code generation Archive
Executable UML Tutorial 3: Domain Analysis (Part 2)
How to partition the system into a set of domain models and decide the best language for each domain. Plus the need to choose the model platform that best fits your project.
29/3/2018
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Executable UML Tutorial 2: Domain Analysis (Part 1)
In this second part of our executable UML tutorial we look at the key role of modeling domains to partition the system to be built
8/2/2018
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Introduction to a new Executable UML Tutorial Series and Case Study
First in a new series of articles to take you step by step through the construction of a complete set of Executable UML (xUML) models. Presented with an initial set of fuzzy requirements, we will transform them into an unambiguous, detailed, constrained and executable statement of the desired system.
8/1/2018
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Modeling, verifying and generating embedded software with Dezyne
Our review of Dezyne, a great tool to quickly model, verify and generate component-based software.
1/12/2017
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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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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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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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Re-implementing Apache Thrift with MDE (guess what happened!)
How well does it fare the "MDE-version" of a well-known open source software project wrt the original? Find out what benefits (and shortcomings) MDE brings in this scenario
9/12/2016
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UMLtoGraphDB: Mapping UML to NoSQL Graph Databases
Few solutions target UML to NoSQL code-generation and even less consider OCL constraints. We present a UML/OCL transformation to Blueprints, an abstraction layer on top of a variety of graph databases
8/11/2016
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Low-code platforms, the new buzzword
The rise of low-code platforms, the latest reincarnation of model-driven engineering and code-generation tools
1/9/2016
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UML-RSDS: A tool to support agile model-based development using UML
UML-RSDS aims to specify systems in the most declarative, concise and platform-independent manner possible, and then to automate synthesis of designs and executable code from the specifications
22/8/2016
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Human factors in the adoption of model-driven engineering: an educator’s perspective
After a complete failure in convincing students about the benefits of code generation, we laid out a set of recommendations for instructors and tool vendors to increase the chance of success in the adoption of model-driven engineering
17/8/2016
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UMLtoSQL, UMLtoSymfony/PHP and UMLtoDjango/Python are now open source and available in GitHub
A set of open source Java classes in GitHub to generate SQL, Python-Django or PHP-Symfony code from simple UML class diagrams
22/3/2016
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What is Cloudfier and why you may want to use it
Ever heard of Cloudfier? It is a tool for developing business applications based on executable models. But why would you want to do that? Keep reading!
1/6/2015
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The sin code-generators commit
Code-generators are lovely when things go well but they completely abandon you to deal with weird low-level technical errors when things go awry
5/3/2015
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I failed to convince my students about the benefits of code-generation
I asked my students to use a code-generation tool to develop a simple CRUD-like application. This is what they have to say about the experience.
9/2/2015
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The Last One – A code generator for BASIC from 1981
Code-generators (or better said, the goal of simplifying the life of programmers) are as old as computer science itself. Check this code generator for the BASIC programming language.
21/1/2015
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Modeling mobile applications with Mobile IFML
Eric Umuhoza explains his work on mobile IFML, an extension of IFML focusing on mobile devices
16/7/2014
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Mendix (a “MDD company”) raises $25M in funding
By now, I guess you all know already that Mendix has closed a $25 million Series
24/1/2014
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