Practical Software Factories in .NET (Hardcover)

Description

The promise of Software Factories is to streamline and automate software development-and thus to produce higher-quality software more efficiently. The key idea is to promote systematic reuse at all levels and exploit economies of scope, which translates into concrete savings in planning, development, and maintenance efforts. However, the theory behind Software Factories can be overwhelming, because it spans many disciplines of software development. On top of that, Software Factories typically require significant investments into reusable assets.

This book was written in order to demystify the Software Factories paradigm by guiding you through a practical case study from the early conception phase of building a Software Factory to delivering a ready-made software product. The authors provide you with a hands-on example covering each of the four pillars of Software Factories: software product lines, architectural frameworks, model-driven development, and guidance in context.

While the ideas behind Software Factories are platform independent, the Microsoft .NET platform, together with recent technologies such as DSL Tools and the Smart Client Baseline Architecture Toolkit, makes an ideal foundation. A study shows the different facets and caveats and demonstrates how each of these technologies becomes part of a comprehensive factory. Software Factories are a top candidate for revolutionizing software development. This book will give you a great starting point to understanding the concepts behind it and ultimately applying this knowledge to your own software projects.

Contributions by Jack Greenfield, Wojtek Kozaczynski Foreword by Douglas C. Schmidt, Jack Greenfield, Jrgen Kazmeier and Eugenio Pace.

描述

軟體工廠的承諾是簡化和自動化軟體開發，從而更有效地生產高品質的軟體。關鍵思想是在各個層面上促進系統性重用，並利用範圍經濟，這將在計劃、開發和維護工作中轉化為具體的節省。然而，軟體工廠背後的理論可能會讓人感到壓倒性，因為它涵蓋了軟體開發的許多學科。除此之外，軟體工廠通常需要對可重用資產進行重大投資。

本書的目的是通過引導您完成一個實際案例研究，從建立軟體工廠的早期構思階段到交付成品軟體產品，以揭開軟體工廠範式的神秘面紗。作者提供了一個實踐案例，涵蓋軟體工廠的四個支柱：軟體產品線、架構框架、模型驅動開發和上下文指導。

雖然軟體工廠背後的理念與平台無關，但微軟.NET平台以及最近的技術，如DSL工具和智能客戶端基線架構工具包，是一個理想的基礎。一項研究展示了不同的方面和注意事項，並演示了這些技術如何成為一個全面工廠的一部分。軟體工廠是改變軟體開發的頂級候選者。本書將為您提供一個很好的起點，以理解其背後的概念，並最終將這些知識應用於您自己的軟體項目。

Jack Greenfield, Wojtek Kozaczynski 貢獻
Douglas C. Schmidt, Jack Greenfield, Jrgen Kazmeier 和 Eugenio Pace 寫前言。