Practical Software Factories in .NET

ISBN-13: 9781590596654 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 214 str.

Gunther Lenz; Christoph Wienands; Jack Greenfield

Opis

Douglas C. Schmidt Professor of Computer Science, Associate Chair of Computer Science and Engineering Vanderbilt University T he evolution of software technologies over the past five decades has involved the creation of languages and platforms that help developers program more in terms of their design intent, such as architectural concepts and abstractions, and shield them from the complexities of the underlying computing substrate, such as CPU, memory, and network devices. After years of progress, many projects today use third-generation programming languages, such as Java, C++, and C#, and middleware runtime platforms, such as service-oriented architectures and web services. Despite these improvements, however, the level of abstraction at which software is developed still remains low relative to the concepts and concerns of the application domains themselves. As a result, too much time and effort is spent manually rediscovering and re- venting solutions to common domain requirements, which has led to the situation where the majority of software projects are late, over budget, and defect ridden. These problems occur for various reasons. For example, most application and platform code is handcrafted using third-generation languages. This manual approach incurs excessive time and effort due to complexity stemming from the semantic gap between the design intent and the expression of this intent in third-generation languages, which convey domain semantics and design intent poorly. This semantic gap is particularly noticeable and problematic for integration-related activities, such as system deployment, configuration, and quality assurance that software developers perform when assembling applications using off-the-shelf components.

Recenzje

From the reviews:

"The purpose of this work is to introduce and demystify the concept of software factories in the .NET environment. ... The book covers both the theory and practice of software factories, including an acknowledgment of the genesis of the term in the late 1960s. ... this book is recommended reading for people involved in the management of large software development groups, particularly ones that develop many similar products. It provides a good theoretical discussion, and practical illustration ... in the creation of software solutions." (Neil D. Burgess, ACM Computing Reviews, Vol. 49 (3), March, 2008)

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O autorze

Gunther Lenz is a pioneer in the field of software factories. He received a master's degree (Dipl. Ing. Univ.) in electrical engineering from the Technical University of Munich, Germany. He spent five years working on research and product development of a high-performance medical image-processing system, under FDA regulation. In addition to his project experience, Gunther was also a core member of the Software Engineering Process Group (SEPG), which defined, implemented, and optimized the software development process. In 2002, Gunther joined Siemens Corporate Research in Princeton, New Jersey, where he is a program manager in the software engineering department. His current research activities focus on model-driven software development (MDSD), model evolution, and software factories. Within Siemens, Gunther leads the global research efforts in the areas of software factories and Microsoft technologies. Gunther is the author of .NET: A Complete Development Cycle (Addison Wesley, 2004) and has published many articles in different software development magazines, focusing on a variety of software engineering topics. Furthermore, Gunther has received the Microsoft "Most Valuable Professional" Solution Architect award and is an invited member of the Microsoft Software Design Review Team. He frequently presents at international conferences on subjects related to his research area.