The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library [Hardcover]

This book introduces one of the most exciting and popular .NET-oriented initiatives; the Enterprise Application Library, which offers nine classes of reusable code used to solve a variety of common problem spaces. It is the first book to introduce all ten of the enterprise application blocks, which have been recently updated for .NET 2.0. It covers a number of topics, including configuration, data access, exception management, caching, application updates, UI separation, asynchronous invocation, logging, security, and XML-based information aggregation. With this book readers will be able to build .NET applications faster and more efficiently.

This is the first book to introduce all ten of the enterprise application blocks, which have been recently updated for .NET 2.0. It introduces one of the most exciting and popular .NET-oriented initiatives; the Enterprise Application Library.

All developers are lazy. I dont mean lazy in a bad way, but in a good and efficient way. We are all looking for ways to crank out code faster so we can get to the next biggest thing. From the beginning days of computing with punch cards all the way to the modern-day managed app- cations created with the .NET Framework and relational databases like SQL Server 2005, developers have been looking for ways to cut corners efficiently without sacrificing quality. This is where Microsoft Enterprise Library comes into play. Enterprise Library helps cut out some of the routine tasks that developers need to perform while developing applications, and yet provides the best practices to ensure the application is designed and runs as efficiently as possible. This book will provide the knowledge you need to get started and get comfortable with the Microsoft Enterprise Library application blocks. I will go over the design of each appli- tion block, how it is used, and how it can be customized. Throughout the chapters, you will find code samples for each application blocl3;