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Tracing requirements and source code

In the last month, our team behind YAKINDU Traceability received a couple of questions regarding how to establish bidirectional traceability between requirements or design elements and software units a.k.a source code – as for example required in the Automotive ...

by Boris Holzer

5 min. reading time
Eclipse, Software Development

Git Pro Tip: Show Branch in Command Line Prompt

I am a heavy Git on command line user. Since I work a lot with branches it is important to know which branch I am currently on. Here's a nifty trick for all of you juggling many branches simultaneously.

by Christian Dietrich

1 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

Debugging Xtext grammars – what to do when your language is ambiguous

Xtext uses ANTLR to generate a lexer and parser out of your grammar. Technically an LL(*) parser gets generated. This means it cannot deal with left recursion and has an infinite lookahead.

by Holger Schill

10 min. reading time
Xtext, Software Development, Automotive, Embedded

How to use a textual editor for the Autosar Adaptive Platform

AUTOSAR is about to release its new specification for the Autosar Adaptive Platform. According to AUTOSAR, the difference to classic AUTOSAR is: "In comparison to the AUTOSAR Classic Platform the AUTOSAR Runtime Environment for the Adaptive Platform dynamically ...

by Andreas Graf

4 min. reading time
itemis products, Xtext, Software Development, Embedded, Traceability

What I learned introducing a domain-specific language for configurable traceability analysis

At this years Modelsward conference I had the opportunity to present a paper about "A Domain-specific Language for Configurable Traceability Analysis" that was written in close collaboration with Prof. Dr. Kuchen and Christoph Rieger from [ERCIS] of the University ...

by Hendrik Bünder

7 min. reading time
Eclipse, itemis products, itemis CREATE

YAKINDU Statechart Tools February Release – New and Noteworthy

Information: YAKINDU Statechart Tools Is Now itemis CREATE We're happy to announce the new YAKINDU Statechart Tools releases: YAKINDU Statechart Tools Community Edition 2.9.3 and YAKINDU Statechart Tools Professional Edition 1.0.2 contain the following features ...

by Andreas Mülder

5 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

itemis + TypeFox = Xtext!

As you might have noticed there was a very crucial change in the Eclipse Xtext project at the beginning of last year. Our colleagues in Kiel have decided to leave itemis and have founded their own company, TypeFox.

by Jens Wagener

2 min. reading time
itemis products, itemis CREATE, Embedded, Traceability

How to ensure traceability for Statechart Tools

Information: YAKINDU Statechart Tools Is Now itemis CREATE YAKINDU Statechart Tools are used in various software and systems engineering projects of different sizes, starting from one-person-Arduino-hobby-projects to large commercial software projects in the ...

by Andreas Mülder & Florian Antony

9 min. reading time
itemis products, itemis CREATE, State Machine, Embedded

How to develop human machine interfaces with state machines

Human machine interfaces (HMI) are inherently interactive and dynamical. An important goal of HMI engineering is to optimize the interaction between the human and the machine. Ergonomics and efficiency of an HMI are mainly driven by the quality of its design.

by Axel Terfloth

7 min. reading time
Project management

How to be a good project manager in 3 steps

This is the ultimate list of tips on being a good – no: excellent – project manager.

by itemis

5 min. reading time

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