The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library Build applications faster by taking advantage of solutions to common development problems such as configuration,caching,and security

The Definitive Guide to the Microsoft Enterprise Library introduces one of the most exciting and popular .NET–oriented initiatives, the Enterprise Library. The EL offers eight application blocks and other reusable code that are used to solve a variety of common problem spaces. These problems cover a number of topics, including data access, exception handling, caching, logging, security, cryptography, validation, policy injection and configuration.

Author Keenan Newton, a senior consultant for Microsoft Consulting Services, begins the book with an introduction to common challenges, explaining the conditions that brought about the creation of the EL. After an EL overview, subsequent chapters offer detailed information about each of the eight blocks. The book concludes by outlining the framework available for creating custom application blocks as well as other development spaces using application blocks.

You'll be able to build .NET applications faster and more efficiently by taking advantage of readily available code developed and released by Microsoft's patterns and practices group. You will be introduced to these technologies in conjunction with real–world scenarios.

Enterprise Applications.- Introducing the Enterprise Library Application Blocks.- The Design of the Enterprise Library Application Blocks.- The Common Assembly and ObjectBuilder Components.- The Enterprise Library Configuration Console.- The Data Access Application Block.- The Caching Application Block.- The Exception Handling Application Block.- The Logging Application Block.- The Cryptography Application Block.- The Security Application Block.- The Validation Application Block.- The Policy Injection Application Block.- The Application Block Software Factory.- Other Application Blocks and Advanced Configuration Features.

Keenan Newton has over 10 years of experience designing, architecting, and developing N-tier applications for both Windows and web environments, with an emphasis on Web Services, ADO.NET, and service-oriented architecture (SOA). He is a speaker at local .NET user groups, and has been published in CoDe Magazine. Keenan is employed as a senior consultant for Microsoft Consulting Services.