Working with EntLib

June 14, 2008 (Last Modified: June 15, 2008)

I’m ashamed to say I’ve been hyping EntLib, but I haven’t really done much more than install it. After the presentation last night I popped open a new C# project and within about 15 minutes had a win form that incorporated the Configuration, Database, and Logging blocks of EntLib. Having some exposure to the EntLib predecessor, ACA.Net (and the presentation last night), I was amazed at how little I had to look things up in the Docs or fumble with the code. I was already familiar with how the Configuration Manager application worked.

I have to admit that the Patterns & Practices team (along with the guys at Avanade) have really made a great foundation framework to build consistent applications with and is easy to implement. Pretty neat stuff….