JAX 2010 – Ups and Downs of Code Generation
Abstract
Code generation is a powerful technique and a central aspect of model-driven software development. However, in practice it is often miss-used or over-used. In this talk I will share my list of best and worst practices of applying code generation and talk about pitfalls and alternatives.
Speaker
Sven Efftinge, Branch Manager itemis Kiel
Sven Efftinge manages the itemis branch in Kiel and engages himself there with domain specific languages, generator development and eclipse technologies. He is an eclipse committer and is responsible for the Xtext-framework and architect of the Xpand-language family (also known as openArchitectureWare).
Sven Efftinge regularly speaks at software conferences, writes professional articles and is co-author of the book “Modellgetriebene Softwareentwicklung”, (Model-Driven Software Development) (published at dpunkt-Verlag).