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Free and online Model Thinking course
You can now register for this free and online course on Model Thinking. From the course web page: “Evidence shows that people who think with models consistently outperform those who don’t. And, moreover people who think with lots of models outperform people who use only one. … Models help us to better organize information. Models
Why did I fail with the online code-generation services – Advise(II): Don’t sell to developers
(cross-posted from the “Stories of a (failed) entrepreneur” blog) This is the second in a series of posts trying to explain what I think went wrong with my attempt of selling online code-generation services, that I end up giving up for free due to the lack of clients. In the previous post, I recommended to
Code Generation 2012 – Programme available
You can now check the very interesting talks awaiting for you at this year’s edition of the Code Generation conference, the “leading event on the practical applications of Model-Driven Software Development (MDSD). … This reputation has been built up by attracting industry-recognised experts to share their experiences at the conference.” If you enjoyed this post
First 50 terms in the MDE Glossary
The first milestone of our MDE Glossary has been achieved this week. Slow but steady, the first 50 terms are now in. Many more are still missing but we’ll go there. By the way, the order in which I add terms in the Glossary is completely random. The first 50 are neither the most important
CloudMDE 2012 – 1st Int. Workshop on Model-Driven Engineering on and for the Cloud
The goal of this CloudMDE workshop I’m co-organizing (together with Richard Paige, Marco Brambilla, Marsha Chechik and Parastoo Mohagheghi) is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in MDE or cloud computing, who are interested in identifying, developing or building on existing synergies. We aim to identify opportunities for using MDE to support the development
New OCL version available: OCL 2.3.1
Two years after the previous version (OCL 2.2), the OMG has now released the new OCL version: OCL 2.3.1. What’s new in this version? Well, not much, only a bunch of minor issues/typos that needed to be fixed. In fact, I’m not sure if this is a good thing or not. A standard that basically
Language Workbench Challenge 2012
The list of participants in this year’s edition of the Language Workbench Challenge is now available. The web page also has the results of the inaugural edition last year, with a very interesting matrix comparing the different language workbenches that participated. For sure, LWC is the best place to get an overview of current language
SimpleOCL tool
SimpleOCL is a new addition to our OCL tool list. SimpleOCL is a proof-of-concept implementation of the OCL standard, built on top of theEclipse Modeling Framework (EMF)and EMFText. It started as an embeddable OCL implementation for inclusion in transformation languages for the EMF Transformation Virtual Machine (EMFTVM). EMFTVM allows integrated execution of heterogeneous model transformation languages. EMFTVM is
ERCIM news on Evolving Software – Featuring MoDisco and many others
The latest issue of ERCIM news has as special theme “Evolving Software”. As the editors say, “software evolution will always remain inevitable due to a wide variety of factors … To accommodate these change requests, the software product needs to be changed and improved on a regular basis. In parallel to this, the software process
More UML Fanatics – UML Poems contest
Application scenarios for UML are clearly endless. I just discovered this old UML poems contest (similar to the UML Jokes contest in 2008, a summary here since it seems that the original site has now disappeared ). Some of the poems are linked here so take a look!. It shouldn’t come as a surprise that
