Author Archive
Discover the g9 Modeler and code generator – Tool review
g9 is one of the most flexible code-generator tools I’ve seen. It generates both the front-end, the back-end and the database for you. And it's fully integrated in Eclipse
22/9/2017
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Comparing Domain-Driven Design with Model-Driven Engineering
Model-driven engineering is the perfect complement to domain-driven design by providing DDD with the tools to realize its promise
11/9/2017
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Why modeling tools don’t have affiliate programs?
Have you noticed that affiliate programs for modeling tools are mostly inexistent? Have you thought why this could be? We try to answer these questions
26/8/2017
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Six Negative Results in Software Engineering – EMSE Special Issue (published)
Negative or null results are hardly ever published though they are important in showing the paths which did not pay off. This special issue is a first step to change this
22/8/2017
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MOPLAF – Modeling Optimization and Planning Framework
An Eclipse/EMF based tool to model optimization and planning problems. MOPLAF provides database and solver integration components for minimizing the code needed to generate and execute the modeled problem.
30/7/2017
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The secret life of rules in Software Engineering
Summary of my invited talk at the RuleML+RR conference where I discussed why rules are not first-class citizens in software engineering and why this has to change to keep up with the demands of big data and open data.
20/7/2017
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AADL in Practice – Book and Interview with Julien Delange
Become an expert of software architecture modeling and analysis with AADL (Architecture Analysis and Design Language)
12/7/2017
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From Models to code with no mysterious gaps – interview with Leon Starr
Leon Starr giving plenty of wisdom pearls on the benefits and optimal application of executable models while presenting his new book on the transition from models to code
5/7/2017
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OCL Monads – Functional Interpretation for the Object Constraint Language
The introduction of new functional-like features (like lambda expressions) in the OCL suggests a functional interpretation of the language as an optimal way to exploit such features.
28/6/2017
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Lightweight model-driven engineering
Revisiting all aspects of model-driven engineering (application, teaching, verification , tooling, research,...) promoting a lightweight perspective to maximize MDE success and adoption
15/6/2017
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Cognifying Model-Driven Software Engineering
Cognification is the application of knowledge to boost the performance and impact of a process. We believe cognification could be a revolution in the way software is built.
26/5/2017
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MegaMart2 – Model-based continuous development and runtime validation of complex systems
A new research project focusing on a scalable model-based framework for continuous development and runtime validation of complex systems
22/5/2017
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My new site on Software Engineering (in Spanish)
Do you want to learn Software Engineering? Do you speak Spanish? If so, this site is for you
14/5/2017
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Automatic discovery of Web API Specifications: an example-driven approach
Our proposal to automatically infer OpenAPI compliant specifications for REST Web APIs from a set of examples of actual API calls
8/5/2017
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On the Opportunities of Scalable Modeling Technologies: An Experience Report with Wind Turbines
A report on how scalable modeling technologies helped Ikerlan to bring its DSL editor for Wind Turbines to the next level
2/5/2017
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The model-driven book – 2nd edition
Five years after the first edition, we are back with a completely revised version of our model-driven software engineering book. More than 90 institutions around the world use it to teach MDE!
14/4/2017
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A UML Profile for OData Web APIs
Details of our UML Profile to model OData Web APIs. Once you have your UML model annotated with OData stereotypes you could automate the generation of your OData definition files.
11/4/2017
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Convention over configuration – key selling point for MDE
Convention over configuration aims to simplify development by decreasing the number of decisions developers need to make. MDE has a similar goal. Let's see how to combine them.
15/3/2017
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List of Executable UML tools (2017 update)
Complete list of executable UML tools for the fUML OMG standard and other UML executable languages
9/3/2017
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Interview with Gaël Blondelle on Eclipse and its modeling ecosystem
To talk about the Eclipse modeling ecosystem, we are joined today by Gaël Blondelle, Director of European Ecosystem Development at the Eclipse Foundation.
23/2/2017
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