Vision

Wednesday, 29 October – 10:30-12:00

Chair: Krzysztof Czarnecki, University of Waterloo, ddd@oopsla.acm.org

Model Driven Development - The Case for Domain Oriented Programming

Dave Thomas, Bedarra Research Labs, dave@bedarra.com
Brian Barry, Bedarra Research Labs, brian@bedarra.com

In this paper, we offer an alternative vision for domain driven development (3D). Our approach is model driven and emphasizes the use of generic and specific domain oriented programming (DOP) languages. DOP uses strong specific languages, which directly incorporate domain abstractions, to allow knowledgeable end users to succinctly express their needs in the form of an application computation. Most domain driven development (3D) approaches and techniques are targeted at professional software engineers and computer scientists. We argue that DOP offers a promising alternative. Specifically we are focused on empowering application developers who have extensive domain knowledge as well as sound foundations in their professions, but may not be formally trained in computer science. We provide a brief survey of DOP experiences, which show that many of the best practices such as patterns, refactoring, and pair programming are naturally and ideally practiced in a MDD setting. We compare and contrast DOP with other popular approaches, most of which are deeply rooted in the OO community. Finally we highlight challenges and opportunities in the design and implementation of such languages.

An End to End Domain Driven Developement Framework

Aditya Agrawal, ISIS, Vanderbilt University, aditya.agrawal@vanderbilt.edu
Gabor Karsai, ISIS, Vanderbilt University, gabor@vuse.vanderbilt.edu
Akos Ledeczi, ISIS, Vanderbilt University, akos@isis.vanderbilt.edu

This paper presents a comprehensive, domain-driven framework for development. It consists of a meta-programmable domain-specific modeling environment, and a model transformation and generation toolset based on graph transformations. The framework allows the creation of custom, domain-oriented programming environments that support end-user programmability. In addition, the framework could be considered an early, end-to-end implementation of the concepts advocated by the Model-Driven Architecture of OMG.

Software Factories: Assembling Applications With Patterns, Models, Frameworks and Tools

Jack J. Greenfield, Microsoft, Visual Studio, Enterprise Frameworks And Tools, jackgr@microsoft.com
Keith W. Short, Microsoft, Visual Studio, Enterprise Frameworks And Tools, keithsh@microsoft.com

The confluence of component based development, model driven development and software product lines forms an approach to application development based on the concept of software factories. This approach promises greater gains in productivity and predictability than those produced by the incremental advances of recent memory, which have not kept pace with rapid innovation in platform technology. Focusing on development by assembly using domain specific languages, patterns, models, frameworks and tools, software factories make systematic reuse cost effective for many applications, enabling the formation of supply chains and opening the door to mass customization.