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Soma Provides Catalog of Development Tools
S. Somasegar, Senior Vice President Developer Division, has provided a catalog of developer tools that have been released or updated in the past few months. The catalog includes 36 links to products. You'll find the catalog at his blog at Deliverling Read More...
Getting Started with Oslo Using 'M'
A community technology preview was released for Microsoft project code named "Oslo" in January and now there are some great places to learn about how to get started using it. The whole idea of modeling helps you describe the problem you are solving closer Read More...
Model-driven Development Platform 'Oslo' Gets Community Preview Update
The Microsoft "Oslo" team has updated the community technology preview (CTP) and release its software developer kit (SDK). Oslo provides you with tools, SDK, and experience to help you and your users model data and processes. "Oslo" is the code name for Read More...
Developers Share Tips, Best Practices on Visual Studio Extensibility at Microsoft VSX Developer Conference
Come join the first open developer conference focused on Visual Studio extensibility . The Microsoft VSX Developer Conference is September 15 -16 in Redmond, Washington. Whether beginner or expert, you’ll learn tips and tricks, best practices, and meet Read More...
Attend Focus Groups at TechEd
For those of you attending TechEd (a whole bunch!), there are two focus groups you should consider attending. There are more details available here , attendance is limited so navigate to that URL for more information if they are of interest: S+S Blueprints Read More...
Mythbuster -- Software Factories for ISVs
In this post I address, and clarify, the top 5 myths that I often hear about Software Factories, especially in regards to small software development projects and organizations! When talking to friends, colleagues, and customers about Software Factories Read More...
Is there a Business Case for Software Factories?
Why software factories? This is a question that I frequently get asked when introducing the Software Factories paradigm. While it seems obvious that increased reuse, higher level of abstraction, and increased automation provide advantages to today's text-based Read More...
Are Software Factories relevant (for ISV's)?
I would guess, that as an architect the answer to such a general question would be "it depends" . Obviously Software Factories are no "silver bullet", but they might have the potential to elevate software development to the next maturity level, at least Read More...
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