Enterprise Development Application Framework is Out...

I know I’m a bit slow blogging this as I try never to blog during the summer months but the Enterprise Development Application Framework (EDAF)  - previously known as Shadowfax - is out… Essentially EDAF helps provide a foundation for you to build good “loosely coupled”, “distributed”, “service based” <insert any other wide range of today’s hot tech terms here/> applications.

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The Enterprise Development Application Framework provides out of the box service request handlers that can generate business events consumable by Microsoft BizTalk Server. The framework also incorporates handler implementations that can be declaratively configured to address cross-cutting concerns, including:

?      Authentication. The framework can support Windows authentication as well as custom authentication.

?      Authorization. Handlers facilitate Windows authorization as well as custom authorization.

?      Event publishing. Handlers support publication of asynchronous notifications.

?      Duplicate message detection. Handlers provide support for idempotent messaging.

?      Request timeout management. The framework provides a standard means of enforcing timeouts across transports.

?      Atomic and compensating transaction support. Transactions ensure consistency and integrity of data. 

</quick summary from help file>

Most of us (you?) have already built similar frameworks I’m sure – some of yours (like the one we have built) may even be more functional – but take a look at it anyway.  Version 1.1 is already in the works and I’m looking forward to what that will bring to the table.