Today is my last day with patterns & practices.
I joined p&p 14 months ago as my first stop in Microsoft. In my time here, I got to work with some great people. I can't name them all, because it wouldn't be fair to forget someone, but it almost goes without saying that people like Peter Provost, Scott Densmore, Brian Button, Ed Jezierski, and Ward Cunningham had tremendous impact on my time here. Three of them have already moved on, and now it's my turn. Another post on another day will talk about what I’m doing next.
Peter got tired of my Short-Timer’s Syndrome, so he sent me to pinch-hit on the Smart Client Software Factory project (a team I’d left about a month ago). At the iteration planning meeting last Friday, we decided to tackle one of the issues people have with CAB: the module loader. Specifically, we wanted to address two things with this code update: 1. Fix a bug regarding the order of WorkItemExtension registration, and 2. Move the dependency information out into the XML file and make it richer, to enable scenarios like grouping modules together into sections for layout, services, and applications.
The code for the new module loader will be in the SCSF community drop on Monday. I've written an article which describes the new module loader and supporting classes in detail.
Enjoy!
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