Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System
Chapter One
Introducing the
Visual Designers
In May 2005, Microsoft published its Visual Studio 2005 Team System Modeling Strategy at
/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnvs05/
html/vstsmodel.asp. In this introductory chapter, we'll draw on the main themes-domain-specific
languages (DSLs), model-driven development (MDD), Software Factories, and the Unified
Modeling Language (UML) -as they apply to the Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition for Software
Architects. We'll summarize what Microsoft has to say on those subjects, and we'll add our own
impartial views.
We'll review the evolution of distributed computing architectures-from simple object-oriented
development through component and distributed-component design to the s ... read full excerpt from Professional Visual Studio 2005 Team System ebook