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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 27, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2007
Bill Gibson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Mark Groves, Monroe, WA (US);
Ross Grayum, Monroe, WA (US);
Vinay Bharadwaj, Seattle, WA (US);
Bill Gibson, Woodinville, WA (US);
Mark Groves, Monroe, WA (US);
Ross Grayum, Monroe, WA (US);
Vinay Bharadwaj, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Various technologies and techniques are disclosed for providing a software development application that supports development using a top-down approach. The user creates a high-level system design for a system in the top-down design software development application. The user describes a behavior of the system by attaching technology-neutral original system endpoints and respective contracts to a plurality of system components. The user delegates each original system endpoint to a member endpoint of a corresponding technology-specific member component. The user supplies a concrete implementation for each of the corresponding technology-specific member components. Throughout this iterative development process, the high level system design is preserved.