posted on Monday, December 19, 2005 2:00 PM
by
tshak
Late Update: EntLib, CAB, and more.
I'm posting a lot less than I'd like to be. Between a demanding (but fun) project at work and a lot going on in my personal life, I have not prioritized this blog. For the time being I will try to keep up with my low content "news" type posts. Otherwise do not expect to see much until early next year. A lot has gone on since my last update:
- Enterprise Library has released an interim drop that finally includes the configuration tool and designtime APIs! The team is very close to a final release. If you're curious about some of the core changes in Enterprise Library from an architecture point of view, check out the Enterprise Library Core Architecture Webcast.
- The first version of CAB is complete! I can't stress this enough: If you're building complex WinForm UI's you must check out this asset.
- The Software Lifecycle Blog has launched. This blog represents a team of Avanade folks who are passionate about the Software Lifecycle. While these guys focus on VSTS it is not a limited to VSTS or Microsoft solutions.
- Scott Densmore is leaving PAG! Scott is going to work on some uber secret product at Microsoft. Brian Button will take his place as the Enterprise Library Developer Lead.
- As I predicted, the TDD article on MSDN was pulled. Some people are saying that people (i.e. overzealous agilists) overreacted. If you are in this camp, I strongly encourage you to read Brian Buttons definition and walkthrough of TDD. While you may not agree with this process, you should see a fundamental difference in the definitions. Agile folks were definitely not arguing semantics for semantics' sake.
- Speaking of Agile, patterns & practices discusses how Agile has and has not worked for them from both a developer and management perspective.
- NUnit Converter RC1, the tool for converting NUnit tests to VSTS tests, was just released.
Happy Holidays!
12/27/05 Update: Peter noticed that the agile webcast link was wrong.
It has been fixed.