Code Visualization, UML, & DSLs

Cameron SkinnerProduct Unit Manager, Visual StudioMicrosoft Corporation

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By the End of this Talk, you will…

> Understand the following about the Architecture and Visualization tools in Visual Studio 2010:> Why we build it> Who we built it for> What it can do

The Why:Complexity remains a Serious Problem

> Complexity is found everywhere:> In Code, Requirements, Organizational

politics> ( the list goes on and on… )

> Visual Studio 2010 attacks these problems head on by Increasing…> …A shared understanding between team

members> …The understanding of existing system> … the ability to gain and maintain control

The Who:Focused on Developers and Architects

> Developers who are…> …trying to understand existing code> …focused on the “right fix”

> Architects who are…> …trying to understand the Domain and

how it relates to implementation> …“Solution” or “Application” Architect

on the team

The What:Product Capabilities

> “Understand The Code”> Architecture Explorer> Sequence Diagram Generation> DGML Graphs and “Standard” Graphs

> “Maintain Control”> Layer Diagram & Custom MSBuild Tasks> Work Item Integration

> “Understand The Domain”> UML 2.x Designers> Modeling Project & Explorer

> Extensibility

“Understand The Code”

demo

"Understand The Code"Demo Summary

> Architecture Explorer> Sequence Diagram Generation> DGML Graphs and “Standard” Graphs

“Maintain Control”

demo

"Maintain Control"Demo Summary

> Layer Diagram and Validation> Work Item Integration

“Understand The Domain”

demo

"Understand The Domain"Demo Summary

> UML Designers> Use Case, Class, Component, Activity,

Sequence> UML Modeling Project> UML Model Explorer

Extensibility

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ExtensibilityDemo Summary

> Extensible in a number of areas> Graph Model> UML Diagrams> Command, Menuing, and Validation

In Summary…

> We’ve built Visual Studio 2010 to attack complexity deep in the heart of Software Development

> UML, DSL, and pragmatic feature set is the approach

> Developers and Architects are our focus

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