Enterprise Library Integration Pack

colinco - Enterprise Library Integration Pack: First Look

"I’ve been working on a small side project to integrate Enterprise Library with Visual Studio.  The end result of the project, tentatively named Enterprise Library Integration Pack, provides the functionality of the Enterprise Library Configuration Console as an editor in Visual Studio 2005.  Here’s a first look:


In addition to releasing Enterprise Library and ACA.NET versions inside Avanade, I’m working to get legal approval to release the Enterprise Library version and source outside Avanade.  I expect to have installers for both versions and a decision on public release later this week.  Until then, enjoy the pictures, and dream of a world without the Configuration Console. :)"

Saw this on Brian’s blog (a fellow Simi Valley blogger... Go Simi!) and thought it cool.

Why do I think it’s cool? Anything that makes Enterprise Library easier to use is pretty cool. The VS integration is very cool and how Avanade supports the releasing to the public personal/side/background thread projects like this is coolest.

My feeling is that companies have much to gain by releasing non-core IP to the public. Utilities, add-on’s, hacks, tools, etc, etc. Those simple utilities that every company seems to generate. Like we learned in kindergarten, it’s good to share (as long as the company can be protected from litigation, etc, etc)...

(via Bryant Likes’s Blog - Enterprise Library Integration Pack)

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