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From Software Factories to Software Automation

Factories 201

Edward has started a new series of posts about factory basics called 'Factories 201', and he has...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/25/2007

The Next Missing Technology?

When describing what a software factory is concretely and technically how to build one on the .NET...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/19/2007

EFx Factory Futures

Well, its time to (officially) announce the end of further development of the EFx Factory prototype!...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/17/2007

FAQ - How does EFx Factory differ from the Web Service Factory?

Naturally, I get asked this all the time. What are the differences between the 'EFx Factory' and...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/17/2007

Challenges - How do you generate your artefacts?

One of the challenges I am investigating more right now (at the pattern level) is the coalescing of...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/05/2007

FAQ - Where are my skills going to be required with Software Factories?

In a previous FAQ we addressed some of the fears that our 'eager-professionals' are likely to have...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/03/2007

Happy New Factories!

This post was supposed to be entitled, 'Happy New Year to Software Factories'. Which is really the...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/02/2007

FAQ - Why do I need Software Factories?

OK, so first off I want to address the more personal, individual aspect of this question, rather...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 12/11/2006

The How, the What and the Why - Stages of software development

In the last year or so I have been on a 'mission', a crusade in fact, to complete and promote a...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 12/05/2006

What use will factories have in our products?

Occasionally, I get asked by others internally at Microsoft, what role software factories are going...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 12/04/2006

FAQ - Isn't that MDA?

Considering the EFx Factory and its core composability features with extensible...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/30/2006

Multiple or Single Architectural Models/Views?

This was to be a FAQ, but due to the fact that the practices around this are unproven yet, there is...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/22/2006

Variability - What is it, and when to use it?

'FAQ - What is a Software Factory?' described what a 'product line' is, and discussed how the...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/19/2006

FAQ - What is a Software Factory?

The question usually goes something like this: Define what is a Software Factory? Followed by...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/03/2006

FAQ - Round-Tripping

The first question I always get asked: Do you support round-tripping of the generated code your...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/03/2006

Software Factories FAQ

I often get the same basic set of FAQ questions reoccurring when discussing or demonstrating...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/03/2006

Software Factories swicki

We just launched a new 'swicki' for the 'Software Factories' community, as a tool to help search for...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 10/29/2006

Factory Authoring Approaches – the “Rogers” and the “Johns”

For some time now I have been analysing how the EFx factory runtime has been evolved (and why it...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 09/11/2006

FPM - Case Study Part 2

Edward and myself have made some major headway on exploring and validating some experimental tooling...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 08/22/2006

Factory ABC's

Recognising the fact that: many already in the software factory space, many newcomers to the factory...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 08/09/2006

The 'Meta-Model' and its relationship to the 'Factory Schema'

In the previous article, I talked about the power of the factory meta-model, and why you should have...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 07/31/2006

The Factory 'Meta-Model'

Hopefully in previous posts I have been able to help de-mystify what exactly the factory schema is...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 07/31/2006

The EFx Architectural Guidance Software Factory - Recently Published Article

Just a link to the article, as it does'nt appear in the blog roll:...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 07/25/2006

The EFx Architectural Guidance Software Factory

Published on MSDN here Summary The Enterprise Framework Factory (the EFx Factory) is an...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 07/24/2006

Factory Schemas

I recently decided to do a series of articles on factory schemas. It has become obvious over the...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/27/2006

File | New | 'Blank Problem' (Part II)

So, we have now had a pretty thorough look at what a factory schema is in a number of previous...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/27/2006

A Use for the Factory Schema

Now that you know how to define your schema (‘Defining a Factory Schema’), and what it looks like to...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/27/2006

Defining a Factory Schema

So now you have an idea of what the factory schema is (‘What is a Factory Schema’), and hopefully we...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/27/2006

What is a Factory Schema?

So one thing I am starting to see in my journey deep into factories is the difficulty most people...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/27/2006

The information in this weblog is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights. This...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/08/2006

The Web Service Software Factory (Service BAT)

Very recently p&p announced the 'Web Service Software Factory' (formerly the 'Service BAT') to...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 04/09/2006

The EFx Software Factory

Its been a while since I talked about progress on EFx and its factory. We have got to a point now...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 03/06/2006

The 'Visual Studio Stare'

If you were following the previous post on File | New | 'Blank Problem' you will see we are a fair...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 02/19/2006

EFx - An Architectural Guidance Package

Its flattering to hear from a well respected authority and author in the field of Software...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/09/2005

EFx - On the face of it

Its a pretty exciting time at present for the future of EFx and its toolkit. We are developing a...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/09/2005

What is Enterprise Framework?

Here is the definition according to the Microsoft internal Glossary Service we have: A Microsoft...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 10/21/2005

Intrusion - This required an adjustment!

I figured I needed to explain my intrusion on the web via blogs. Most people have done this, and now...

Author: Jezz Santos Date: 10/21/2005

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