Program comprehension for domain-specific languages

Maria João Varando Pereira (Author), Marjan Mernik (Author), Daniela Da Cruz (Author), Pedro Rangel Henriques (Author)

Abstract

In the past, we have been looking for program comprehension tools that are able to interconnect operational and behavioral views, aiming at aiding the software analyst to relate problem and program domains in order to reach a full understanding of software systems. In this paper we are concerned with Program Comprehension issues applied to Domain Specific Languages (DSLs). We are now willing to understand how techniques and tools for the comprehension of traditional programming languages fit in the understanding of DSLs. Being the language tailored for the description of problems in a specific domain, we believe that specific visualizations (at a higher abstraction level, closer to the problem level) could and should be defined to enhance the comprehension of the descriptions in that particular domain.

Keywords

programiranje;programski jeziki;domensko specifični jeziki;program comprehension;DSL;domain-specific languages;program understanding;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2008
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM FERI - Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
UDC:	004.434'41
COBISS:	12947478
ISSN:	1820-0214
Views:	1437
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary keywords:	programiranje;programski jeziki;domensko specifični jeziki;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Scientific work
Pages:	Str. 1-17
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ5
Issue:	ǂno. ǂ2
Chronology:	Dec. 2008
DOI:	10.2298/CSIS0802001P
ID:	10847147