Visual software development based on software structural component library/workflow

A new approach to make visual software development based on the combination of workflow technique and software component library technique is presented.The author brings up the idea of visual software development method which is based on software component library,which is to programming visually using the workflow visual edit tools to fabricate new software with the software components in some software component library.And also brings up the idea of separating the process control from software component,which is to using the workflow engine to drive software components to work together.Software component library is emphasized to be the foundation,it contains the components to build up complicated software,and the components can be any scale and level;it’s an open system,supports assembling software with components and all development methods of B/S,C/S.It can be used to construct software project from bottom to top or from top to bottom.Finally the advantages and disadvantages are discussed,too.