Jezz Santos
From Software Factories to Software Automation
Factories 201
Edward has started a new series of posts about factory basics called 'Factories 201', and he has...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/25/2007
The Next Missing Technology?
When describing what a software factory is concretely and technically how to build one on the .NET...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/19/2007
EFx Factory Futures
Well, its time to (officially) announce the end of further development of the EFx Factory prototype!...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/17/2007
FAQ - How does EFx Factory differ from the Web Service Factory?
Naturally, I get asked this all the time. What are the differences between the 'EFx Factory' and...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/17/2007
Challenges - How do you generate your artefacts?
One of the challenges I am investigating more right now (at the pattern level) is the coalescing of...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/05/2007
FAQ - Where are my skills going to be required with Software Factories?
In a previous FAQ we addressed some of the fears that our 'eager-professionals' are likely to have...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/03/2007
Happy New Factories!
This post was supposed to be entitled, 'Happy New Year to Software Factories'. Which is really the...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 01/02/2007
FAQ - Why do I need Software Factories?
OK, so first off I want to address the more personal, individual aspect of this question, rather...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 12/11/2006
The How, the What and the Why - Stages of software development
In the last year or so I have been on a 'mission', a crusade in fact, to complete and promote a...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 12/05/2006
What use will factories have in our products?
Occasionally, I get asked by others internally at Microsoft, what role software factories are going...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 12/04/2006
FAQ - Isn't that MDA?
Considering the EFx Factory and its core composability features with extensible...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/30/2006
Multiple or Single Architectural Models/Views?
This was to be a FAQ, but due to the fact that the practices around this are unproven yet, there is...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/22/2006
Variability - What is it, and when to use it?
'FAQ - What is a Software Factory?' described what a 'product line' is, and discussed how the...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/19/2006
FAQ - What is a Software Factory?
The question usually goes something like this: Define what is a Software Factory? Followed by...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/03/2006
FAQ - Round-Tripping
The first question I always get asked: Do you support round-tripping of the generated code your...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/03/2006
Software Factories FAQ
I often get the same basic set of FAQ questions reoccurring when discussing or demonstrating...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/03/2006
Software Factories swicki
We just launched a new 'swicki' for the 'Software Factories' community, as a tool to help search for...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 10/29/2006
Factory Authoring Approaches – the “Rogers” and the “Johns”
For some time now I have been analysing how the EFx factory runtime has been evolved (and why it...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 09/11/2006
FPM - Case Study Part 2
Edward and myself have made some major headway on exploring and validating some experimental tooling...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 08/22/2006
Factory ABC's
Recognising the fact that: many already in the software factory space, many newcomers to the factory...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 08/09/2006
The 'Meta-Model' and its relationship to the 'Factory Schema'
In the previous article, I talked about the power of the factory meta-model, and why you should have...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 07/31/2006
The Factory 'Meta-Model'
Hopefully in previous posts I have been able to help de-mystify what exactly the factory schema is...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 07/31/2006
The EFx Architectural Guidance Software Factory - Recently Published Article
Just a link to the article, as it does'nt appear in the blog roll:...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 07/25/2006
The EFx Architectural Guidance Software Factory
Published on MSDN here Summary The Enterprise Framework Factory (the EFx Factory) is an...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 07/24/2006
Factory Schemas
I recently decided to do a series of articles on factory schemas. It has become obvious over the...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/27/2006
File | New | 'Blank Problem' (Part II)
So, we have now had a pretty thorough look at what a factory schema is in a number of previous...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/27/2006
A Use for the Factory Schema
Now that you know how to define your schema (‘Defining a Factory Schema’), and what it looks like to...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/27/2006
Defining a Factory Schema
So now you have an idea of what the factory schema is (‘What is a Factory Schema’), and hopefully we...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/27/2006
What is a Factory Schema?
So one thing I am starting to see in my journey deep into factories is the difficulty most people...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/27/2006
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Author: Jezz Santos Date: 05/08/2006
The Web Service Software Factory (Service BAT)
Very recently p&p announced the 'Web Service Software Factory' (formerly the 'Service BAT') to...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 04/09/2006
The EFx Software Factory
Its been a while since I talked about progress on EFx and its factory. We have got to a point now...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 03/06/2006
The 'Visual Studio Stare'
If you were following the previous post on File | New | 'Blank Problem' you will see we are a fair...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 02/19/2006
EFx - An Architectural Guidance Package
Its flattering to hear from a well respected authority and author in the field of Software...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/09/2005
EFx - On the face of it
Its a pretty exciting time at present for the future of EFx and its toolkit. We are developing a...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 11/09/2005
What is Enterprise Framework?
Here is the definition according to the Microsoft internal Glossary Service we have: A Microsoft...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 10/21/2005
Intrusion - This required an adjustment!
I figured I needed to explain my intrusion on the web via blogs. Most people have done this, and now...
Author: Jezz Santos Date: 10/21/2005