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Published inAug 2013

PublisherPackt

ISBN-139781782160304

Edition1st Edition

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Xtext Xtext

Concepts

Domain Specific Languages

Author (1)

Lorenzo Bettini

Summary

In this chapter we introduced the main concepts related to implementing a DSL, including IDE features.

At this point, you should also have an idea of what Xtext can do for you.

In the next chapter, we will use an uncomplicated DSL to demonstrate the main mechanisms and to get you familiar with the Xtext development workflow.

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Author (1)

Lorenzo Bettini

Lorenzo Bettini is an associate professor in computer science at the Dipartimento di Statistica, Informatica, Applicazioni "Giuseppe Parenti," Universit di Firenze, Italy. Previously, he was a researcher in computer science at Dipartimento di Informatica, Universit di Torino, Italy. He also was a Postdoc and a contractual researcher at Dipartimento di Sistemi e Informatica, Universit di Firenze, Italy. He has a masters degree summa cum laude in computer science and a PhD in "Logics and Theoretical Computer Science." His research interests cover design, theory, and the implementation of programming languages (in particular, objectoriented languages and network-aware languages). He has been using Xtext since version 0.7. He has used Xtext and Xtend for implementing many domain-specific languages and Java-like programming languages. He also contributed to Xtext, and he recently became an Xtext committer. He is the author of the first edition of the book "Implementing Domain-Specific Languages with Xtext and Xtend", published by Packt Publishing (August 21, 2013). He is also the author of about 80 papers published in international conferences and international journals. You can contact him at http://www.lorenzobettini.it.
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