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Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development, Language Engineering

Building Domain-specific Languages with Xtext and Xtend

Specifying the requirements of a software system and converting such a specification into executable source code is difficult and error-prone. Requirements specifications written in prose are often ambiguous and hard to understand for developers. Therefore, the ...

by Hendrik Bünder

13 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development, GEF, Language Engineering

Pro Tip: Visualizing Xtext Grammar with Eclipse GEF

The Xtext grammar is the central component when developing DSL workbenches based on the Xtext framework. In case of complex DSLs, analyzing the graphical representation of *.xtext files can be useful to understand the structure of defined grammar rules.

by Tamas Miklossy

3 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

Becoming Xtext Co-Project Lead

I started using Xtext more than 10 years ago. Back then it was a small part of the openArchitectureware framework. I began using it heavily after the move to Eclipse and got a power user and supporter in the newsgroups and forum. In 2016 I joined the Xtext ...

by Christian Dietrich

2 min. reading time
Software Development, Cyber security, IoT, Embedded

Why security is one of the biggest engineering challenges ahead

Hardly a week goes by without major security issues being reported. The recently identified vulnerabilities of a wide range of CPUs named “Spectre” and “Meltdown” potentially affect millions of PCs and smartphones. While no actual damage can be connected to these ...

by Dirk Leopold

9 min. reading time
Software Development, Automotive, Embedded

Sketch of an Open Source implementation of AUTOSAR C++14 coding guidelines for critical systems

C and C++ are widely used languages in the development of embedded systems. But both languages have their pitfalls which need to be avoided when the systems are safety-critical. One strategy is the usage of coding guidelines that define how the language should be ...

by Andreas Graf

3 min. reading time
Software Development, Language Engineering

Testing Languages, Generators and Runtimes in a Safety-Critical System

Last year we ran a project with Voluntis in which we built DSLs for use in the healthcare domain. The benefits of the approach are readily obvious: the domain experts can much more easily review, test, explore, or even write the application logic. The overall ...

by Markus Völter

2 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, Software Development

Machine Learning Formatting with Xtext: Part II

Hi folks! Some of you might have seen my earlier blogpost on Machine Learning Formatting. It was more or less meant as an advertiser for the Eclipse Democamp Munich. As promised, here comes the follow up blogpost with more details.

by Holger Schill

13 min. reading time
Automotive, Software Development

Managing Machine Learning Software Integration with Conan

In recent weeks, we have been working on a project to support machine learning development in the automotive domain with an integrated development environment. In addition to setting up an IDE based on Eclipse (including many interesting features), we also ...

by Andreas Graf

9 min. reading time
Software Development

Why low code can only be the beginning

Digital transformation and business agility are the buzzwords of the day, stirring up the business world. It’s true, in order to survive in a rapidly changing market that can bring up different market needs and customer expectations and even new competitors on a ...

by Alexander Nyßen

5 min. reading time
Automotive, Software Development

Navigating AUTOSAR models with complex queries

In the previous blog posts I showed you how the basic features of Eclipse and Artop can be used to perform basic searches and navigation on AUTOSAR models. However, there are also often cases, where a user wants to perform more complex queries on AUTOSAR models.

by Andreas Graf

5 min. reading time

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