Methods and Techniques for the Design and Implementation of Domain-Specific Languages

Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) are programming language aimed at a particular problem domain, e.g. banking, database querying or website page lay-outs. Through the use of high-level concepts, a DSL raises the level of abstraction and expressive power of the programmer, and reduces the size of programs. This dissertation covers various aspects...

Declaratively Programming the Mobile Web with Mobl

A new generation of mobile touch devices, such as the iPhone, Android and iPad, are equipped with powerful, modern browsers. However, regular websites are not optimized for the specific features and constraints of these devices, such as limited screen estate, unreliable Internet access, touch-based interaction patterns, and features such as GPS....

Static Consistency Checking of Web Applications with WebDSL

Modern web application development frameworks provide web application developers with highlevel abstractions to improve their productivity. However, their support for static verification of applications is limited. Inconsistencies in an application are often not detected statically, but appear as errors at run-time. The reports about these...

PIL: A platform independent language for retargetable DSLs

This paper is a pre-print of: Zef Hemel, Eelco Visser. PIL: A Platform Independent Language for Retargetable DSLs. In Mark G. J. van den Brand, Jeff Gray, editors, Software Language Engineering, Second International Conference, SLE 2009, Denver, USA, October, 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, 2009. Intermediate languages are...

Code generation by model transformation: A case study in transformation modularity

The realization of model-driven software development requires effective techniques for implementing code generators for domain-specific languages. This paper identifies techniques for improving separation of concerns in the implementation of generators. The core technique is code generation by model transformation, that is, the generation of a...

WebDSL: A Domain-Specific Language for Dynamic Web Applications

Preprint of paper published in: OOPSLA 2008 - ACM SIGPLAN Conference on Object-Oriented Programming, Systems, Languages, and Applications, 19-23 October 2008; doi:10.1145/1449814.1449858 WebDSL is a domain-specific language for the implementation of dynamic web applications with a rich data model. It consists of a core language with constructs...

When Frameworks Let You Down: Platform-Imposed Constraints on the Design and Evolution of Domain-Specific Languages

Preprint of paper published in: DSM 2008 - Proceedings of the 8th OOPSLA Workshop on Domain-Specific Modeling, Nashville, USA, 19-20 October 2008

WebWorkFlow: An Object-Oriented Workflow Modeling Language for Web Applications

Preprint of paper published in: MODELS 2008 - International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5301, 2008; doi:10.1007/978-3-540-87875-9_8 Workflow languages are designed for the high-level description of processes and are typically not suitable for the generation of complete...

Code Generation by Model Transformation: A Case Study in Transformation Modularity

Preprint of paper published in: Theory and Practice of Model Transformations (ICMT 2008), Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5063; doi:10.1007/978-3-540-69927-9_13 The realization of model-driven software development requires effective techniques for implementing code generators for domain-specific languages. This paper identifies techniques for...

When Frameworks Let You Down: Platform-Imposed Constraints on the Design and Evolution of Domain-Specific Languages

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