Has any one used Microsoft's Enterprise Library, if so what parts of it did you use?
I am using building a website (I guess the client app type is not important, it can be a Windows app as well) with all the architectural layer, and I am specifically interested in the exception handling, logging and caching blocks for now. Any one used these, what were the good and bads of your experience with, any alternatives that you rather decided to use? Performance is a thing that I am also interested in.
I am looking for a decent exception handling framework which is how I came across the exception handling block. Anything other out there?
Is it a wise idea to use the data access block with an MVC application seeing that everybody is the repository pattern with an ORM framework?
I am still researching frameworks, so I would like to hear as many opinions.
For Exception Handling we initially used ELMAH and Log4NET.. but later shifted to Enterprise Library as the client wished to use a more robust and enterprise ready solution. By no means I am saying that ELMAH or Log4NET is not enterprise ready however EntLib does gives you more power. You can read another post here for more details: ELMAH vs Enterprise Library Exception Handling Block
Is it a wise idea to use the data access block with an MVC application seeing that everybody is the repository pattern with an ORM framework? - I would not recommend using DAB if you are using repository pattern with an ORM framework.. Especially with EntityFramework the whole point of having a DAB goes for toss.
For Caching - I would recommend using Caching app block to start with and check if Velocity comes in by the time you plan to deploy...