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Processing Enterprise Architect Models with the EA-Bridge

Previously, I presented how to tailor Enterprise Architect (EA) with MDG Technologies to define UML profiles and with add-ins to increase productivity. In this final article, I would like to develop the running example further to generate source code from the EA ...

by Martin Hentschel

8 min. reading time
Eclipse, itemis products, itemis CREATE, State Machine, Embedded

Using Eclipse Mita with YAKINDU Statechart Tools

Information: YAKINDU Statechart Tools Is Now itemis CREATE Using YAKINDU Statechart Tools (now itemis CREATE) is an effective way to describe reactive, event-driven systems. As part of my master thesis I took YAKINDU Statechart Tools (now itemis CREATE) and ...

by Robin Herrmann

8 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

Xtext 2.14 released!

The Xtext team proudly announces the availability of the 2.14 release. While the previous releases have focused on performance and internal improvements this release comes with a bunch of new features that will ease your life and make your DSLs even more valuable. ...

by Xtext-Team

6 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

New File Wizard – easy to generate with Xtext 2.14

We have already shown on our blog how to generate a new project wizard with Xtext 2.14. Now it's also possible to create a comparable wizard, also based on templates, for creating DSL files in existing projects.

by Arne Deutsch

7 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development, Language Engineering

Generating a new project wizard with Xtext 2.14

Anyone who implements DSLs with Eclipse Xtext benefits from the fact that the necessary infrastructure is generated automatically from the grammar. This gives you an environment in which everything is provided for developing your own DSL with minimum effort. A ...

by Arne Deutsch

16 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

Code Mining Support in Xtext

One of the most notable new APIs in Eclipse Photon is called Code Mining. A code mining represents content (i.e. labels and icons) that are shown within the text editor, but are not part of the text itself. For example, within a method call statement a mining ...

by Karsten Thoms

8 min. reading time
Eclipse, IoT, Embedded

How to Integrate Arduino with Eclipse Mita

Developing embedded devices, especially for IoT applications, can be a very complex task and requires a lot of knowledge. In the last blog post of my colleague Thomas Kutz we introduced Eclipse Mita, a new programming language designed for developing embedded IoT ...

by Robin Herrmann

7 min. reading time
Software Development

Security Engineering in the Automotive Industry

In a world where virtually everything is connected to the internet, security is essential. This is especially crucial in complex systems: complexity is the enemy of security. Today’s cars are examples of such systems, they have lots of components that can be a ...

by Dirk Leopold

7 min. reading time
Eclipse, IoT, Embedded

Eclipse Mita – Bringing software development for the IoT to a higher level

Software development for embedded IoT systems is not an easy task. In most cases, you’ll have to write C or C++ code; both coming with a higher learning curve than modern programming languages like Go and Rust. And in most cases, you’ll have to write a fair amount ...

by Thomas Kutz

5 min. reading time
Software Development, Embedded

Tailoring Enterprise Architect with Add-ins

This is the second of three articles in which I would like to discuss common issues (and our solutions) that occur when Enterprise Architect, EA for short, is used to create models that are processed further by other tools.

by Martin Hentschel

10 min. reading time

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