Publications

Hardy Erlinger has published a number of articles discussing various aspects of Microsoft's .NET technology. They appeared in the German developer magazine dotnetpro, which is – according to the editorial office – the "leading European magazine for professional software developers using Microsoft technologies".

Below is a list of the articles. With one exception, these are currently available to dotnetpro magazine subscribers only.


Issue	Title/Content
6/2005 p. 64	InfoPath 2003 Toolkit for Visual Studio .NET Managed Code Programmierung with InfoPath 2003 SP1 combines the best of two powerful worlds: InfoPath as a flexible Smart Client and the .NET Framework as a versatile infrastructure platform. The article provides an introduction to programming InfoPath 2003 with Visual Studio .NET and helps to avoid some common pitfalls.
12/2004 p. 18	Microsoft's Enterprise Development Reference Architecture The "Enterprise Development Reference Architecture" – formerly code-named "Shadowfax" – is a package of architectural guidance and software intended for building flexible and powerful distributed applications based on a service-oriented architecture (SOA). The article provides an overview of the reference architecture's elements and basic principles and illustrates their correct use.
5/2004 p. 28	Review: Compuware DevPartner Studio 7.1 Professional A review of version 7.1 of Compuware's DevPartner Studio Professional.
4/2004 p. 118	MSDN Application Blocks, Part 3: User Interface Processes The last part of the MSDN Application Blocks article series investigates the role of user interface processes in .NET application architecture and shows Microsoft's implementation of the "Model-View-Controller" design pattern: the User Interface Process Application Block.
3/2004 p. 120	MSDN Application Blocks, Part 2: Data access The article describes the data access layer of a typical .NET application and illustrates how the Data Access Application Block simplifies many recurring tasks in accessing an application's data. This article is available for download in PDF format at the German Microsoft Developer Network Web Site.
2/2004 p. 112	MSDN Application Blocks, Part 1: Exception Management The MSDN Website hosts a number of so-called "Application Blocks" meant to be used as building blocks for flexible .NET applications. This first installment of a three-part article series describes basic principles of application architecture in .NET and introduces the Exception Management Application Block.
10/2003 p. 18	XSLT Extension Objects in .NET XSLT Extension Objects provide an extensible interface for .NET Framework applications which enables developers to leverage the power of the entire .NET Framework class library when performing transformations of XML documents. The article presents an overview of XSLT Extension Objects and illustrates their practical usage.