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An approach for the systematic development of domain‐specific languages
Author(s) -
Strembeck Mark,
Zdun Uwe
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/spe.936
Subject(s) - digital subscriber line , domain specific language , computer science , software engineering , domain (mathematical analysis) , task (project management) , process (computing) , software development , focus (optics) , programming language , software development process , domain analysis , model driven architecture , rapid prototyping , software , systems engineering , engineering , software construction , mathematical analysis , telecommunications , physics , mathematics , optics , mechanical engineering
Building tailored software systems for a particular application domain is a complex task. For this reason, domain‐specific languages (DSLs) receive a constantly growing attention in recent years. So far the main focus of DSL research is on case studies and experience reports for the development of individual DSLs, design approaches and implementation techniques for DSLs, and the integration of DSLs with other software development approaches on a technical level. In this paper, we identify and describe the different activities that we conduct when engineering a DSL, and describe how these activities can be combined in order to define a tailored DSL engineering process. Our research results are based on the experiences we gained from multiple different DSL development projects and prototyping experiments. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.