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VSTS 2005, DSL, and Software Architecture
Jack Greenfield has posted a comprehensive response to Tad Anderson.
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 01/06/2006
Modelling in the run time
Don Box says "In my mind, the only way this stuff will get traction is if we change the runtimes to...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 12/16/2005
More on throwing models away
Juha-Pekka has responded to Grady. I note that Grady is also quoted in the full panel transcript as...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 12/15/2005
Case studies for domain-specific modelling
Grady Booch says he was misquoted by Juha-Pekka Tolvanen , and spun by Harry and me , about throwing...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 12/13/2005
DSL Tools in India
George Mathew, from our team, will be attending the VS Launch events in Mumbai on the 13th, Pune on...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 12/12/2005
Another blogger on the team!
George is now blogging with a post about a forthcoming feature in our template processor.
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 12/06/2005
ArcTalk
Hear Ron Jacobs interview me about modelling, DSLs and such on ArcTalk at...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 12/05/2005
New DSL Tools available now
You can get the latest version of DSL Tools from...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 12/05/2005
Throwing UML models away
Harry Pierson points out a very interesting post from Juha-Pekka Tolvanen reporting on Grady Booch's...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 11/08/2005
Channel 9 podcast on model-driven development
Steven Kelly is one of the participants in Harry Pierson's latest podcast on model-driven...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 11/04/2005
Bill Gibson is blogging
Bill is an expert on our model-driven tools for designing and deploying applications and systems,...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 10/14/2005
More on Meta/Domain
I first came across the term Metaclass around 1980 in the context of a programming language -...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 10/07/2005
JAOO
I'll be flying to Aarhus for JAOO this evening. On Thursday, Alan Wills and I will be giving a...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 09/27/2005
Workflow model strengths
Dave Green, WWF architect has a very nice blog posting about what is enabled by modelling workflow...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 09/23/2005
Getting rid of Meta ...
We’re currently doing a major cleanup and revision of the APIs of the DSL Tools. An aspect of this...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 09/22/2005
September preview of DSL Tools
The September preview of the DSL Tools is now available. This version has samples to help you start...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 09/21/2005
Anthony's blog
Anthony Bloesch has started blogging. He is one of the original creators of the DSL tools; now he's...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 09/08/2005
Back from holidays
I just got back to the office from a very enjoyable family holiday in Greece. I have lots to catch...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 08/25/2005
Jobs available
The Database Developer Tools team based in Redmond is hiring developers, testers and program...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 08/05/2005
Interviewed about SFs and DSLs
Roy Osherove has published an interview that he did with me at TechEd Europe.
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 07/15/2005
Back from Amsterdam
I'm back in the office now from a very energizing TechEd in Amsterdam. My overall impression is that...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 07/11/2005
Any questions for the TechEd Software Factories panel session?
This Friday at TechEd Gareth and I are on a panel session entitled "Software Factories: How and...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 07/06/2005
TechEd Europe
Next week several of us will be at TechEd in Amsterdam. I'll be giving a talk on "Building and Using...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 06/28/2005
UML & Design World
Last week I spent at UML & Design World . I did several sessions. Monday: I co-led a tutorial...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 06/23/2005
Language Workbenches article
Martin Fowler has written a nice article about Language Workbenches, which discusses several related...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 06/14/2005
DSL Tools, UML and MOF
We’ve received a couple of questions on the DSL Tools Forum which I thought I’d expand upon here....
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 06/03/2005
DSL Tools - new version now available
Jochen has announced the new version of DSL Tools.
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 05/30/2005
Modelling Strategy and FAQ
We've just posted our modelling strategy to the MSDN library. Here is the TOC: Contents Why...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 05/25/2005
Visual Studio Team System Workshops
There are several new workshop pages to support our Software Factories initiative. Combining the...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 05/12/2005
DSL Tools Chat
Gareth announces a forthcoming chat about our DSL Tools.
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 05/10/2005
GraMoT
I'm on the program committee of the International Workshop on Graph and Model Transformation taking...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 05/10/2005
Make Modelling Mandatory?
At the Butler Group Application Development Strategies Symposium that I attended last week, one of...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 05/03/2005
SPA conference DSL workshop results
Alan Wills has blogged some results from the DSL workshop at the SPA conference, which I mentioned...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 04/27/2005
A busy life
It's almost a month since I posted anything - we've been very busy working on the next version of...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 04/17/2005
Software Factories - the human side
I’m back in the office after travelling to Switzerland to speak about Software Factories at...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 03/21/2005
Inside Software Factories interview
DNJ Online have published an interview with me entitled Inside Software Factories.
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 03/16/2005
New release of DSL Tools
The new release of our DSL Tools is available now, as announced by Gareth.
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 03/10/2005
Software Factory Key Ideas
Keith Short has posted the Software Factory Elevator Story.
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 03/09/2005
UML - the Good, the Bad or the Ugly?
At this link you can download a “paper panel” about the pros and cons of UML 2.0, as published in...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 03/04/2005
MDA and Software Factories
Harry has hit the nail on the head. Again.
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 02/24/2005
Metadata
I’m just back from an intense week in Redmond. A few days before going I gave another talk, this...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 02/21/2005
Software Practice Advancement
I spoke a few days ago at the British Computer Society's SPA Group Architecture day. There were...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 02/02/2005
Known Issues in DSL Tools
Here is a link to Known Issues in our Domain Specific Languages tools, courtesy of Jochen Seemann's...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 01/26/2005
Model-driven and pattern-based development
This article on TheServerSide.Net gives a good perspective about what is really happening with MDA.
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 01/19/2005
MDA again
I told Stefan Tilkov that speaking as an ex-participant of the OMG circus I particularly enjoyed the...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 01/05/2005
Graphical languages – semantics vs syntax
Recent postings have talked about “semantics” of graphical languages. When I was involved in UML...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 12/24/2004
New places to look
The latest installment of our DSL tools is available for download here. Jochen Seemann announces it...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 12/21/2004
UML Semantics
Grady has blogged about Microsoft’s position on UML. His article is a masterpiece of technopolitical...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 12/08/2004
Keeping the baby in the bath
Xactium’s Andy Evans has written an interesting article on Language Driven Development in David...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 12/03/2004
Language Gaps
The next big step for software development is “Language Engineering”. As well as our own work on...
Author: Steve Cook MSFT Date: 11/23/2004