows
Another TechEd has come and gone - and as always it was tiring but lots of fun. For me this is one...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 06/19/2005
Enterprise Library June 2005 (the '1.1 release')
Yesterday a customer pointed out to me that we haven't made a lot of information available about the...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 06/02/2005
Enterprise Library and .NET 2.0: What's the deal?
So I'm back from a four day camping holiday at Cannon Beach in Oregon. Camping is always lots of...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 05/31/2005
Reviewers wanted for Web Services Security guidance project
I hope you're able to absorb new deliverables quickly. After springing GAT onto you the other day,...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 05/15/2005
Guidance Automation Toolkit now available to download
Get it here! Note that you need Visual Studio 2005 beta 2, and you will need to download and install...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 05/12/2005
Letting the GAT out of the bag
Weather permitting, we will be releasing the first tech preview of the Guidance Automation Toolkit,...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 05/08/2005
Wojtek Kozaczynski joins the blogsphere
Wojtek Kozaczynski, software architect in PAG, industry legend and general thorn in my side (or...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 05/03/2005
A new webcast and a new deliverable
This Thursday, April 21st at 11am Pacific time (6pm UTC), I will be co-presenting a webcast with...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 04/19/2005
New patch for Enterprise Library released
Although we all wish this wasn't the case, bugs do slip through the cracks from time to time. We...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 04/08/2005
Managing Enterprise Library in your organization
As more people start using Enterprise Library, a lot of people are starting to ask some great...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 04/06/2005
Jobs at patterns & practices
Do you like the work we do, and would you like to be a part of it? Or even better, have you got your...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 03/22/2005
Comments on the EntLib/Log4Net feature and performance comparison
I know a few people have been waiting to hear our team's thoughts on Loren Halvorson's comparision...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 03/15/2005
UIP - how did that work out for you?
The User Interface Process Application Block (UIP) is an interesting beast. I know it's got a strong...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 03/01/2005
p&p goes multimedia
Ron Jacobs, another product manager in the patterns & practices team, has been busy putting...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 02/24/2005
Instrumentation in Enterprise Library
Edit: This content applies only to the 1.x (January 2005 and June 2005) releases of Enterprise...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 02/18/2005
Enterprise Library vNext - what would you like to see?
So now that Enterprise Library has been out for 2 weeks, I'm assuming that you're all experts now...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 02/14/2005
Whistler instead of work...
It's been a fun but tiring weekend. After a couple of weeks of unseasonably warm weather in the...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 02/06/2005
EntLib in BlogLand
Enterprise Library has only been out 3 days, but there's already all sorts of stuff going on in...
Author: Tom Hollander Date: 01/31/2005