Eclipse Summit Europe - "Combining Graphics and Text in Modeling Tools" performed by Jan Köhnlein
Abstract
Both, textual and graphical representation of models have their pros and cons: While graphical syntax is easier to grasp on a higher level and highlights cross references much better, text can provide more details and is easier to put under version control.
In this talk Jan Köhnlein present how graphical modeling with GMF and textual modeling with Xtext can be combined in a single Eclipse-based modeling tool to get the best of both worlds.
Contact
Dr. Jan Köhnlein, Software Architect and Coach
Dr. Jan Köhnlein works as a software architect and coach for itemis in Kiel. He is an expert for model-based software development and holds workshops and lectures on the topics of Eclipse, EMF, GMF and modeling tools.
Dr. Jan Köhnlein leads the open-source projects EMF Index and GMFTools. Furthermore he is also a committer in the Eclipse projects Xtext, Xpand and MWE as well as for openArchitectureWare.
After completing his studies in mathematics at the University of Hamburg, Dr. Jan Köhnlein went on to do a doctorate at the TU Hamburg-Harburg in computer science. Before he reinforced the itemis team, he worked at Gentleware AG among other things as a consultant and coach in the field of modeling.