Automated testing of DSL implementations—experiences from building mbeddr
| Autor: | Domenik Pavletic, Daniel Ratiu, Markus Voelter |
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| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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Domain-specific language
business.industry Computer science media_common.quotation_subject Software development 020207 software engineering 02 engineering and technology Modular design Automation Embedded software Language assessment 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering 020201 artificial intelligence & image processing Quality (business) Safety Risk Reliability and Quality business Software engineering Implementation Software media_common |
| Zdroj: | Software Quality Journal. 26:1483-1518 |
| ISSN: | 1573-1367 0963-9314 |
| Popis: | Domain-specific languages promise to improve productivity and quality of software development by providing problem-adequate abstractions to developers. Projectional language workbenches, in turn, allow the definition of modular and extensible domain specific languages, generators, and development environments. While recent advances in language engineering have enabled the definition of DSLs and tooling in a modular and cost-effective way, the quality assurance of their implementation is still challenging. In this paper, we discuss our work on testing different aspects of the implementation of domain specific languages and associated tools, and present several approaches to increase the automation of language testing. We illustrate these approaches with the Jetbrains MPS language workbench and our experience with testing mbeddr, a set of domain specific languages and tools on top of C tailored to embedded software development. Based on the experience gained from the mbeddr project, we extract generic lessons for practitioners as well as challenges which need more research. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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