The Patterns & Practices team has recently released the Composite Application Guidance for WPF which provides guidance for ''componetizing'' the development of enterprise-class WPF applications across multiple development teams, with each team owning a piece of the application, and then seamlessly integrating these pieces into one ...

I'm a big believer that WPF is a great UI technology for LOB applications.  Yes, there are some shortcomings in the designer experience if you compare the WPF designer to the Windows Forms designer in Visual Studio 2008.  Yes, WPF is missing some controls that people expect like a DataGrid and DatePicker, but there are solutions.  ...

Thanks to everyone who stuck around for my "Defy Occasionally-Connected Challenges With Smart Client Applications" session at the DC Launch.  The deck and demo files are available here: Deck Workflow Services Demo Sync Services for ADO.NET Demo Server Database The demos require Visual Studio 2008 and depend on a SQL Server 2005 ...

Come see a demo-rich overview of the new features Visual Studio Code Name “Orcas” has to offer for Smart Client Windows Applications. This talk will introduce new client services that allow your applications to authenticate users providing role-based UI, and be occasionally connected with offline data storage. It will also demonstrate how you can ...

I've been spending a bit of time getting spun up on what's new in the .NET Framework 3.5 & Visual Studio 2008.  With all the buzz around Silverlight & ASP.NET AJAX, you may not have heard about the new tools, APIs, and services for Smart Clients.  Here is a list of some of what's coming: WPF ''Cider'' designer, designer support ...

Enhancements include: Windows Presentation Foundation interoperability CAB extensions  and View with presenter recipe Offline application blocks and recipes; the application blocks support asynchronous calls to WCF web services. Richer ClickOnce Deployment capabilities Enhanced guidance packages which includes code generation Visual ...