Mod4J: a qualitative case study of model-driven software development

  • Authors:
  • Vincent Lussenburg;Tijs van der Storm;Jurgen Vinju;Jos Warmer

  • Affiliations:
  • Ordina;Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and Universiteit van Amsterdam;Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica and Universiteit van Amsterdam;Ordina

  • Venue:
  • MODELS'10 Proceedings of the 13th international conference on Model driven engineering languages and systems: Part II
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

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, MOD4J, a suite of domain specific languages (DSLs) for developing administrative enterprise applications. MOD4J 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.