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Modeling, with Tools/Without

It‘s totally crazy that in 2012 there are so few good choices for modeling tools. I got encouraged for a minute today when I found a thread on Stack Overflow that included a bunch of products and I found out about SparxSystems‘ System Architect . Got all the way to downloading the trial version when I saw that it was an exe. Yes, folks, Windows only.. in 2012. Unbelievable. Hilarious that these guys are selling tools for doing MDA. Guys, where is your PIM? Oh, yeah, you don‘t have one (clearly). Your codebase is already a PSM (platform-specific model).

2 replies - 1638 views - 02/10/12 by Rob Williams in Articles

Eclipse RCP Part 1: Designing the Model

In this tutorial we will see how to use the Eclipse Modeling Framework in order to manage the application Model. If you have EMF and the related tools already installed, please follow the steps illustrated here.

0 replies - 5983 views - 07/16/09 by Vincenzo Caselli in Articles

An Introduction to Eclipse Generation Factories

In order to improve software development industrialization, a major step consists in mass-producing software. This mass-production must be customizable, and must be able to support complex, large-scale and heterogeneous generations. Given the today’s...

2 replies - 6236 views - 03/19/09 by Benoit Langlois in Articles

Using Teneo and EMF to Store Your Data

Most of you know that I am working as a committer for various Eclipse-related projects (such as Xtext, Xpand and the Modeling Workflow Engine). You might not know, however, that I also work as a consultant for itemis.

2 replies - 7544 views - 03/07/09 by Peter Friese in Articles

Domain-Driven Design and Deployment Challenges

 In this session, recorded by Skills Matter Gojko Adzic talks about strategies, challenges and common pitfalls of using Domain-Driven Design for...

0 replies - 7716 views - 02/04/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

Implementing Application Factories in Java

Today, every developer has access to a proliferation of powerful open-source frameworks to build rich applications. These frameworks each offer incredible...

3 replies - 12684 views - 01/27/09 by Nitin Bharti in Videos

Rapid Web Application Prototyping with Maven and Groovy

Utilizing both Maven and Groovy you can rapidly prototype web apps, and in this blog I'll walk you through exactly how to do that. First we are going to create a simple Maven web app project using the Maven Web App Archetype. If you don't have Maven installed...

1 replies - 14528 views - 08/14/08 by Schalk Neethling in News