Similar to the IDE market, also the landscape of modeling tools is undergoing a transformative shift towards web-based technologies, driven by the advent of advanced open-source components, protocols, and platforms. This evolution presents an opportunity to transcend traditional compromises and limitations associated with desktop legacy systems prevalent in today’s modeling tools.

Our talk delves into a pioneering architecture that leverages cutting-edge, TypeScript-based open-source technologies, including Eclipse GLSP, EMF Cloud, Langium and more. This approach not only promises a unified TypeScript development environment but also significantly enhances user experience, flexibility and its capability to run in a cloud, as a browser application without a cloud infrastructure or as a modern desktop app. We’ll showcase a examples that demonstrate the potential of this architecture to lift domain-specific modeling tools into the next century (or rather current century, compared to other modern applications ;-)). We’ll explore modern tool capabilities, including flexible diagram rendering, real-time collaboration and improved accessibility, thereby setting new standards for flexibility and user experience in modeling tools. Join us to explore the forefront of modeling tool development based on open-source technologies.