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Awesome MDE

A curated list of awesome model-driven engineering (MDE) resources.

Index

• Introductory materials
• Methods and techniques
• Tools

Introductory materials

General MDE

• Model-Driven Software Engineering in Practice - Introduction by Marco Brambilla, Jordi Cabot and Manuel Wimmer
• Foundations of Model-Driven Software Engineering by Jochen Kuster
• Matters of (Meta-) Modeling by Thomas Kuhne
• Model-driven engineering by D.C. Schimdt
• Generative Software Engineering by Bernhard Rumpe et al.

Domain-specific languages (DSL)

• Domain-Specific Modelling Languages: the need for Modelling Language Engineering by Hans Vangheluwe
• Modelling Languages: (mostly) Concrete (Visual) Syntax by Hans Vangheluwe
• Domain-Specific Languages by Javier Canovas
• Real world DSL – making technical and business people speaking the same language by Mario Fusco
• Domain-Specific Languages: Effective modeling, automation, and reuse upcoming book by Andrzej Wasowski and Thorsten Berger
• Domain-Specific Languages in Practice with JetBrains MPS edited volume
• Globalizing Domain-Specific Languages by B. H. C. Cheng, B. Combemale, R. B. France, J.- M. Jézéquel, B. Rumpe
• Engineering Modeling Languages: Turning Domain Knowledge into Tools by B. Combemale, R. France, J.- M. Jézéquel, B. Rumpe, J. Steel, D. Vojtisek
• Gamification Rule Language - A DSL for gamification rules by Antonio Bucchiarone and Stefano Martella

Model transformations

• Model Transformation by Eugene Syriani and Hans Vangheluwe
• Explicitly Modeling Transformations by Thomas Kuhne, Gergely Mezei, Eugene Syriani, Hans Vangheluwe and Manuel Wimmer
• Road to a reactive and incremental model transformation platform: three generations of the VIATRA framework by Daniel Varro, Gabor Bergmann, Abel Hegedus, Akos Horvath, Istvan Rath and Zoltan Ujhelyi

Tools and frameworks

• Modeling

  • Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) Tutorial by Lars Vogel

• Model transformations

  • Model Transformation by Eugene Syriani and Hans Vangheluwe
  • Explicitly Modeling Transformations by Thomas Kuhne, Gergely Mezei, Eugene Syriani, Hans Vangheluwe and Manuel Wimmer
  • Road to a reactive and incremental model transformation platform: three generations of the VIATRA framework by Daniel Varro, Gabor Bergmann, Abel Hegedus, Akos Horvath, Istvan Rath and Zoltan Ujhelyi

• Tools and frameworks

  • Modeling
    • Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) Tutorial by Lars Vogel
  • Model transformations
    • VIATRA - VIsual Automated model TRAnsformations
    • The Janus Transformation Language (JTL)
    • MoTE – TGG-based Model Transformation Engine
    • Henshin - Graph Transformation Language
  • DSLs
    • Xtext - a textual language engineering framework
    • Sirius - a visual language engineering framework
    • AToMPM - A tool for Multi-Paradigm Modeling

• Edelta - a Metamodel Evolution Tool including a textual DSL for model refactoring

Methods and techniques

• DSL Engineering Guidelines
  • Design Guidelines for Domain Specific Languages by G. Karsai, H. Krahn, C. Pinkernell, B. Rumpe, M. Schindler, S. Völkel
• Retrofitting MDE in Information Systems
  • A Methodology for Retrofitting Generative Aspects in Existing Applications by I. Drave, A. Gerasimov, J. Michael, L. Netz, B. Rumpe, S. Varga

Tools

• Metamodeling

  • metaDepth

• Complete Model Management Framework

  • Epsilon
  • Emfatic (textual syntax for Ecore)

• Learning Modeling through Gamification

  • PapyGame

• Language engineering

  • Jetbrains MPS
  • MontiCore
  • GEMOC - A Language Workbench for Modeling language Design, Implementation and Coordination

• Model-to-model transformation languages

  • ATL
  • Epsilon Transformation Language (ETL)
  • MOF Query/View/Transformation (QVT)

• Model-to-text transformation languages

  • Epsilon Generation Language (EGL)

• Model validation languages

  • Epsilon Validation Language (EVL)

• Model visualisation

  • Picto (model visualisation through lazy model-to-text transformation to HTML, Graphviz and PlantUML)

• Textual modelling

  • Flexmi (reflective textual syntax for EMF-based models, with XML and YAML flavours)

• Model diff/merge

  • EMFCompare overview
  • Comparison and merge use-cases from practice with EMFCompare

• Model optimisation / design space exploration. These are tools for searching for optimal models or transformations.

  • MoMOT a transformation based optimisation tool
  • MDEOptimiser a model-based optimisation tool
  • Viatra DSE a transformation based optimisation tool in the ViATRA suite of tools