Glenn Block

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• Composite Silverlight Guidance
• IOC
• MEF

• More MEF Samples and launch of MEF contrib.

  The past few weeks, the momentum has picked up around samples using MEF. In my last post I mentioned a few. Now today two great posts. First, Brad A (my awesome boss) has gone and done a really nice MEF 101 post . Kudos to Brad for finding the time out... Posted Sep 29 2008, 11:13 PM by Glenn Block with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Composite Application Guidance, Composite WPF, MEF, prism

• MSDN Article on "Prism" went to press

  A few months ago I wrote an MSDN article on the new Composite Application Guidance (which will always be Prism to me :) ) which was just published. In the article I talk about Composite Applications in WPF in general, several design patterns in play,... Posted Sep 03 2008, 07:27 AM by Glenn Block with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Composite Application Guidance, Composite Silverlight Guidance, Composite WPF, prism

• Firing generic events with EventAggregator

  It's been a while since i posted anything on Prism. When I left p&p, i said you would see more posts on Prism on my blog. I've been pretty immersed in MEF since leaving and haven't done any posts on Prism yet. Today, I got inspired (albeit... Posted Aug 22 2008, 03:08 AM by Glenn Block with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: Composite Application Guidance, Composite WPF, prism

• Prism, MEF and DI oh my

  A few weeks ago I had a chance to chance to chat with the gang over at  Herding Code on all of the above. I was in a particularly talkative mood after coming from a full day of presenting at Tech-Ready, so I'll warn you that there might be some... Posted Aug 18 2008, 11:43 PM by Glenn Block with | with no comments Filed under: Composite Application Guidance, Composite WPF, MEF, prism

• Composite Application Guidance - What is it?

  In the development of the Composite Application Guidance one area that we have labored intensely was around documentation. Documentation was so high on our priority list, that we deliberately reduced the number of bells and whistles in order to allow... Posted Jul 01 2008, 05:22 PM by Glenn Block with | with 2 comment(s) Filed under: Composite Application Guidance, Composite WPF, prism

• How Prism supports using multiple IOC containers

  Today we received the following question / comment on our forums around our strategy for supporting multiple containers in Prism. This is something that I believe is on the minds of other folks using Prism. Below is a portion of the thread which you can... Posted Jul 01 2008, 11:50 AM by Glenn Block with | with no comments Filed under: Composite Application Guidance, Composite WPF, IOC, prism

• Talking about Prism with InfoQ

  Recently at the ALT.NET Summit, I got a chance to sit down with Greg Young to discuss the work we've been doing in our new Composite Application Guidance (Prism). In the interview we talk about the guidance, what technical and architectural challenges... Posted Jun 30 2008, 02:04 PM by Glenn Block with | with 3 comment(s) Filed under: Composite Application Guidance, Composite WPF, prism

• Composite Application Guidance, time to ship

  http://www.flickr.com/photos/ckaroli/1779555530/ The last time I did one of these posts, I was off on how close we were, by about a month. Well this time that's not the case. At the end of last week we dropped an RC for Composite Application Guidance... Posted Jun 30 2008, 01:58 AM by Glenn Block with | with 11 comment(s) Filed under: Composite Application Guidance, Composite WPF, prism