pdc-2008-a-lap-around-oslo

October 28th, 2008

(Just snagged a backpack and a hoodie.  Yay free swag!)

 

Models

Drawings

  • Dataflow, use case

Model Assisted

  • Model used to understand code

Model driven

  • Models executed by runtimes

Model Driven Platforms

  • COM: midl.exe and Transaction attribute
  • .NET 1.0: app.config and Attributes
  • Web Services: xsd schema and wsdl definitions
  • .NET 3.0: wpf and wf

Battery getting low! (Emergency post in case my laptop dies)

Model Driven Applications

Office SharePoint

  • CAML
  • Visual designer
  • Application definition stored in database

Microsoft Dyanmics

  • Textual domain specificc languages (X++)
  • Visual Designer (MorphX)
  • Application definition stored in database

Why?

  • Transparency
  • Flexibility
  • Productivity

We all are in a model driven world

  • XML
  • .NET
  • We already are model driven

What?

"M"

  • Language for authoring models

Quadrant

  • Tool for interacting with Models

Repository

  • Database for storing and sharing models

Key Concepts

  • Visual DSLs
  • Textual DSLs
  • Runtimes
  • Models

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