In today's dynamic enterprise computing environments, traditional object modeling has largely failed to fulfill its promise of faster software delivery and better code reuse. Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) provides a solution.

IBM Rational Rose users seeking increased productivity, improved collaboration capabilities, and enhanced functionality should consider the more advanced features and functionality of the IBM Rational Software v7.0 tools. Learn why it pays to consider using or migrating existing Rational Rose projects to Rational Software Architect, Rational Software Modeler, and other tools.

Get the lowdown on the Eclipse JET code generator and learn how to use it to automate your development processes.

Microsoft Software Factories, part of Visual Studio 2005 Team System, is a set of tools, models, software development methods, and practices that will help you use the VSTS environment to develop domain-specific languages (DSLs).

Domain-specific modeling is most successful when the models let you generate complete working code, without the need for post-generation code modifications or additions. The examples and guidelines in this article show you how.

By ignoring the requirement to be so abstract so as to fit any business problem, industry, or application type, domain-specific languages--by definition--avoid any compromises that would get in the way of your development. Find out how you can improve quality and productivity by an order of magnitude by learning the basics of building your own DSL today.

Domain-specific modeling promises to change the modeling landscape by providing a greater level of abstraction from code than UML, providing modeling constructs for developers that mimic the real-world objects more closely, and most importantly, providing complete code-generation capabilities, which together lead to a much more productive way for developers to model applications.

At SD West, one man finds the heart of modeling—and opens his eyes to the power of invariants—thanks to the founder of MDA.

In recent years, two new trends in software engineering have been established—Aspect-oriented Programming (AOP) was developed to extend and ease programming, and the Model Driven Architecture (MDA) was introduced to take full advantage of the power of modeling. Many people are confused when confronted with both AOP and MDA. This article provides a crash-course on both topics and explains the differences and similarities between the two.

Executable UML marries an abstract program model with a platform-specific model compiler that outputs an executable application. If successful, this combination holds the potential for a major shift in development tasks.

Use VB.NET and the MVC pattern to create a user interface framework for collaborative development. By cleanly isolating display elements from data, the MVC pattern lets multiple programmers develop and modify UI functionality at the same time without problems.