Domain-Specific Modeling

This work for experienced software developers introduces domain-specific modeling (DSM), the latest approach to software development, and offers examples from various fields to illustrate how DSM can improve software development. Divided into four parts, the book covers background and motivation, fundamentals, in-depth examples, and creating DSM solutions. There is an emphasis on practical guidelines for implementing DSM, including how to identify the necessary language constructs, how to generate full code from models, and how to provide tool support for a new DSM language. A companion web site offers an evaluation copy of the MetaEdit+ tool (for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux), which allows readers to try out modeling languages and code generators. The book is for lead developers, software engineers, architects, and technical managers. Kelly and Tolvanen are consultants in metamodeling. Annotation c2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Steven Kelly, PhD, is the CTO of MetaCase and cofounder of the DSM Forum. He has over fifteen years of experience in building metamodeling environments and acting as a consultant on their use in DSM. As architect and lead developer of MetaEdit+, MetaCase's DSM tool, he has seen it win or become a finalist for awards from Byte, SD Times, the Innosuomi Prize for innovation awarded by the Finnish president, and the Jolt Excellence Awards. Ever-present on the OOPSLA DSM workshop program committee, he co-organized the first workshop in 2001.

Juha-Pekka Tolvanen, PhD, is the CEO of MetaCase. He has been involved in model-driven approaches, metamodeling, and DSM languages and tools since 1991. He has acted as a consultant worldwide on modeling language development and has written over sixty articles for software development magazines and conferences. Dr. Tolvanen started the OOPSLA workshops on DSM in 2001 and has been on the organizing committee since. As cofounder of the DSM Forum, he plays a leading role in the shift toward model-driven software development.