Articles on building and packaging Software Factories 30/10/07
Jezz Santos has announced a mini-series of articles that will discuss the packaging and building of Software Factories. The first article discusses how the various assets of a Software Factory, such as the DSL's and Guidance Automation Packages, can be combined into a single MSI installer.
A well earned break (time to get more certifications) 25/10/07
Having looked over my current and past engagements recently, I have noticed that I have been working flat out for over three-and-a-half years. No breaks in-between assignments, and certainly no holidays - apart from the bank-holidays, but they don't count. I'm completing a short assignment
Free (and open-source) .NET Wiki software 15/10/07
I've touched upon Wikis before, but if you want an extremely comprehensive Wiki solution for FREE, then check out MindTouch. They have an open-source .NET Wiki product called Deki Wiki, which has a feature list that most of the commercial Wiki products would be proud of.
Guidance Automation Toolkit and Domain-Specific Language Tools for Visual Studio 2005: Integration Scenarios
This will most likely come in handy later on.
TechEd 2007 DVD's 08/10/07
I received my TechEd 2007 DVD's this morning. Their journey from the States took just over three days and ended with a delivery in a FedEx van. I haven't had much time to look over the contents of the disks yet (there are six of them), but I have watched the start of the Keynote presentati
This post represents the first, in what I hope, will become a series based on my adventure in developing a Software Factory. I have been very keen on the concept of Model Driven Development ever since I first started reading up on UML 2.0, and kept encountering t