Language workbench
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Language workbench is a term introduced and popularized by Martin Fowler in 2005.[1][2] It describes a class of software development tools designed to define, reuse and compose domain-specific languages together with their integrated development environment. Language workbenches therefore follow the idea of language-oriented programming.
Language workbenches usually support:[1]
- Specification of the language concepts or metamodel
- Specification of the editing environments for the domain-specific language
- Specification of the execution semantics, e.g. through interpretation and code generation
See also
References
- ^ a b Fowler, Martin. "LanguageWorkbench". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
- ^ Fowler, Martin (12 June 2005). "Language Workbenches: The Killer-App for Domain Specific Languages?". Retrieved 14 April 2015.
External links
- Martin Fowler, Language Workbench
- Language Workbench Challenge