And among the developers, there
are big differences. Some are experts, but most are not. In DSM, the experienced
developers de?¬?ne the concepts and mapping once, and others need not do it again.
A code generator that is de?¬?ned by an expert will, no doubt, produce applications
faster and with better quality than those created manually by average developers.
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PART II
FUNDAMENTALS
In this part, we describe the fundamentals of Domain-Speci?¬?c Modeling (DSM). In
Chapter 3, we de?¬?ne DSM and how it differs from other languages and generators. In
Chapter 4, the architecture of DSM is presented and its main elements??”language,
models, generators, and domain framework??”are described.
CHAPTER 3
DSM DEFINED
In this chapter, we start by de?¬?ning key characteristics ofDSM??”those distinguishing
it from other modeling and code generation approaches. Then in Section 3.2, we
discuss how it affects the daily life of developers and declare what DSM is not. In
Section 3.3, we compare DSM to other model-based approaches, namely, generalpurpose
languages like UML, executable UML, MDA, and UML customization via
pro?¬?les. Finally, we conclude by discussing the role of tooling and howtools forDSM
differ from traditional CASEtools that provide a ?¬?xed way of modeling, working, and
generating code.
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