Alex Homer
Getting Started with Enterprise Library in ASP.NET
In recent years, the Microsoft Patterns & Practices (p&p) group has been producing guidance and software that makes building enterprise applications easier. Recent releases include the Enterprise Library – a combination of the various application blocks released in the past into a single installable solution that combines integration between the blocks with a comprehensive configuration and management. The blocks also now support a standard system of exposing functionality to users and enabling the creation of custom providers. This session looks at what the Enterprise Library can do for you, some of the ways you can use it (including in Partial Trust mode), and an introduction to creating custom providers.
Do application design patterns make sense in ASP.NET?
Developers and architects are making more and more use of standard design patterns as they build ever more complex applications. However, many patterns are hard to implement or difficult to justify in the stateless post-back environment of ASP.NET. Yet ASP.NET itself implements many widely-used patterns, and some of the other common patterns can help to modularize and simplify development of ASP.NET applications. This session looks at how ASP.NET uses design patterns, and how you can implement some of the patterns such as Model-View-Presenter, Page and Front Controller, Publish/Subscribe, Repository, and Service Agent in your ASP.NET applications.
• Alex Homer
Alex has written or contributed to over 40 books on Web and data technologies for Wiley/Wrox Press, APress!, Addison Wesley, and Sams Publishing. He regularly presents sessions at conferences in the US and in Europe (including ASPDevCon, Microsoft's PDC, Tech-Ed, ASP.NET Connections and VS-Live) as well as being a regular speaker at local .NET user groups (including VBUG-UK and DDG-UK) and Microsoft events and road shows,. He is an MVP, and a member of the ASPInsiders Group and the CodeWise Community. His company Stonebroom Ltd, (http://stonebroom.com/) provides consultancy and bespoke development services to the IT industry.
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