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microsoft enterprise library

I'm considering porting one of my application in order to use the Microsoft
enterprise library and I am contemplating the pros and cons of doing it. Are
you guys using the library?
Oct 12 '06 #1
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Yes, but it is more an artifact of the code generator we use (.NET Tiers
with CodeSmith). I am not against it. It has its pluses AND minuses.

Pros:
* Low cost infrastructure (time and money)
* Well documented, including webcasts, etc.
* SOmeone else maintains the code - not on your dime

Cons
* Have to conform application patterns to Enterprise Library
* Someone else maintains the code - can change things

The library may be a bit too heavy weight for many apps, but it performs
nicely.

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I'm considering porting one of my application in order to use the
Microsoft enterprise library and I am contemplating the pros and cons of
doing it. Are you guys using the library?

Oct 12 '06 #2
I've been using it for data access for a while now. The new enterprise
library, compared to the older application blocks, is very nice. I primarily
use the Data features of the library and find them to make things a lot
easier. The data portion, for example, is now designed to be database
agnostic and is not focused solely on SQL Server. You might want to just try
to update a particular page or small portion to see how you like the
features. I find the performance to be excellent as well as the ease of use
and adaptability.

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Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006

"Justin Kadima" <ju***********@kondiment.rowrote in message
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I'm considering porting one of my application in order to use the
Microsoft enterprise library and I am contemplating the pros and cons of
doing it. Are you guys using the library?

Oct 12 '06 #3
The data access part looks interesting indeed, although the fact that the
library needs a different configuration file and a different configuration
tool looks a little hard to maintain.

I'm going to give it a try anyway.

Thanks,
I've been using it for data access for a while now. The new enterprise
library, compared to the older application blocks, is very nice. I
primarily use the Data features of the library and find them to make
things a lot easier. The data portion, for example, is now designed to be
database agnostic and is not focused solely on SQL Server. You might want
to just try to update a particular page or small portion to see how you
like the features. I find the performance to be excellent as well as the
ease of use and adaptability.

--
Hope this helps,
Mark Fitzpatrick
Former Microsoft FrontPage MVP 199?-2006

"Justin Kadima" <ju***********@kondiment.rowrote in message
news:OU**************@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>I'm considering porting one of my application in order to use the
Microsoft enterprise library and I am contemplating the pros and cons of
doing it. Are you guys using the library?


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