Dependency Injection using the Microsoft Unity Application Block

The Microsoft Unity Application Block is a lightweight Dependency Injection Container that is currently being incorporated into the latest releases of Enterprise Library and the Composite Application Library (Prism). This session will give an introduction to Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control concepts and a brief overview of how to use the Unity Application Block to build loosely coupled applications.

My goal is to finish by leading a discussion on the pros and cons of Dependency Injection, Loosely coupled and Tightly coupled components. When we leave I hope everyone will have a deeper understanding of these principles and how and when to apply them.

When & Where:
Thursday, June 26, 2008 from 06:30 PM - 08:30 PM (ET)
Microsoft Corporation
3000 Bayport Drive
Suite 480
Tampa, FL 33607
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Please be aware that the outside doors lock and the elevators need a security key after 7:00 PM.

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Update:

Here are my slides from the presentation:

For additional information I recommend the following 2 part PodCast on Dependency Injection:

 Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control

 More Dependency Injection and Inversion of Control

Finally, the following book is highly recommended:

Agile Principles, Patterns, and Practices in C# (Robert C. Martin Series) by Robert C. Martin, Micah Martin Read more about this book...

The Orlando Convention Center was not being used between TechEd Developer week and TechEd ITPro week.  Microsoft has graciously donated the convention center to be used by the Florida Developer Community!  There are 9 large conference rooms that will be filled for 2 days with presentations from Local,  Microsoft and TechEd Speakers.  In addition to the full day tracks listed below there will also be discounts on MS Certification Exam Tests, an MCSA/MCSE: weekend upgrade bootcamp, a Developers Weekend Exam Cram and Train the Trainer sessions.  ALL FOR FREE!!!

Saturday, June 7th Activities - 830a to 530p

*Schedule subject to change so check the official web site often (http://www.devfish.net/articles/inbetween/)

Party and Social! Saturday, June 7th 6:00PM

Sunday, June 8th Activities - 830a to 530p

*Schedule subject to change so check the official web site often (http://www.devfish.net/articles/inbetween/)

This is an incredible opportunity for learning with enough variety for everyone.   A special thanks goes out to our local Microsoft Developer Evangelist, Joe Healy for organizing the event and creating the effective but very ugly web site.

The Orlando Code Camp was a huge success.  Lots of great sessions and talented speakers. A special thanks goes out to Shawn Weisfeld of the Orlando .NET Users Group and Roy Lawson of the Lakeland Users Group, as well as the many other volunteers and speakers.

Below, I've posted my Power Point slides and code samples for both my sessions at the Code Camp.

The Unity Application Block

Beginning Test Driven Development

Orlando Code Camp 2008 - Saturday March 22, 2008

The FREE Orlando Code Camp will be on Saturday, March 22, 2008. Last year's Orlando Code Camp had 481 registered attendees, 52 sessions, and 38 speakers. If you are looking for free .NET developer training by hardcore .net developers in the Florida community, mark your calendar for this year's Orlando Code Camp.

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I am giving 2 presentations this year:

Beginning Test Driven Development
In this session I will discuss Unit Testing Goals, Principles and Philosophies such as Test First, Test Last and the dreaded, Test After. Learn what creating good unit tests mean and how it will help improve the quality of your applications.

The Unity Application Block
The Unity Application block is a lightweight, extensible dependency injection container with support for constructor, property, and method call injection. Microsoft has finally developed an Inversion of Control (IoC) container that will appear in the Enterprise Application Block. In this session I will introduce the basic concepts of Dependency Injection and review how the Unity Application Block is used.

This Month's Meeting

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I'm giving a presentation at the Lakeland Users Group this Tuesday, January 15, 2008 from 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM  entitled "Unit Testing Principles and Goals". 

I will discuss Unit Testing Goals, Principles and Philosophies such as Test First, Test Last and the dreaded, Test After.   Learn what creating good unit tests mean and how it will help improve the quality of your applications.  Learn to leverage to power of Test Drive Development and, when necessary, how to write Unit Tests for existing code.

Location:
2525 Drane Field Road, Suite 10
Lakeland, FL 33811

Updated:

 When: 11/28/2007  6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Abstract: You can run, you can switch jobs, and you can write unit tests, but invariably at some point you will run into legacy code. Legacy code hides in many forms - sealed classes, spaghetti and big-ball-of-mud code, data in disparate data sources (or incompatible schemas). As an architect, there are steps you can take to get ahead of these issues and begin to make your codebases something you actually want to change. In this talk, we will discuss concepts from Michael Feathers' work on Working Effectively with Legacy Code as well as Scott Ambler's work on refactoring databases. You'll see tips and tricks to model your legacy code and data, and hear about ways to begin to turn your legacy code into a usable base."

Speaker: Cory Foy is an agile developer passionate about languages such as C# and Ruby. He currently works for Microsoft as a Premier Field Engineer, has been a developer on the NUnit team, and is known to speak at code camps and user groups across the country. He lives just north of Tampa with his wife and 2 daughters.

Registration: here

Speaking in Tampa on October 18th - Repository Factory, Enterprise Library, Guidance Bundles

David Hayden ( Microsoft MVP C# ) is giving a  presenting to the Tampa .NET Developer Group on Thursday, October 18th at 6:30pm at the Microsoft Tampa Office.

The focus is on the new Repository Factory, which is a software factory from Microsoft Patterns & Practices that will generate a data access layer for your winform and web applications in minutes. It generates business entities, stored procedures, and repository classes from an existing database within Visual Studio. In addition he will also be showing off the following:

• Validation Application Block to provide business object validation.
• Policy Injection Application Block to describe logging and caching mechanism using an Aspect-Oriented-Programming style.
• The Autocomplete Guidance Bundle and Validation Guidance Bundle.
• The ability to develop an Enterprise Library Plug-In to offer design-time support of the Repository Factory Configuration.

See you there! You can RSVP here.

I really enjoy David Hayden's Presentations and this topic is of special interest to me. 

This is the inaugural meeting for the Tampa chapter of IASA.  In this meeting we will discuss a number of topics about the group and what to expect going forward.  We are also fortunate to have a Microsoft Architect Evangelist coming into town to speak.

Speaker: Jeff Barnes, Microsoft Architect Evangelist

Topic: The Role of the Software Architect

Abstract: This session will explore the role of the Software Architect - from defining what the job role actually entails, what it takes to be successful at it, and what steps you can take to become a software architect (or a better one) today. This session will be highly interactive and should lead to lively group discussions and audience participation.

When:

10/30/2007

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Where:

Microsoft Corporation

3000 Bayport Drive

Suite 480

Tampa, FL 33607

USA

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