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Model-driven software development (MDSD) has been on the rise over the past few years and is becoming more and more mature. However, evaluation in real-life industrial context is still scarce.
In this paper, we present a case-study evaluating the applicability of a state-of-the-art MDSD tool, modJ, a suite of domain specific languages (DSLs) for developing administrative enterprise applications. modJ was used to partially rebuild an industrially representative application. This implementation was then compared to a base implementation based on elicited success criteria. Our evaluation leads to a number of recommendations to improve mod4J.
We conclude that having extension points for hand-written code is a good feature for a model driven software development environment.
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Lussenburg, V., van der Storm, T., Vinju, J., Warmer, J. (2010). Mod4J: A Qualitative Case Study of Model-Driven Software Development. In: Petriu, D.C., Rouquette, N., Haugen, Ø. (eds) Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems. MODELS 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6395. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-16129-2_25
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