Just Released: Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0
This is available on MSDNAbout Enterprise Library 2.0
The patterns & practices Enterprise Library is a library of application blocks designed to assist developers with common enterprise development challenges. Application blocks are a type of guidance, provided as source code that can be used "as is," extended, or modified by developers to use on enterprise development projects. This release of Enterprise Library includes six application blocks (Caching, Cryptography, Data Access, Exception Handling, Logging and Security), and provides similar functionality to the previous releases for the .NET Framework 1.1; however, Enterprise Library has been redesigned to use the new capabilities of the .NET Framework 2.0.
Highlights of this release include:
- Support for .NET Framework 2.0 Best Practices. This release makes use of many exciting new features of .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005, including generics and Visual Studio Team System unit tests. In addition, the new platform capabilities have enabled us to deprecate certain Enterprise Library features including the Configuration Application Block and much of the Security Application Block. Migration guidance is included in the Enterprise Library documentation.
- Improvements based on customer feedback. It has been almost a year since the original release of Enterprise Library and MS had incorporated many improvements based on feedback from customers including the online community of over 15,000 people. This includes configurable instrumentation, improvements to the flexibility and performance of the Logging Application Block, and support for more database types through the Data Access Application Block.
- Simplify and accelerate common development scenarios. As with previous releases of Enterprise Library, this release is designed to help developers with common enterprise development challenges, and provide a foundation library that can be customized and extended to meet unique requirements.
Roadmap of Enterprise Library from Microsoft :-
No new releases of Enterprise Library are planned for 2006. As customer feedback is received about the January 2006 release, the patterns & practices team will evaluate when it may make sense to release an updated version and what this should contain. The team will also evaluate the opportunity to update Enterprise Library as new platform technologies such as WinFX and Language Integrated Query (LINQ) are released. In the meantime, the team is focusing on new deliverables that will assist developers in using multiple application blocks together to form solid end-to-end applications. More information about this initiative will be available on the Enterprise Library community site.
Resources
- Introduction and Downloads: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/?url=/library/en-us/dnpag2/html/EntLib2.asp
- Community Workspace: http://practices.gotdotnet.com/projects/entlib
- Webcasts: Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0: Overview, Enterprise Library for .NET Framework 2.0: Core Architecture
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