Microsoft Code Name "Acropolis" Community Technology Preview Released

Microsoft has released the Code Name "Acropolis" Community Technology Preview.

This is from the help file that you can download from the link below:

Code Name "Acropolis" is a toolkit for creating modular, business-focused Windows client applications. "Acropolis" builds on the.NET Framework, and includes a run-time framework, design-time tools, and out-of-the-box functionality. "Acropolis" enables you to build reusable, connectable components and assemble them into working applications that are easy to change.

Modular Development
"Acropolis" uses a composite application framework to address complex, changing business requirements. Composite applications integrate functionality as components that you can easily reconfigure or replace.

For example, a composite application might display data from a remote database, but let you choose between a WPF and a Windows Forms user interface. It might also enable users to choose from multiple components to interact with the data.

Composite applications often have a portal or "dashboard" look, but this is only one scenario of many. The important point about composite applications is that units of functionality remain loosely coupled to make change easier. Whether the change is a new business requirement or a user reconfiguration, making change easier makes improvement easier.

You can watch a 12 minute overview Acropolis in Action video here, found on the home of code name "Acropolis".

There has been a new forum set up here.

Acropolis buzz - Some links to some of the people who have had time to fire it up here.

Smart Client Software Factory v2.0 is the Last Release - Acropolis is the Future

Download it here.

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