Application Factory
Application Factory is a CDW-internal meta-builder, an AI-powered platform that builds other applications on demand for CDW teams.
Core trick
Converts a natural-language request into a structured spec of entities and workflows, then fills a company template library with generated code.
Description
Application Factory is a CDW-internal meta-builder, an AI-powered platform that builds other applications on demand for CDW teams. Instead of engineers hand-scaffolding each internal tool, a CDW user describes what they need in natural language, and the Factory specs, generates, tests, reviews, and ships a working app end-to-end grounded in CDW's stack, patterns, and governance.
Key features:
1. Natural-language intake that converts CDW business requirements into a structured app spec (entities, workflows, UI, integrations)
2. CDW-aware template library
3. Codex-powered generation of backend logic, frontend views, and integration glue
4. CDW sandbox deployment (currently on host)
5. Iterative refinement