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
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
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
During the WC-SF workshop and after spending valuable time with customers one of the questions that came up is how do I integrate the WC-SF with my existing Web client application?. Michael has just posted and excellent entry explaining how to enable the guidance package in a non-WC-SF solution. Here I’m adding some tips that you might want to... read more
During this week’s first couple of days we run the Web Client Software Factory workshop in Redmond, and I had the pleasure of sharing it with the attendees. Personally, I should say that it was a very rich experience and I hope the people that came feel the same way. Not only we discussed and... read more
One of the things the Web Client Software Factory provides out-of-the-box is global exception handling. I must admit that this feature is a bit hidden (actually it is not documented), so Michael did a great job posting about it. See: Undocumented WCSF Feature: Global Exception Handling.
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
We have received lots of requests from community members that want to use the Web Client Software Factory with Web Application Projects. Taking this into account, we put our hands on the code again and implemented a new guidance package that works with Web Application Projects. More information in the wiki: Web Application Project Support Enjoy!
