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 ...

If you have not heard the announcement elsewhere, Enterprise Library 4.0 from patterns & practices is now available.  Martin Bennedik just updated his WPF integration for the Validation Application Block (VAB) to work with Enterprise Library 4.0.  He has also added some very convenient features.  This is a MUST HAVE if you are ...

As I mentioned here, I have been digging into what's out there for WPF LOB applications.  It's been a long time since I've kept up with the work the patterns & practices group has produced.  One of the things I've seen a webcast/blog post or two about is the Validation Application Block.  They have put together a nice approach ...

One of the biggest challenges I feel that we (Microsoft) face in showcasing the ''value'' of architecting/developing Office Business Applications is providing what I'll call ''solid reference implementations'' along the lines of Duwamish Books, Fitch and Mather, Global Bank, LitwareHR, other many other solutions we've released.  Sure, we have ...

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 ...