MODELS 2024
Sun 22 - Fri 27 September 2024 Linz, Austria
Wed 25 Sep 2024 15:03 - 15:21 at HS 1 - Modeling Languages Engineering Chair(s): Antonio Cicchetti

Domain-specific languages (DSLs) promise to improve the software engineering process, e.g., by reducing software development and maintenance effort and by improving communication, and are therefore seeing increased use in industry. To support the creation and deployment of DSLs, language workbenches have been developed. However, little is published about the actual added value of a language workbench in an industrial setting, compared to not using a language workbench. In this paper, we evaluate the productivity of using the Spoofax language workbench by comparing two implementations of an industrial DSL, one in Spoofax and one in Python, that already existed before the evaluation. The subject is the Open Interaction Language (OIL): a complex DSL for implementing control software with requirements imposed by its industrial context at Canon Production Printing. Our findings indicate that it is more productive to implement OIL using Spoofax compared to using Python, especially if editor services are desired. Although Spoofax was sufficient to implement OIL, we find that Spoofax should especially improve on practical aspects to increase its adoptability in industry.

Wed 25 Sep

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14:00 - 15:45
Modeling Languages EngineeringTechnical Track / Tools and Demonstrations / Journal-First at HS 1
Chair(s): Antonio Cicchetti Mälardalen University
14:00
18m
Talk
Product Lines of Graphical Modelling LanguagesFT
Technical Track
Antonio Garmendia Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Esther Guerra Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Juan de Lara Autonomous University of Madrid
Pre-print
14:21
18m
Talk
Tree-Based versus Hybrid Graphical-Textual Model Editors: An Empirical Study of Testing SpecificationsPT
Technical Track
Ionut Predoaia University of York, James Harbin , Simos Gerasimou University of York, Christina Vasiliou , Dimitris Kolovos University of York, Antonio Garcia-Dominguez University of York
DOI
14:42
18m
Talk
A Comparative Analysis of Energy Consumption Between Visual Scripting models and C++ in Unreal Engine: Raising Awareness on the importance of Green MDDFT
Technical Track
Javier Verón Mérida SVIT Research Group, Universidad San Jorge, Carlos Pérez , Coral Calero Universidad de Castilla La Mancha, Mª Angeles Moraga University of Castilla-La Mancha, Francisca Pérez SVIT Research Group, Universidad San Jorge, Carlos Cetina San Jorge University, Spain
15:03
18m
Paper
OIL: an industrial case study in language engineering with Spoofax
Journal-First
Olav Bunte Eindhoven University of Technology, Jasper Denkers TU Delft, Louis van Gool , Jurgen Vinju , Eelco Visser Delft University of Technology, Tim A.C. Willemse , Andy Zaidman Delft University of Technology
Link to publication DOI
15:24
18m
Talk
dpDebugger: a Domain-parametric Debugger for DSLs using DAP and Language Protocols
Tools and Demonstrations
Josselin Enet Nantes Université, Erwan Bousse Nantes Université, Massimo Tisi IMT Atlantique, LS2N (UMR CNRS 6004), Gerson Sunyé IMT Atlantique; Nantes Université; École Centrale Nantes