Overview
The BizTalk Software Factory supplies guidance for developing BizTalk applications.
It is build using the February 2008 release of the Guidance Automation Extensions and the Guidance Automation Toolkit.
This can be downloaded here http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/teamsystem/aa718949.aspx
The BizTalk Software Factory guides you through the process of creating a project structure and assists with adding artifacts to the project solution.
When creating the solution you can choose between a multi project solution or a single project solution where the artifacts are grouped into folders instead of projects.
History
This release is based on the project Dick Dijkstra started a year ago on CodePlex (BASF).
Dick did a great job starting the project and figuring out some of the hard to learn basics.
Now the release is extended with functionality and more is to come in next releases.
Release v1.0.1
For the first release the following artifacts can be added using the guidance.
- Schemas
- Maps
- Orchestrations
- Pipelines
- Business Components (for example for helper and logging components)
Current Release
Off course what is in v1.0.1 but also:
- Solution folders for BRE artifacts Rules and Policies
- Support for creating Pipeline Components using 'THE' wizard
- Support for generating Unit Tests for artifacts Schemas, Maps and Orchestrations
What to do with this release?
This release can be used to develop BizTalk solutions using a consistent solution structure.
It is very difficult to test every part of the BizTalk Software Factory, so if you find anything that isn't right, could be better or just isn't functioning then please let me know.
Also if you have great ideas please tell me and I'll try to implement them.
This release consists of the source code and some basic documentation.
Have fun!
Future Plans
In later releases the BizTalk Software Factory will be extended with a Setup project.
