In the past 4 months I have already presented Enterprise Library to 3 developer groups in Florida:
On May 28, I will also be presenting a deep dive presentation to the IASA Tampa Group.
I have received a lot of great feedback on these presentations as to their content and practicality. I have also received numerous requests to put together a series of screencasts based on the presentations.
Therefore, here is the first of a series of screencasts on the Enterprise Library Application Blocks that focus on introductory, no-nonsense basics.
Data Access Application Block Screencast - DAAB Video
This screencast walks you through the three step process for using the Data Access Application Block in your applications. The screencast is all done manually without the use of any code snippets. The video shows you how to incorporate the Data Access Application Block from scratch in your applications with and without the Unity Application Block.
It shows you two ways of incorporating the DAAB in your applications:
- Using the DatabaseFactory Facade Class
- Using the Unity Application Block
Concepts discussed in the Screencast include:
- Four Enterprise Library Assemblies
- Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Common
- Microsoft.Practices.EnterpriseLibrary.Data
- Microsoft.Practices.ObjectBuilder2
- Microsoft.Practices.Unity
- Enterprise Library Configuration Editor in Visual Studio
- Configuring the Data Access Application Block
- Encrypting Connection Strings
- DatabaseFactory.CreateDatabase() Facade Class
- Enterprise Library Unity Extensions:
- EnterpriseLibraryCoreExtension
- DataAccessBlockExtension
- Creating UnityContainer
- Resolving Dependencies using Unity
- Injecting Database Dependency into Custom Class
Download Data Access Application Block Screencast / Video
The DAAB Screencast is 23 minutes long and is available in two formats:
- WMV File - 36MB - Download here.
- M4V File for iPhone - 42MB - Download here.
You will need to download and install the TechSmith Screen Capture Codec if you have not already. This screencast was done using Camtasia Studio. Thanks to TechSmith for a free license to Camtasia so I may bring you these screencasts.
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Enjoy.
David Hayden