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Agile Generator-Based GUI Modeling for Information Systems

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We use two code generators for the model-based continuous development of information systems including its graphical user interfaces (GUIs). As our goal is to develop full-size real-world systems for different domains, the continuous and iterative model-based engineering of their GUIs comes along with challenges regarding their extension and modification. These challenges concern models, the languages they are written in and hand-written code. In this work we present four complementary approaches to allow extensions for GUIs that we encounter with the generator-based framework MontiGem to tackle these challenges. We discuss the four approaches in detail and present extensions of the framework in the grammar of the language, via atomic components, via hand-written amendments of generated models and by generating connections between the GUI and data structure models. These techniques can be used to create a flexible DSL for engineering information systems, adaptable for different domains and rapidly changing requirements.

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    Arkadii Gerasimov, Judith Michael, Lukas Netz & Bernhard Rumpe

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Gerasimov, A., Michael, J., Netz, L., Rumpe, B. (2021). Agile Generator-Based GUI Modeling for Information Systems. In: Dahanayake, A., Pastor, O., Thalheim, B. (eds) Modelling to Program. M2P 2020. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 1401. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-72696-6_5

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