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  • Xtext, Software Development

    Xbase Customization: Redefining operator keywords

    If you use Xbase in your Xtext-based DSL, you are usually satisfied with the set of operators the expression language defines. They are closely related to what you are used to in Java or similar languages. But what if that's not enough and you need to customize ...

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

    Xtext Usability: Hovers on keywords

    Xtext has become a framework not only for domain specific languages spoken, authored and read by programmers, but also by real (business-) domain experts themselves. Sometimes these people have reservations such as “a (textual) editor can never provide as much ...

    by Boris Holzer
    5 min. reading time
  • Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

    Visualize Xtext models with PlantUML

    In this post I show how to (ab)use PlantUML to visualize Xtext models. Warning: This is about diagrams, not about UML.

    by Boris Holzer
    3 min. reading time
  • Xtext, Software Development

    CFEngine workbench based on Eclipse and Xtext

    If you're fed up with the bad usability of your server maintenance tool then this may just be the thing for you: itemis Xtext expert Boris Holzer came up with an idea of a more usability-friendly tool and prepared a screencast showing you what it's all about.

    by Boris Holzer
    1 min. reading time
  • Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development, DSL

    Get started with Xtext and Eclipse in 5 Minutes

    With this post I'll demo the creation of a new Xtext project in Eclipse. I'll show you how to compile and start editors tailored to your languages for testing. Xtext offers the creation of such language-specific editors for the Eclipse platform, the IntelliJ IDEA ...

    by Xtext-Team
    8 min. reading time

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