---
title: "Blue Bricks"
url: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/4/blue-bricks.md"
canonical: "https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/4/blue-bricks.html"
published: "2003-05-04T05:47:00"
updated: "2003-05-04T05:47:00"
tags: [".Net Original"]
author: "Roy Osherove"
description: "Great Interview with Michael Stuart on .Net Rocks Show . He's the main guy behind the Microsoft Application Blocks (Data Access, Exception Managent) and he talks about the future blocks (named 'blue bricks') that will…"
usage: "Licensed under CC BY 4.0 — reuse, quote and adapt with attribution (Roy Osherove, link to the original page)."
license: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
---

# Blue Bricks

By Roy Osherove May 4, 2003 In [.Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original)

**Historical article** · Originally published May 4, 2003; technical details may be outdated.

Great Interview with Michael Stuart on [.Net Rocks Show](http://www.franklins.net/dotnetrocks.asp). He's the main guy behind the [Microsoft Application Blocks](http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnbda/html/daab-rm.asp) (Data Access, Exception Managent) and he talks about the future blocks (named 'blue bricks') that will arrive. Some cool stuff is on the way:

\- **UIP** (User Interface Process) which encompasses the model-view-controller pattern

\- **Caching** : Not just in ASP.NET anymore

\- **Updated Data Access Blocks** - Now the data layer is completely decoupled of the database type. You can now choose Providers to be used with the blocks

\- **Secure Configuration Blocks** .Save settings securely to config files and even using the safe storage facility in windows

\- **Application updater** (using BITS protocol!)

## More in .Net Original

[All posts in .Net Original](https://osherove.com/blog/category/net-original)

- May 5, 2003

    ### [DataSets, Web Services, DiffGrams, Arrays, and Interoperability](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/5/datasets-web-services-diffgrams-arrays-and-interoperability.html)

- May 4, 2003

    ### [Blue Bricks](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/4/blue-bricks-1.html)

- May 4, 2003

    ### [Typed Datasets Are Not Always The Answer](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/4/typed-datasets-are-not-always-the-answer.html)

- May 1, 2003

    ### [EchoStream Class](https://osherove.com/blog/2003/5/1/echostream-class.html)


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