About Software Factory Execution

The Software Factory Execution is the process that executes the installed Modules with the metadata from the Designers within an Application. The result is changes to the codebase which are staged before being accepted or rejected.

Software Factory Changes View

Intent Architect will not make changes to your codebase without your consent. The changes will be listed and can be clicked on which launches a Diff tool for you to view the changes between the files - like a pull request from your robot developer friend.

Diff Example An example diff of changes made to a C# interface that's managed by Intent Architect.

The Software Factory Execution is initiated from within an Application by clicking on the Run Software Factory button in the top tool bar. The execution is typically kicked off after completing some design changes, or installing / updating Modules.

Play Button Run the Software Factory from the top tool bar

You can also run the Software Factory from the application's context menu:

Run from Context Menu Run the Software Factory from the application context menu

The Software Factory can also be minimized to the task bar. In this state the Software Factory will subscribe to changes for the application and automatically run in the background, notifying the user when it has pending changes.

Running in the Background Minimized Software Factory running in the background.