.NET Patterns and Practices Guidance. http://www.pnpguidance.net/ Josh Smith has a nice CodeProject article that discusses the Model-View-Controller Design Pattern with respect to creating modular WPF Applications. He then dives into unit testing the model and controller and introducing mock objects. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/UsingModelViewControllerDesignPatternCreateModularWPFApplications.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/UsingModelViewControllerDesignPatternCreateModularWPFApplications.aspx Thu, 08 May 2008 22:47:09 -0400 A new release of Prism on 05/02/2008. The latest version of the Composite WPF Application Guidance includes dynamic module loading and initialization, quickstarts, some documentation, and a different way to compose a UI by using View-Models and Data templates. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/NewPrismDrop050208CompositeWPFApplicationGuidancePatternsPractices.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/NewPrismDrop050208CompositeWPFApplicationGuidancePatternsPractices.aspx Thu, 08 May 2008 22:04:00 -0400 A link to some MSDN Resources that discuss ways to optimize the performance of WPF Applications. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/OptimizingWPFApplicationPerformanceGuidanceMSDN.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/OptimizingWPFApplicationPerformanceGuidanceMSDN.aspx Thu, 08 May 2008 21:50:26 -0400 If you are building WPF Applications and interested in profiling WPF Applications to optimize performance, check out the WPF Performance Suite. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/WPFApplicationPerformanceToolsWPFPerformanceSuite.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/WPFApplicationPerformanceToolsWPFPerformanceSuite.aspx Thu, 08 May 2008 21:40:36 -0400 IronPython 2.0 Beta 2 Released on CodePlex. In addition to the usual bug fixes (~25 reported on CodePlex and ~50 reported internally), this release has been partially focused on improving the performance of IronPython, in particular startup perf. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/IronPython20Beta2Released.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/IronPython20Beta2Released.aspx Thu, 08 May 2008 21:27:08 -0400 There are six more WCF Security Examples and Tutorials released as part of the WCF Security Guidance Project. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/NewWCFSecurityGuidanceExamplesTutorialsPatternsPracticesGuidance.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/NewWCFSecurityGuidanceExamplesTutorialsPatternsPracticesGuidance.aspx Sat, 03 May 2008 10:27:00 -0400 F# 1.9.4 is available for download. F# is a mixed functional/imperative/object-oriented programming language excellent for medium/advanced programmers and for teaching. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/FSharp194DownloadAvailableFunctionalProgrammaingLanguageNetDevelopment.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/FSharp194DownloadAvailableFunctionalProgrammaingLanguageNetDevelopment.aspx Sat, 03 May 2008 10:12:29 -0400 Rob Eisenberg mentions his project, Caliburn, which is an MVP Framework for creating WPF Composite Applications and similar in many ways to Microsoft Patterns and Practices Prism Project. Rob is about a year ahead of the Prism project so it definitely sounds worth checking out for your WPF Application Needs. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/CaliburnMVPFrameworkWPFCompositeApplications.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/CaliburnMVPFrameworkWPFCompositeApplications.aspx Wed, 30 Apr 2008 21:23:11 -0400 Nick Blumhardt wrote an article on CodeProject that shows how to use Autofac for dependency injection in your applications. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/DependencyInjectionCSharp3AutofacCodeProjectArticle.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/DependencyInjectionCSharp3AutofacCodeProjectArticle.aspx Mon, 28 Apr 2008 09:50:07 -0400 The Smart Client Software Factory for Visual Studio 2008 was released on Microsoft Downloads. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/SmartClientSoftwareFactorySCSFVisualStudio2008Released.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/SmartClientSoftwareFactorySCSFVisualStudio2008Released.aspx Sat, 26 Apr 2008 13:34:39 -0400 The Page Flow Application Block was removed from the Web Client Software Factory Feb 2008 release, but has made its way into the WCSFContrib Project. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/PageFlowApplicationBlockPackageSampleAddedWCSFContrib.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/PageFlowApplicationBlockPackageSampleAddedWCSFContrib.aspx Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:52:48 -0400 Brian Harry mentions the release of TFS Power Tools for March 2008. This new Power Tool release will work only with the VS/Team Explorer 2008 client (but against either a TFS 2005 or TFS 2008 server). http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/TeamFoundationServerPowerToolsReleasedMarch2008.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/TeamFoundationServerPowerToolsReleasedMarch2008.aspx Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:34:44 -0400 xUnit 1.0 was released today. Includes a console runner, TestDriven.net runner, ReSharper runner, stand-alone GUI runner, MSBuild task, and other goodies. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/XUnit1Released.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/XUnit1Released.aspx Wed, 23 Apr 2008 22:20:43 -0400 The Smart Client Software Factory Contrib 1.5 was released on April 17, 2008. All solution and projects were migrated to Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/SCSFContribRelease15.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/SCSFContribRelease15.aspx Sun, 20 Apr 2008 21:19:06 -0400 A whole bunch of WCF 3.5 Security Guidelines are now available from the Microsoft Patterns & Practices WCF Security Guidance Project. This is in addition to the previously released samples and videos. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/WCF35SecurityGuidelinesNowAvailable.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/WCF35SecurityGuidelinesNowAvailable.aspx Fri, 18 Apr 2008 22:06:59 -0400 The new Acceptance Test Engineering Guidance Project by Microsoft Patterns & Practices has a new home on CodePlex. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/AcceptanceTestEngineeringGuidanceProjectCodePlexPatternsPractices.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/AcceptanceTestEngineeringGuidanceProjectCodePlexPatternsPractices.aspx Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:47:05 -0400 Following on the footsteps of the Smart Client Software Factory April 2008 Alpha Release for Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Patterns & Practices just released the April 2008 Beta Version of the SCSF. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/SCSFApril2008BetaReleasedVisualStudio2008.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/SCSFApril2008BetaReleasedVisualStudio2008.aspx Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:34:59 -0400 The fourth drop of the Prism Project was released on April 15th, 2008. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/FourthPrismDropReleasedWPFApplicationDevelopmentGuidance.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/FourthPrismDropReleasedWPFApplicationDevelopmentGuidance.aspx Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:29:52 -0400 Victor from Clarius Consulting is showing off some screenshots of the next version of the T4 Editor for editing code generation templates used by Microsoft DSL Tools / Guidance Packages. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/T4EditorEarlyScreenshotsNextVersionEditingCodeGenerationTemplates.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/T4EditorEarlyScreenshotsNextVersionEditingCodeGenerationTemplates.aspx Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:21:34 -0400 The PrismContrib Project has started on CodePlex for those of you interested in the Microsoft Patterns & Practices Prism Project for developing Composite WPF Applications. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/PrismContribProjectCompositeWPFApplicationGuidanceContributionCommunity.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/PrismContribProjectCompositeWPFApplicationGuidanceContributionCommunity.aspx Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:06:58 -0400 New release of Spec# for Visual Studio 2005. Spec# is an experimental language that extends C# with several design-by-contract features. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/SpecSharpVisualStudio2005NewRelease.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/SpecSharpVisualStudio2005NewRelease.aspx Sat, 12 Apr 2008 22:50:23 -0400 xUnit.net 1.0 RC3 was released which includes version-independent runner support as well as CruiseControl.NET and ASP.NET MVC Preview 2 Support. They believe they are now v1 feature complete and barring any major bugs xUnit is expected to be released at the end of the month. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/xUnitRC3CruiseControlMVCPreview2Support.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/xUnitRC3CruiseControlMVCPreview2Support.aspx Fri, 11 Apr 2008 11:07:53 -0400 With the release of Unity 1.0 we now have the Unity Contrib Project, which is a community-driven project where ObjectBuilder and Unity IoC Gurus can submit Unity Extensions, Samples, and other assets to share with the developer community. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/UnityContribProjectOpensItsDoorsUnityExtensionsSamplesTutorials.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/UnityContribProjectOpensItsDoorsUnityExtensionsSamplesTutorials.aspx Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:55:07 -0400 Grigori Melnik announced the kickoff of a new guidance project by Microsoft Patterns & Practices - Acceptance Test Guidance Project. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/AcceptanceTestGuidanceProjectKickOffMicrosoftPatternsPractices.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/AcceptanceTestGuidanceProjectKickOffMicrosoftPatternsPractices.aspx Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:27:47 -0400 The Smart Client Software Factory April 2008 Alpha for Visual Studio 2008 was released by Microsoft Patterns & Practices. This release supports Visual Studio 2008, contains minor bug fixes, and uses Guidance Automation Extensions ( GAX ) 1.4. http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/SmartClientSoftwareFactoryApril2008AlphaReleased.aspx PnPGuidance http://www.pnpguidance.net/post/SmartClientSoftwareFactoryApril2008AlphaReleased.aspx Fri, 11 Apr 2008 10:18:02 -0400