ComponentArt was kind enough to offer me a free license of there ASP.NET components: Web.UI 2.1 for ASP.NET. I post about the components because I was really impressed about the quality and decided to integrate some of them on my web site Tech Head Brothers.

MSDN just published some pages describing each Application Blocks distributed in the Enterprise Library. And there is a good news written in the Roadmap:

"An updated release of the Security Application Block is planned for the next release of Enterprise Library. This release will target the .NET Framework 2.0 and Visual Studio 2005.

Another good news is that the Enterprise Library is coming with a configuration tool. It will end the hell of editing the XML configuration files, cool.

The patterns & practices Enterprise Library is a library of Application Blocks designed to assist developers with common enterprise development challenges. Application Blocks are a type of guidance, provided as source code, that can be used as-is, extended or modified by developers for use on enterprise development projects. Enterprise Library features new and updated versions of application blocks that were previously available as stand-alone blocks. All blocks included in Enterprise Library have been updated with a particular focus on consistency, extensibility, ease of use and integration.

The patterns & practices Enterprise Library contains: