Architecture

Dependency Injection with Spring.Net

Devin A. Rychetnik — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:05:15 GMT

Good article on dependency injection using Spring.Net: http://www.developer.com/net/csharp/article.php/10918_3722931_1.

Open-source Distributed Pub/Sub Event System

Devin A. Rychetnik — Fri, 06 Jul 2007 17:46:03 GMT

This is a huge open-source contribution from Microsoft: http://www.codeplex.com/pubsub.

The Distributed Pub/Sub Event System is a solution for cross-process and/or cross-server scenarios where a large amount of event handshaking is required and low latency is important. Basically, this architecture was designed for speed.

Even if you can't think of a usage scenario for this code-base in your stack right now, I strongly encourage you to just crack open the source and take a look. I personally think the design is a prime example of true software engineering craftmanship, which is simply a thing of beauty.

By the way, I was the one who tested this bad boy before it was released. Therefore, I can't claim rights to the elegant design, but I can claim rights to some of the quality--hopefully not the lack thereof!

Message Queues in .NET

Devin A. Rychetnik — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 02:45:04 GMT

A nice little article on leveraging MSMQ in .NET: http://www.builderau.com.au/program/dotnet/soa/Using-message-queue-services-in-NET/0,339028399,339274877,00.htm

IT Architect Skills Library

Devin A. Rychetnik — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:14:00 GMT

A new library website devoted to IT architects: http://www.iasahome.org/web/home/skillset.

Calling All Architects

Devin Rychetnik — Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:12:00 GMT

Microsoft is putting together a new website for architects--specifically four types of architects: solution architects, infrastructure architects, strategic architects, and industry architects. The website has not officially launched yet but the curious mind can see a preview of it here: https://www.skyscrapr.net/. If, heaven forbid, you are not sure what an architect is or why you need one, start out by watching this comical video: https://www.skyscrapr.net/blogs/video/archive/2006/03/10/46.aspx.