Alan Cameron Wills' WebLogDomain-specific modeling, languages, software factories, ...XP2005- June 21, 2005 DSL + Agile workshop I spent most of Monday running a DSL workshop at XP2005, with Steven Kelly of MetaCase. There were 22 participants including ourselves, and people said it was an enjoyable and useful day. Results posted at http:www.dsmforum.orgEventsADDSL05results.html Main interesting points: Quite a lot of interest in using DSLs (both graphical and textual) to script and describe tests, especially in a...http://blogs.msdn.com/alan_cameron_wills/archive/2005/06/21/431328.aspx How to teach software development- June 21, 2005 Software development is teamwork. The most important techniques you learn for project success -- or get wrong otherwise -- are about working in teams. The methods that have made the biggest improvements in development success rates are not tools or technical stuff, they're about how people work together -- most notably, the agile methods. Tools are useful to support good ways of working, once you've sorted out what they are. So it's unfortunate that most computing degrees, in most parts of the..http://blogs.msdn.com/alan_cameron_wills/archive/2005/06/21/431320.aspx |