GSS-0.1

Generating Software from
Specifications

Prof. Dr. Uwe Kastens
WS 2013 / 14

(c) 2013 bei Prof. Dr. Uwe Kastens

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Lecture Generating Software from Specifications WS 2013/14 / Slide 001

Objectives:
Start
In the lecture:
Welcome

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GSS-0.2
Objectives

The participants will learn
* to use generators for specific software tasks,
* to design domain specific languages (DSLs),
* to implement domain specific languages (DSLs),
* to use the Eli system to create generators.

The participants will define their own application project
and implement it.

(c) 2012 bei Prof. Dr. Uwe Kastens

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Lecture Generating Software from Specifications WS 2013/14 / Slide 002

Objectives:
Be aware of the objectives
In the lecture:
Items are explained
Questions:
Do these objectives fit to yours?

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GSS-0.3
Contents
Chapter in GSS Book
1. Introduction          1
2. Constructing Trees          6
3. Visiting Trees          4
4. Names, Entities, and Properties          3
5. Binding Names to Entities          5
6. Structured Output          2
7. Library of Specification Modules          -
8. An Integrated Approach (Structure Generator)      7
9. Individual Projects          -
10.Visual Languages Developed using DEViL

Phase 1:   Lectures, practical tutorials, and individual work are tightly interleaved

Phase 2:   Participants work in groups on their projects.
During lecture hours advice is given, problems are discussed,
and experience are exchanged.

(c) 2012 bei Prof. Dr. Uwe Kastens

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Lecture Generating Software from Specifications WS 2013/14 / Slide 003

Objectives:
Understand the lecture outline
In the lecture:
It will be explained

* Order of the topics,
* interleaving with practical work,
* project work.

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GSS-0.4
References
* U. Kastens: Generating Software from Specifications
Elektronic Script, SS 2012
http://ag-kastens.upb.de/lehre/material/gss

* Uwe Kastens, Anthony M. Sloane, William M. Waite:
Generating Software from Specifications,
Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2007

* Eli Online Documentation and Download
http://eli-project.sourceforge.net (download)
* DEViL - Development Environment for Visual Languages
http://devil.cs.upb.de

Papers on DSL and Reuse:

* Mernik, Heering, Sloane: When and How to Develop Domain-Specific Languages,
ACM Computing Surveys, Vol. 37, No. 4, December 2005, pp. 316-344
* Ch. W. Kruger: Software Reuse, ACM Computing Surveys, 24(2), 1992
* R. Prieto-Diaz: Status Report: Software reusability, IEEE Software, 10(3), 1993

(c) 2012 bei Prof. Dr. Uwe Kastens

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Lecture Generating Software from Specifications WS 2013/14 / Slide 004

Objectives:
Know where to access which information
In the lecture:
The charactristics of the references will be explained.

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GSS-0.5
Home Page of GSS Lecture

(c) 2013 bei Prof. Dr. Uwe Kastens

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Lecture Generating Software from Specifications WS 2013/14 / Slide 005

Objectives:
Find the GSS home page
In the lecture:
It will be explained how to use the lecture material.

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GSS-0.6
Organization

(c) 2013 bei Prof. Dr. Uwe Kastens

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Lecture Generating Software from Specifications WS 2013/14 / Slide 006

Objectives:
Find the GSS home page
In the lecture:
The organization of the lecture will be explained.

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