Part 1 of this series functioned as an introduction to the motivations for creating a fluent interface for Oslo’s System.Identity . Part 1 also covered a number of architectural and design specifications that will be followed in the shaping of the interface...

<Author’s Note> A very talented Developer I know just recently gave me some very succinct feedback on my blog - “good blog…too long”. As I respect this Developer’s opinion quite highly (not to mention I always try to listen to Developers ...

In Part 1 of this short series I discussed an article that proposes the Intensional/Locality Thesis for formally distinguishing between what is Architecture and what is Design. Part 1 also covered how the Thesis has shaped my thinking about the role of...

The purely addictive aspects of working at The Big Show for a geek like me cannot be underestimated. In many ways Microsoft is like any other Fortune 500 company I’ve worked or consulted for, but I’m often reminded that working for Microsoft is different...

In my last post I explored the subject of applying Object-Relational Mapping (ORM) concept to modeling in M . What I discovered was that M handles ORM pretty well and allows for the modeling of polymorphic inheritance within M metamodels – thereby enabling...

As I recently posted , I’m very intrigued by the potential of the Oslo platform to democratize the use of metamodel-driven software architectures. As a first step in exploring the capabilities of the latest Oslo CTP I took some time over the weekend to...