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It has been a busy few days for me since I gave the presentation in Madison so this post has been delayed. The code for the demo is available with the following link. There is a lot in there and if you have any questions feel free to drop me an email or post a comment here. In the coming weeks I will be posting additional details and tutorials on specific aspects of code generation and VSX.

[ Code Download ]

As I mentioned in the presentation, there was one piece of documentation that really helped me get my Visual Studio Package to deploy using the Package Load Key so that I could publicly deploy the extension package. It is called Managed Package Registration and it is followed by Creating an Installer. The critical detail that is missing from this documentation is that the RegPkg.exe utility generates nearly every key that you want to import into your deployment project but the CodeBase value. See the deployment project in the code download for how to set the CodeBase value.

To get a jump start on VSX you can also read the CoDe Focus issue on VSX. It is available as a PDF and it will help you get past most issues with getting started with VSX. There is also a book coming out on VSX from Wrox publishing. The book is not out yet but you can pre-order it on Amazon. I would like to thank Wrox for providing us with free books to give away at the Wednesday meeting.

One tool that I was using during the presentation was PowerCommands for Visual Studio 2008 which were released at the end of February. It adds several useful commands to Visual Studio 2008 that some people noticed during the presentation. The source code is available as well so you can learn a lot by digging through the code.

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The Guidance Automation Extensions (GAX) and Guidance Automation Toolkit (GAT) are both going Gold. These packages are critical in creating software factories. These tools provide the base for tools like the Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition. I read the news from Tom Hollander. If you are not familiar with GAX/GAT think of these tools as Intellisense at the project level instead of the individual lines of code like normal Intellisense.

I have been experimenting with the software factories over the last year and have been anxious for the Gold release. As Visual Studio 2008 was released a stable version of WCSF for Visual Studio 2005 was released, but it was still built on a CTP release of GAX/GAT. A few weeks later a CTP of WCSF for Visual Studio 2008 was released. Now with a solid base I expect work on the software facotries to accelerate.

There has clearly been a lot of work put into getting these tools ready before the Microsoft launch events for .NET 3.5, Visual Studio 2008 and Windows Server 2008 that are starting at the end of this month. (see Heroes Happen Here for details on launch events) There are many projects on CodePlex for software factories and with a Gold release for GAX/GAT the projects should get a burst of activity.

I still think the UI for these tools need more work and there need to be many more training videos produced to improve adoption of these powerful tools, but the Gold release is the first step toward creating software in a new way.

You can read more details from Grigori Melnik, David Hayden and Jose Escrich. If you are interested in what happens next I suggest you subscribe to their blogs.

[ Update: Due to the snow cancellations this presentation has been rescheduled for March 5th. ]

On Wednesday I will be presenting Code Generation, Software Factories and Visual Studio Extensibility in Madison. Back in October I gave this presentation to the .NET User Group in Milwaukee with a strong attendance. I really enjoy this topic because gaining an understanding of what sort of automation that you can do to not only reduce your manual workload but to also implement more features with higher quality on a regular basis is a killer combination. I am a big fan of using MSBuild to automate routine tasks but code generation and software factories go several steps past just saving time and effort.

The tools that are available to generate code are making dramatic improvements over the last couple of years. The Web Service Software Factory: Modeling Edition was released in November, just a month after my last presentation so I will now be able to cover what was not fully ready then. I expect this demonstration to be a lot more engaging than my last presentation on this topic. You will not want to miss this presentation.

You can now get a stable release of the Service Factory for Visual Studio 2005. The release page shows a summary with many useful links for tutorials and videos as well as screenshots of the service diagrams. If you attended my presentation on code generation last month I mentioned that the modeling was not quite all there yet. Now it is. It is time to try this out and make use of it to rapidly build services (ASMX or WCF) as well as maintain them with this powerful tool.

Last night I presented Code Generation, Software Factories and Visual Studio Extensibility at Direct Supply. Below is the project download with all of the source followed by many useful links related to the various topics.

[ Download the sample project: SmallSharpTools.VisualStudioPlugins.zip ]

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