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Teaching Language Engineering Using MPS

Andreas Prinz

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Focus (computing)Compiler constructionComputer sciencebusiness.industryTeaching languageContext (language use)Software engineeringbusinessDomain (software engineering)

description

At universities, computer language handling is most often taught with a focus on compiler theory. However, in practical applications, domain-specific languages (DSLs) are much more important. DSLs implement model-driven technology in an understandable way, as models can be expressed easily using DSLs. One interesting domain for DSLs in this context is language handling itself, and many current tools for language handling are model-driven and based on meta-models. This chapter connects compiler theory and meta-modelling within a university course about language handling. The course features the relevant theory and uses MPS as a practical tool. We show how MPS is used in the course and discuss its suitability.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2021-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-73758-0_11