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  • Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

    Domain-specific visualization of textual models with Xtext and Sirius

    Some people say graphical modeling is dead and textual modeling is the better maybe the only way. As an Xtext-enthusiast I would always argue that modeling should be done textually.

    by Hendrik Bünder
    10 min. reading time
  • Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

    Eclipse Xtext 2.13 is released!

    Right on time for EclipseCon Europe the Xtext project managed to release its new version 2.13. Xtext 2.13 is the first version for the Eclipse Photon simultaneous release and was designed to fit well with the recently released Eclipse Oxygen.1a version. For users ...

    by Karsten Thoms
    8 min. reading time
  • itemis products, itemis CREATE, State Machine, Embedded

    Test driven development with YAKINDU Statechart Tools’ SCTUnit

    Information: YAKINDU Statechart Tools Is Now itemis CREATE Recently we had a discussion about Test Driven Development. Is it really important or just a buzzword. We agreed quickly: it is not a Buzzword. TDD is a skill. You need to acquire it, you need to practice ...

    by Svenja Wendler
    7 min. reading time
  • Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

    About the Power of Open Source Development at Eclipse

    As a project deeply integrated with Eclipse JDT, Xtext has sometimes also to use internal API. This is, for example, necessary to leverage best performance of accessing Java elements. We try to avoid this whenever possible sometimes even by duplicating the code, ...

    by Karsten Thoms
    6 min. reading time
  • Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

    Formatting for the Masses

    Reading source code happens way more often than writing it. And reading code is a lot easier when it is well formatted. Linebreaks and indentations are guiding the reader and it is more obvious in which context things are happening. Doing formatting completely ...

    by Holger Schill
    5 min. reading time
  • Software Development

    Musings about Jigsaw – The Java 9 Module System

    Hooray, JavaTM 9 was released on 21 September! Arguably the most visible and most controversial new feature of the Java platform is the Java Module System Jigsaw. Project Jigsaw was initiated in 2008 and almost 10 years after the kick off, Java eventually got its ...

    by Sebastian Zarnekow
    11 min. reading time
  • Software Development, web engineering

    Developing and publishing Angular 4 libraries – Part I

    Developing large web applications with Angular is challenging, especially when it comes to structuring the code base into small, individually developed modules. Many projects struggle with this and start building huge monoliths instead.

    by Franz Becker
    10 min. reading time
  • Agile & Usability, Usability

    Enterprise visual design: Tool comparison

    While creating a complex visual design, have you ever thought that there must be an easier way? When interaction and visual designers face the challenge of creating a complex design over several months, the choice and the correct usage of tools is crucial.

    by Karsten Nolte
    16 min. reading time
  • Automotive, Software Development

    How to configure your free AUTOSAR model viewer

    Viewing and analyzing AUTOSAR models is a recurring task in automotive software development. Very often this is done by just inspecting the XML, which is cumbersome. Some companies have smarter "simple" tools in their portfolio, but they are often included in ...

    by Andreas Graf
    4 min. reading time
  • Agile & Usability, Usability

    Enterprise Visual Design: Beware of these easy traps

    If you work like me as a visual (interaction) designer on big concepts with multiple colleagues over months to a year, you face completely different challenges than when developing a small concept.

    by Karsten Nolte
    4 min. reading time

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