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  • Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

    4+1 = CAFEBABE: Java Bytecode in Eclipse

    What might itemis staff do on their project-free 4 + 1 day? They continue their education, often by working on their own ideas; I would like to introduce just such a project today. The goal was to build familiarity with Xtext and Xtend. The result is a Java Byte ...

    by Arne Deutsch
    6 min. reading time
  • Eclipse, Xtext, GEF, Software Development

    Pro Tip: Implementing JUnit Test Cases in Xtend

    What makes a clean test? Three things. Readability, readability, and readability. Readability is perhaps even more important in unit tests than it is in production code. What makes tests readable? The same thing that makes all code readable: clarity, simplicity, ...

    by Tamas Miklossy
    3 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
  • 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
  • Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

    Xtext 2.14 adds support for JUnit 5

    Unit tests written for Xtext DSLs are typically using Xtext’s testing infrastructure provided by the org.eclipse.xtext.testing bundle. Older tests might even still use the deprecated org.eclipse.xtext.junit4 bundle. Tests for DSLs need to inject a language ...

    by Karsten Thoms
    5 min. reading time

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