Michael Stuart
Episode #24
Monday, April 28, 2003
He talks with us about the current blocks available, for ADO.NET and Exception Handling, and also gives us a sneak peek at the next bluebricks coming down the road, including a User Interface facade layer, an application updater (using the BITS Background Internet Transfer Service), and a Configuration Manager block for dealing with config files, including code for persisting connection strings.
Guests:
Michael Stuart
Michael Stuart is a Senior Consultant with Microsoft Consulting Services (MCS) and has been completely taken with .NET. He is working on the next generation of Microsoft Application Blocks, or BlueBricks, a collection of classes that you can use for free in your applications, that use best-practices in a variety of areas.
Links:
- Patterns and Practices http://msdn.microsoft.com/practices/
- C# Refactory http://www.xtreme-simplicity.net/
- PressPass Branding Article http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2003/apr03/04-16flessner.asp