As Blaine already announced, we have published the Web Client Software Factory documentation on MSDN. After so much work spent on the docs, it is great to see them standing there. I hope it will help users find what they need quickly, and to evaluate the factory’s content before downloading it. Much has been mentioned... read more
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
After a long waiting, the hands on labs for WC-SF June 2007 are out Download The labs are based on the ones we used for the workshop held in Redmond on March 2007, but they contain a lot more content, background information, and revised procedures. Please let us know what you think about them. Content Lab 1:... 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
After we shipped the May 2007 release of the Smart Client Software Factory, I moved to the Web Client Software Factory team to work in the next version (in case you missed it, the second weekly drop is already available). Since then, I've been working on the Hands On Labs for both factories. I cannot... read more
The second weekly drop of the Web Client Software Factory is out! You can get it from the releases page. One of the changes that I'm most excited about is the ability to have (a kind of) dependency injection on master pages, user controls and web services apart from regular Web forms. From the releases... read more
If you want to know the internals of the guidance package that will be shipped in SC-SF v2, don’t miss this post from Juan Arguello: Smart Client Guidance development
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
During the next month we will be offering a workshop for those of you willing to learn about the Web Client Software Factory and to meet the crazy guys who developed it The Client Team at patterns & practices will be hosting a 2 days, instructor-led training event covering the recently released Web Client Software Factory. When?... read more
