In the fall of 2004 we started an engagement in which the customer wanted to develop a code generation solution based on the Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Beta 1 Refresh. This solution was one part of a larger project in which we created architecture standards, guidance, and documentation to establish the .NET Framework as a first-class platform in this client's enterprise architecture. At first blush, we thought that the project would revolve around using Enterprise Templates and a C++ Wizard, as described in Enterprise Templates: Building an Application Construction Kit in Visual Studio .NET 2003.
