In case you missed it, Mariano Converti has been blogging about the Composite UI Application Block and Smart Client Software Factory in spanish. It's good to hear that because there are very few people blogging in spanish about CAB and a lot of hispanic CAB users, so this is very valuable to the community. Here is... read more
We released a draft version of the hands on labs for Smart Client Software Factory almost a month ago, and we got over 1000 downloads. We will release the final version soon which will include, apart from the current labs, the following ones: Adding offline capabilities to your solution through the Disconnected Service Agent Application... read more
I'm happy to announce that we have published a draft version of the Hands On Labs for Smart Client Software Factory May 2007! Download The goal of these Hands on Labs is to provide developers with a step-by-step guidance to help them understand the core components of the factory and learn how to take advantage of them to... read more
I’m proud to announce that I’ll be part of the team that is in charge of delivering the v2 of the Smart Client Software Factory, which will include new functionality, a lot of updates and a number of usability fixes. I’ve worked with most of the guys in the team in the first version of the... read more
The team that was next to our workspace when I was in Redmond, has published the December 2006 release. For those who don’t know what it is: The Web Service Software Factory (also known as the Service Factory) is an integrated collection of tools, patterns, source code and prescriptive guidance. It is designed to help you quickly... read more
Want to see the cool collaborative workspace where we work? Don’t miss this great video interview with Edward Jezierski and Peter Provost walking around the building. Get it from Channel9:Tour: Patterns and Practices Lab
These days have been very exciting because I’ve traveled to Redmond – USA, to join the Web Client Software Factory team in Microsoft headquarters. I will be developing here for a few months, so probably I will start blogging about it soon. Here you have a nice picture Johnny (on the left) is also working... read more
Don Smith, Product Manager at Patterns & Practices is asking for your feedback about how p&p communicates with you. Please see these posts: Written Guidance. Necessary? It’s all about community! Also, Tim Osborn has posted in the SC-SF message boards asking for SC-SF documentation feedback and suggestions. Your feedback will be really appreciated!
Have you ever tried to remove a guidance package and got an error during the uninstallation process, preventing you from uninstalling it? Fortunately, you can remove a guidance package manually if you fail to unregister/uninstall it. A user in the SC-SF message boards pointed out a blog entry from Tom Hollander in which he explains... read more
Johnny Halife has recently posted an article that describes how to apply Test Driven Development (TDD) when developing applications with the MVP pattern.I recommend you to have a look at it and download the sample code included. You will find it very useful if you are developing applications with CAB and SC-SF. How-To: Write MVP... read more
