Just Released! Enterprise Library 3.0 January 2007 CTP

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The second CTP of Enterprise Library 3.0 is now available to download on our CodePlex community site! Full details on this release are in the included release notes, but here are a few highlights:

  • Validation Application Block (also see my previous post on this)
    • Near-complete validator library
    • Configuration tool support
    • ASP.NET integration
    • Winforms integration
    • Quickstarts and preliminary documentation
  • Data Access Application Block
    • TransactionScope enlistment
  • Logging Application Block
    • Rolling Flat File Trace Listener
    • WCF integration
  • Application Block Software Factory
    • VB code generation
  • Configuration Tool
    • Selectable assembly sets

We've plan to have one more CTP before the final release around late March. More details, including any updates should this plan change, are on the Release Plans page. In the meantime, we hope you enjoy the CTP - and as let us know your thoughs using the Forums and Issue Tracker tools.

And while we're on the topic of new releases, congrats to the Web Client Software Factory team for their 1.0 release to MSDN!