Wiley Professional DotNetNuke 5: Open Source Web Application Framework for ASP.NET 978-0-470-43870-1 ユーザーズマニュアル
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An Inside Look at the
Evolution of DotNetNuke
By Shaun Walker
Project Creator and Chief Architect
As much as DotNetNuke is an open source software application written for the Microsoft ASP.NET
platform, it is also a vibrant community with developers, end users, vendors, and volunteers — all
working together collaboratively in a rich and diverse ecosystem. This chapter attempts to capture
the essence of the project, expose its humble beginnings, provide insight into its evolution, and
document its many achievements, but not shy away from some of the hard lessons learned in the
process. The lifeblood of any community is its people; therefore, it is a distinct honor and privilege
to be able to share some of the emotion and passion that has gone into the DotNetNuke project so
that you may be able to establish a personal connection with the various stakeholders and perhaps
precipitate your own decision to join this burgeoning ecosystem.
platform, it is also a vibrant community with developers, end users, vendors, and volunteers — all
working together collaboratively in a rich and diverse ecosystem. This chapter attempts to capture
the essence of the project, expose its humble beginnings, provide insight into its evolution, and
document its many achievements, but not shy away from some of the hard lessons learned in the
process. The lifeblood of any community is its people; therefore, it is a distinct honor and privilege
to be able to share some of the emotion and passion that has gone into the DotNetNuke project so
that you may be able to establish a personal connection with the various stakeholders and perhaps
precipitate your own decision to join this burgeoning ecosystem.
In 2001–2002, I was working for a medium-sized software consulting company that was providing
outsourced software development services to a variety of large U.S. clients specializing primarily
in e-Learning initiatives. The internal push was to achieve CMM 3.0 on a fairly aggressive schedule
so that we could compete with the emerging outsourcing powerhouses from India and China. As
a result there was an incredible amount of focus on process and procedure and somewhat less
focus on the technical aspects of software engineering. Because the majority of the client base was
interested in the J2EE platform, the company primarily hired resources with Java skills — leaving
me with my legacy Microsoft background to assume more of an internal-development and
project-management role. The process improvement exercise consumed a lot of time and energy
for the company, attempting to better define roles and responsibilities and ensuring proper
documentation throughout the project life cycle. Delving into CMM and the PMBOK were great
educational benefits for me — skills that would prove to be invaluable in future endeavors.
Ultimately the large U.S. clients decided to test the overseas outsourcing options anyway, which
resulted in severe downsizing for the company. It was during these tumultuous times that I
recognized the potential of the newly released .NET Framework (beta) and decided that I would
outsourced software development services to a variety of large U.S. clients specializing primarily
in e-Learning initiatives. The internal push was to achieve CMM 3.0 on a fairly aggressive schedule
so that we could compete with the emerging outsourcing powerhouses from India and China. As
a result there was an incredible amount of focus on process and procedure and somewhat less
focus on the technical aspects of software engineering. Because the majority of the client base was
interested in the J2EE platform, the company primarily hired resources with Java skills — leaving
me with my legacy Microsoft background to assume more of an internal-development and
project-management role. The process improvement exercise consumed a lot of time and energy
for the company, attempting to better define roles and responsibilities and ensuring proper
documentation throughout the project life cycle. Delving into CMM and the PMBOK were great
educational benefits for me — skills that would prove to be invaluable in future endeavors.
Ultimately the large U.S. clients decided to test the overseas outsourcing options anyway, which
resulted in severe downsizing for the company. It was during these tumultuous times that I
recognized the potential of the newly released .NET Framework (beta) and decided that I would
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