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Writing robust enterprise applications presents a special challenge for developers, one that Microsoft has addressed with the free, downloadable Enterprise Library for .NET Framework. Enterprise Library is a collection of application blocks and guidance documents that together provide functionality common to enterprise applications; each application block includes full source code. What is lacking in Enterprise Library is an overall guide to the process of using the application blocks. Effective Use of Microsoft Enterprise Library: Building Blocks for Creating Enterprise Applications and Services provides that missing guidance.

Microsoft application development lead architect Len Fenster explains exactly how to build applications using Enterprise Library application blocks. Fenster covers all seven application blocks as implemented for .NET Framework 1.1, shows you how to develop and use a new application block, and explains how Enterprise Library is changing for .NET Framework 2.0.

Readers will learn

• How the Configuration Application Block is designed, and how an enterprise application can use it at runtime to easily read and write configuration data
• How the Configuration Application Block works at design time for all blocks
• How to use the Data Access Block to create a portable data layer
• How to use the Caching Application Block to speed up your application while isolating it from the detailed caching method and caching store location
• How to use the Exception Handling Application Block to implement a policy-driven, application-wide exception handling system
• How to use the Logging and Instrumentation Application Block to log and instrument messages independent of the message destination
• How to add authentication, authorization, role membership, security cache, and profile membership features to an application with the Security Application Block
• How to use the Cryptography Application Block to add functionality to encrypt and decrypt data and create and compare hashes
• How to build your own Application Block, with the example of Fenster's own Data Mapping Application Block

Whether you plan to extend Enterprise Library for your organization, or just use the existing application blocks to add functionality to your architecture in a consistent, extensible, and integrated way, this book will guide you through the complexities and help you find a clear path to success.

About the Author

Len Fenster is the lead architect for .NET Development for Microsoft Consulting Service’s U.S. East Region. During his last seven-and-a-half years at Microsoft, he has focused on helping enterprises create robust applications based on Microsoft technology. Most recently, Len has been working with the Microsoft patterns and practices team on the next version of Enterprise Library. Even before his career with Microsoft, Len led a global team of developers and architects that built distributed applications based on Microsoft technologies. Since the advent of .NET, he has served as an enterprise architect for Microsoft Consulting Services and has leveraged his considerable experience to help enterprises incorporate .NET into their own technology strategies. Len regularly speaks to companies and at architecture forums about architecting solutions based on .NET and service oriented architecture.

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