JetBrains MPS as Core DSL Technology for Developing Professional Digital Printers

Schindler, Eugen; Moneva, Hristina; Pinxten, Joost van; Gool, Louis van; Meulen, Bart van der; Stotz, Niko; Theelen, B.D.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-73758-0_3

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“…Canon Production Printing uses modeling languages across various engineering disciplines [64]. Schindler et al describe how the company envisions the use of models during the complete life cycle of printers to address the challenges of efficiently performing continuous innovation with sustainable quality.…”

Section: Language Workbench Evaluationmentioning

confidence: 99%

OIL: an industrial case study in language engineering with Spoofax

Bunte,

Denkers,

van Gool

et al. 2024

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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.

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Section: Language Workbench Evaluationmentioning

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OIL: an industrial case study in language engineering with Spoofax

Bunte,

Denkers,

van Gool

et al. 2024

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“…They have a group of engineers with a broad knowledge on MPS and software language engineering. When a new DSL is required for a specific domain/application area within Canon Production Printing, engineers are teamed up with the domain experts [23].…”

Section: Dsls In the High-tech Industrymentioning

confidence: 99%

A personal retrospective on language workbenches

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2023

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Model-driven software engineering and specifically domain-specific languages have contributed to improve the quality of software and the efficiency in the development of software. However, the design and implementation of domain-specific languages requires still an enormous investment. Language workbenches are the most important tools in the field of software language engineering. The introduction of language workbenches has alleviated partly the development effort, but there are still a few major challenges that need to be tackled. This paper presents a personal perspective on the development of tools for language engineering and language workbenches in particular and future challenges to be tackled.

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“…Although in this paper we have focussed on CSX as a method to realize automatic configuration space exporation, the language also has the potential to cope with the large variety of finishers. The use of constraint solving is common in product line engineering, and, for example, also used in feature models of printing systems, 16 but constraint solving in that context has a different utility than in CSX. Feature models can be used to model systems as compatible compositions of features or components, and constraint solving can be used to find or check feature compositions.…”

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Taming complexity of industrial printing systems using a constraint‐based DSL: An industrial experience report

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Flexible printing systems are highly complex systems that consist of printers, that print individual sheets of paper, and finishing equipment, that processes sheets after printing, for example, assembling a book. Integrating finishing equipment with printers involves the development of control software that configures the devices, taking hardware constraints into account. This control software is highly complex to realize due to (1) the intertwined nature of printing and finishing, (2) the large variety of print products and production options for a given product, and (3) the large range of finishers produced by different vendors. We have developed a domain‐specific language called CSX that offers an interface to constraint solving specific to the printing domain. We use it to model printing and finishing devices and to automatically derive constraint solver‐based environments for automatic configuration. We evaluate CSX on its coverage of the printing domain in an industrial context, and we report on lessons learned on using a constraint‐based DSL in an industrial context.

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JetBrains MPS as Core DSL Technology for Developing Professional Digital Printers

Cited by 6 publications

References 11 publications

OIL: an industrial case study in language engineering with Spoofax

OIL: an industrial case study in language engineering with Spoofax

A personal retrospective on language workbenches

Taming complexity of industrial printing systems using a constraint‐based DSL: An industrial experience report

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