Miguel Campos Blog : Software Factories

Web Services Software Factory Just Released !!

mcampos — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 02:37:00 GMT

At last, the new version of WSSF was released tomorrow morning:

http://www.codeplex.com/servicefactory/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=8130

I just saw a presentation on it during the P&P Summit and really like the easy of use and extensibility.

Blog roll for October 18

mcampos — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 07:52:00 GMT

Found these interesting entries today:

MOSS Training http://rshelton.com/archive/2007/10/05/sharepoint-document-workflow-with-visual-studio-workshop-documents-download.aspx

Editor for Software Factories code templates http://blogs.msdn.com/pedrosilva/archive/2007/10/18/t4-editor-beta-released.aspx

Software Factories http://blogs.msdn.com/jezzsa/archive/2007/10/18/building-software-factories-series.aspx

TSF 2008 hardware recommendations http://blogs.msdn.com/bharry/archive/2007/10/18/tfs-2008-system-recommendations.aspx

Windows 2008 Training Resources http://blogs.msdn.com/nickmac/archive/2007/10/18/more-windows-server-2008-training-resources.aspx

Domain Specific Development http://www.domainspecificdevelopment.com/

P&P Summit Agenda http://blogs.msdn.com/socalarchitect/archive/2007/10/17/awesome-event-international-patterns-and-practices-summit-november-5-9-2007-microsoft-redmond-campus.aspx (I will be there by the way)

Good info on downloading large files

mcampos — Mon, 10 Sep 2007 19:34:00 GMT

I get asked by customer about how they can learn from the new features in VS.NET 2008 (Orcas).

The simple answer is download the VPC and try it out. But the download part is not as easy as it can be.

Brian Keller put together a group of recommendations for this:

http://blogs.msdn.com/briankel/archive/2007/09/06/a-more-reliable-and-faster-download-experience-for-rosario-vs08-vpc-s.aspx

Enjoy !

Design for Operations

mcampos — Fri, 27 Apr 2007 19:41:00 GMT

If you wonder about recommendations and best practices on how to integrate .NET apps with MOM 2007, this content will be fairly important:

http://www.codeplex.com/dfo

There you will find extensive documentation and even designers that make it easier to monitor apps

Interesting news during the holidays

mcampos — Mon, 09 Apr 2007 18:48:00 GMT

Well, I am back after some holidays and it is nice to encounter some important developments happened.

First of all, Ent Lib 3.0 is released:

http://blogs.msdn.com/tomholl/archive/2007/04/05/just-released-enterprise-library-3-0-april-2007.aspx

Since we are making an architecture project using WCF, the integration between Ent Lib 3.0 and WCF is a blessing.

Second, there is the first community drop of the new Service Factory:

http://blogs.msdn.com/donsmith/archive/2007/04/06/first-service-factory-v3-community-drop.aspx

Third, a set of labs to learn about Web Client Software Factory:

http://blogs.msdn.com/blaine/archive/2007/04/06/wcsf-workshop-available-on-codplex.aspx

And finally, a set of starter kits for approval processes using Windows Workflow Foundation:

http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/archive/2007/04/06/windows-workflow-foundation-web-workflow-approvals-starter-kit.aspx

Indeed ... very good news !

Presentations from UK Architect Conference

mcampos — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 02:23:00 GMT

Found good material here:

http://www.microsoft.com/uk/msdn/architecture/architectinsight/2007download.mspx

Using Web Client Service Factory in existing projects

mcampos — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 22:23:00 GMT

Any questions on how to integrate WCSF in an existing ASP.NET app. Michael wrote about this topic:

http://blogs.msdn.com/mpuleio/archive/2007/03/15/using-the-wcsf-with-an-existing-web-application-projects.aspx

Integrating SOA, Service Factories and Modeling

mcampos — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 22:53:00 GMT

Hatay has proposed a conceptual view of how to integrate these:

http://blogs.msdn.com/hataytuna/archive/2007/03/05/service-oriented-architecture-service-factories-and-modelling.aspx

Interesting ...

Interesting articles for Software Factories

mcampos — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 02:28:00 GMT

Tom Hollander from Patterns and Practices put together a nice list of articles regarding Software Factories:

http://blogs.msdn.com/tomholl/archive/2007/02/12/software-factory-building-roundup.aspx

If look you down in the details, the integration between DSL and GAT is difficult, but there is help coming:

http://softwarefactoriestoolkit.net/