Program Transformation & Generation

Lectures and Literature

Part I: Program Transformation Tools (Grammarware)

1. Introduction / WebDSL
   • Introduction to the course and tutorial introduction to WebDSL
   • Slides: Program Transformation and Generation / WebDSL
   • Tutorial: MyFirstWebApplication
   • webdsl.org
2. Code generation by term rewriting
   • Design and implementation of WebDSL using term rewriting
   • Slides: Code Generation by Term Rewriting (the slides cover much more than what is presented in the lecture)
   • Paper: WebDSL: A Case Study in Domain-Specific Language Engineering (new!)
   • strategoxt.org
3. Term rewriting and rewriting strategies
   • A closer look at term rewriting and programmable rewriting strategies
   • Slides: Stratego/XT Tutorial
   • Online Manual: Stratego/XT Manual
   • Paper: Program Transformation with Scoped Dynamic Rewrite Rules
4. Attribute grammars in Eli (Tony Sloane)
   • Slides: Attribute Grammars in Eli
   • Tutorial: Beyond the Generators
5. Static attribute evaluation scheduling (Tony Sloane)
   • Paper: U. Kastens and W. M. Waite Modularity and reusability in attribute grammars
   • Slides: Attribute Grammar Evaluation and Reuse
6. Reference attributed grammars (JastAdd)
   • Binary numbers in JastAdd and generated implementation
   • WebDSL data models in JastAdd
   • jastadd.org
   • Paper: G. Hedin. Reference Attributed Grammars. Informatica 24(2000) 301-317, Slovenia.
   • Slides: Reference Attributed Grammars
7. Rewritable reference attributed grammars
   • combining attribute evaluation and rewriting (JastAdd)
   • Paper: T. Ekman, G. Hedin. Rewritable Reference Attributed Grammars. Proceedings of ECOOP 2004, LNCS 3086, © Springer Verlag.
   • Slides: Rewritable Reference Attributed Grammars

Part II: Modelware

1. Eclipse Modeling Framework
   • http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/emf/
   • Chapter 2 from Eclipse Modeling Framework by Budinsky et al.
   • Generating an EMF Model
2. openArchitectureWare I
   • www.openarchitectureware.org
   • openArchitectureWare 4.2 Manual (PDF)
   • openArchitectureWare Videos
3. openArchitectureWare II
   • creating DSLs with xText
   • preparation for assignment 4: design discussions with group leaders
4. WebDSL in openArchitectureWare
   • Code in subversion
5. MetaBorg: Domain-Specific Language Embeddings
   • Paper: M. Bravenboer and E. Visser. Concrete syntax for objects: domain-specific language embedding and assimilation without restrictions
   • Slides: MetaBorg: Domain-Specific Language Embedding and Assimilation
6. Microsoft DSL Tools
   • guest lecture by Edwin Jongsma
   • joint SWARM/PTG lecture
   • note: on Tuesday
   • Paper: M. Mernik, J. Heering, and A. M. Sloane.When and how to develop domain-specific languages
7. Domain-Specific Language Engineering
   • Slides: reflections on the design and implementation of domain-specific languages with a case study in the domain of web engineering
   • Paper: Code generation by model transformation
   • Paper: Declarative Access Control for WebDSL

Exam

The written exam will be held on July 3, 2008 from 14:00 to 17:00.

Material for the exam: all papers referred to above.

Assignments

• Assignment 1: Social bookmarking application with WebDSL
• Assignment 2: Extend WebDSL with RSS feeds
• Assignment 3: Table formatting in JastAdd
• Assignment 4: Implement a transformation system in oAW