I know this isn't "hot off the press" but I'm just

Microsoft patterns & practices Web Client Software Factory 2.0

February 2008 Release

   Resources

·          MSDN site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/webclientfactory

·   Community site: http://www.codeplex.com/websf

And some more information from their February Release Announcement....

The Web Client Software Factory (WCSF) provides a set of guidance for architects and developers building enterprise Web applications. The factory includes samples, reusable code and a guidance package which automates key development tasks from within Visual Studio.

Using the Web Client Software Factory assets, developers can create Composite Web applications composed of independently developed and deployed modules. These modules are dynamically brought together at runtime into a common shell. Additionally the factory includes support for ASP.NET AJAX thus providing users with a richer and more responsive user experience.

New In This Release

The February 2008 release of the Web Client Software Factory has the following improvements to the June 2007 release.

− Full support for Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5

− Added ASP.NET AJAX extenders for Context Sensitive Autocomplete, AJAX Validation, and Real Time Search that can be used in existing ASP.NET sites and ASP.NET sites built using the Composite Web Application Block.

− Added UI Composition capability through extending our dependency injection mechanism to support Pages, User Controls and Master Pages.

− Added Dependency Injection on ASMX Web Services and JSON services.

− Added a new set of Quickstarts and How-To topics on MVP, Modularity and the new AJAX extenders

− Added a new Order Entry Reference application that demonstrates all of the new functionality.

In addition, this release of WCSF has the following community issues and fixes:

− 42 Workitems closed including the top-voted items on CodePlex

− Add ASP.NET AJAX Support

− Web Client Software Factory Support for Enterprise Library 3.1

− Services through configuration

− Support for using the Validation Application Block

− Recipe support for Visual Basic .NET

− Added Presenter support for Master Pages

Thanks to all who attended my ASP Connections Talks last Monday in Orlando.

It's great to see the interest in the new features!

ASP.NET 3.5 Dynamic Data [PowerPoint] [Demos]

ASP.NET ListView & DataPager [PowerPoint] [Demos]

..... and as promised, here are links to some of the clever blogger's samples out there.

ListView Web Server Control Overview.

Mat Berseth has several great ListView Examples on his blog.

Rick Strahl on ListView & DataPager in ASP.NET 3.5

Dan Wahlin on Simplifying ListView Control Templates.

ListView Column Sizing at XOC.net

.... and don't forget (as I learned the hard way) uninstall the last 3.5 Extensions preview before you install the current one.

Nope, this is not an infomercial.

I've been on the road for lots of this spring. For the last two weeks I was in Seattle for the MVP Summit, then in Orlando for Dev Connections, then in Atlantic City for the Microsoft Health and Life Sciences.

I got sick about half way through the 2 weeks. Some sort of intestinal fun, probably a bacterial infection.

It make Dev Connections and the HLS conference interesting.

Have you ever tried to give a presentation while concentrating on not throwing up or having another kind of embarrassing accident ? :)

Usually stuff like this lasts for about 24 hours. Today is day 8 of the really "active" part and I'm feeling almost ready to try eating again after a week of Ginger Ale.

I just got on the scale and have lost nearly 20 pounds from last Sunday to this. Yuck !

In any event. I'm expecting to be back on line this week.

3 of my 4 sessions this past week were well received (considering) but the ListView talk was a bomb so I'll be doing How Do I videos of the material.

Since I'm in the office for few days, I'll be cranking out some videos. As always , feel free to send suggestions.

Thanks to everyone who attended my AJAX Sessions at the Microsoft Health & Life Sciences Developer's Conference in Atlantic City last week.

Here are links to the PowerPoints and Demos

ASP.NET AJAX Security [Demo Code] [PowerPoint Deck]

ASP.NET AJAX Patterns [Demo Code] [PowerPoint Deck]

.... and here are links to the free ASP.NET Security Books from Microsoft Patterns and Practices.

Building Secure ASP.NET Applications: Authentication, Authorization, and Secure Communication

Improving Web Application Security: Threats and Countermeasures

Happy Reading.