Enterprise Library 3 released !
Enterprise Library for the .NET framework 2.0 and 3.0 has finally been released. Some of the highlights are :
- Validation Application Block. Allows
you to centrally define validation rules using configuration or
attributes, and easily validate data from anywhere in your application,
including deep integration with Windows Forms, ASP.NET and WCF.
- Policy Injection Application Block.
Provides a powerful approach for separating cross-cutting concerns from
business logic using declarative policies that are attached at runtime
to methods on your objects.
- Application Block Software Factory. Dramatically simplifies the process of building application blocks and providers through the magic of guidance automation.
- Visual Studio-integrated Configuration Editor. Edit Enterprise Library configuration files directly within Visual Studio.
- Environmental Overrides.
Use the configuration tool to specify configuration settings that are
common or different across multiple environments, and merge this
information into configuration files to be deployed with your
applications.
- WCF Integration. Easily integrate the Logging,
Exception Handling and Validation Application Blocks into service
interfaces built using Windows Communication Foundation.
- Pre-compiled, strong-named binaries. No need to compile and strong name the code unless you want to manage and evolve the code yourself.
You can download the bits here.