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Eclipse, Xtext, english, Software Development

Xtext 2.16 released!

The Xtext Team happily announces the availability of release 2.16.0. This release is part of the Eclipse 2018-12 simultaneous release, which is the 2nd release with the new quarterly release cadence. Besides stability and performance again, compatibility with the ...

by Karsten Thoms

Dec 4, 2018

8 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, DSL, english, Software Development

Combining EMF Models with Xtext DSLs

This blog post demonstrates use cases on combining EMF models with Xtext DSLs. It is based on Martin Fowler's secret compartment state machine implementation available via the Xtext Example Wizard.

by Tamas Miklossy

Dec 3, 2018

7 min. reading time
Automotive, Eclipse, english, Software Development

Enabling the simulation of autonomous vehicles through openADX

The development of a modern autonomous vehicle requires that the behaviour of the car is validated and verified in a large number of driving scenarios. These scenarios cannot be driven in the real world - except for the time it would require, it is virtually ...

by Andreas Graf

Nov 23, 2018

3 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, GEF, english, Software Development

Eclipse GEF DOT – Graphical Views on Xtext DSLs

The previous blog post introduced complex Graphviz *.dot graphs to add Eclipse GEF DOT-based visualization support to the Eclipse IDE. This blog post demonstrates the usage of the GEF DOT Graph View to add graphical representations to Xtext DSLs.

by Tamas Miklossy

Oct 22, 2018

5 min. reading time
Eclipse, GEF, english, Software Development

Adding GEF DOT-based visualization support to the Eclipse IDE

The previous blog post introduced the GEF DOT Editor that assists the user in editing Graphviz *.dot files and the GEF DOT Graph View that is capable of visualizing them in the Eclipse Workbench UI. This blog post continues with more complex DOT graphs to show ...

by Tamas Miklossy

Sep 26, 2018

6 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, english, Software Development

Xtext 2.15 released!

We are proud to announce Xtext and Xtend 2.15! As you can learn from the release notes (Xtext and Xtend), the focus of this release was on stability, quality and performance. Especially the Xtend Gradle build could be improved significantly and the integration ...

by Xtext-Team

Sep 20, 2018

4 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, english, Software Development

Xtext editors for binary files

What does "4 + 1" mean? Well, for example itemis employees have been developing a Java bytecode editor with Xtext. This editor allows the contents of .class files to be made visible and editable. In the first part of this article I explained how the JBC editor is ...

by Arne Deutsch

Jul 13, 2018

8 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, english, Language Engineering

What's new in Xtext and Xtend 2.14: The journey of Tina Toolsmith

Tina Toolsmith is one of those typical developers. She loves to code in the office, on the train, during a long flight or even while sitting on her sunny terrace during her vacation. Tina takes great pleasure in using the latest programming languages, frameworks, ...

by Hendrik Bünder

Jun 27, 2018

11 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, english, 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

Jun 20, 2018

6 min. reading time
Eclipse, Xtext, GEF, english, 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

Jun 15, 2018

3 min. reading time

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