springframework.net project momentum

[kenandr]

Hi,

I have quite high hopes for this project especially since the release cycles will be shortened (according to the release post at www.springframework.net:

Moving forward we will also be experimenting with several ways to achieve a much more aggressive release schedule in 2011 and beyond. One part of this effort is targeting a quarterly release cycle for Spring.NET. The goal is to provide steadily-increasing value and capabilities to Spring.NET adopters moving forward without significant intervals between releases.

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But looking at the changes at fisheye.springsource.org it seems there is very little activity. And also the activity in the forums is quite low.

Since we are planning to use this framework more extensively I hope you could inform us about what is happening with the project and how committed springsource is to this project.

I must say I really like your framework beeing a former Java developer with lots of experience with the Java version of the framework. Hope you gain momentum on the .Net platform also.

BR,
-Ken.

[Steve Bohlen]

Rest assured that we are still committed to Spring.NET. Recent effort has been focused around several 'extension' projects such as Code-Based Configuration (https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-net-codeconfig) and Spring REST for .NET (https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-net-rest).

This activity (of course) doesn't show up on the main Spring.NET fisheye report March 2011 will evidence a return to focus on the core Spring.NET framework with an eye towards a release by the end of that month at the latest.

Hope this helps,
-Steve B.

[kenandr]

Hi Steve,

This sounds great! Really looking forward to the upcoming releases (especially code-based config).

BR,
-Ken.

[rolandz]

[...] March 2011 will evidence a return to focus on the core Spring.NET framework

Does it mean that in March we could expect teh code based configuration released? I'm waiting for that since December

[Steve Bohlen]

Yes, that's what it means. Thanks for your patience in this.

Regards,

-Steve B.

[hagbard]

Just being curious: Is CodeConfig still being actively worked on? I think easy code-based, refactoring-friendly configuration is the single most importing thing that Spring.NET is missing compared to most competing IoC containers, and CodeConfig in its current state is neither particularly easy to use nor feature complete enough to replace XML configuration.

[Steve Bohlen]

Yes, CodeConfig is definitely still under active development. There are efforts underway both to extend the functionality of the existing CodeConfig approach as well as to introduce a 'fluent-config' story for the project that is more evocative of the approaches presently supported by other containers in the .NET space.

Its likely that the functionality represented by CodeConfig today will be folded into the main SPRNET project as part of the upcoming SPRNET 2.0 release scheduled for later this summer.

[Lunadie]

This was great news, thanks Steve.

[hagbard]

Thanks, great news indeed.