OOPSLA 2004 - Part I

Whew!  It's been quite a while since I last blogged and it's been because I've been participating in some very exciting things related to Software Factories.

I've had the amazing opportunity for most of the past 3 weeks (with a short break for the Applied XML DevCon.... more on that in a future post) working with Jack Greenfield, Keith Short and Steve Cook on a full-day tutorial on Software Factories that we presented Monday at OOPSLA 2004.

While it's not ready for general use for some time to come, what we did was build what was essentially the world's first instance of a Software Factory.

In addition, it's been quite a rush to hang out with Harry Pierson (who provides a preview/review of our tutorial), Stuart Kent and all the other MS and non-MS attendees.

As the conference is still under way (and I'm still recovering from the sleep loss involved in preparing the tutorial!!) I'll close with....

...Stay tuned for the next exciting installment

UPDATE: eWeek coverage of Software Factories at OOPSLA

Published 27 October 04 07:23 by Michael Lehman

Comments

# Harry Pierson's DevHawk Weblog said on October 27, 2004 3:38 PM:
# Steven Kelly said on November 5, 2004 2:09 PM:
Just a minor correction: to say that you built "the world's first instance of a Software Factory" is perhaps overstating the case a little. Many people have been doing this since the mid-90's and before. To mention just one example: the main product line of a company whose market cap is $75 billion is built using a domain-specific modeling language, starting from 1995.

But yes, I understand your excitement - it's an amazing feeling when you see the power for the first time. Welcome on board!
# Michael Lehman said on November 15, 2004 8:30 AM:
Steven, while I do agree that other people have been building software product lines and using DSLs. What we built was the first instance of a factory based on the architecture, strategy and schemas from Greenfield & Short's book. This included capability modeling, the creation of a factory schema and then a factory template and finally a factory itself.

I certainly agree that we're standing on the shoulders of those who came before and to them we are very thankful!
# Harry Pierson's DevHawk Weblog said on February 11, 2005 2:46 AM:
# Adventures In SoftwareLand OOPSLA 2004 Part I | Insomnia Cure said on June 8, 2009 6:01 PM:

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