Programming languages had several (r)evolutionary steps in their history. Some people argue that model-driven approaches will be The Next Big Thing. There are tools like openArchitectureWare, AndroMDA, Sculptor/Fornax Platform etc. that promise incredible productivity boosts. However, I made the experience that it is either rather easy i...
What tools are available for metamodelling? Especially for developing diagram editors, at the moment trying out Eclipse GMF Wondering what other options are out there? Any comparison available? ...
I'm really interested to hear what you think about Model-driven Software Development for Java and/or .NET. Does it save time? Does it improve quality? ...
I want to have a text box that the user can type in that shows an Ajax-populated list of my model's names, and then when the user selects one I want the HTML to save the model's ID, and use that when the form is submitted. I've been poking at the auto_complete plugin that got excised in Rails 2, but it seems to have no inkling that this...
Heyall, I am creating a website in CakePHP and I am kind of new on it. I couldn't find good resources on this matter, so there you go: I have a three table structure for registering users: Users, Addresses and Contacts. I have to build a view with info of all three tables like: Full Name: [ ] (from Users) Shipping Ad...
Hey all, I have a n...n structure for two tables, makes and models. So far no problem. In a third table (products) like: id make_id model_id ... My problem is creating a view for products of one specifi make inside my ProductsController containing just that's make models: I thought this could work: var $uses = array('Make', 'Model...
Given : Group hasMany Persons but the relationship is independent (ie. Persons can exist without belonging to a Group), should the foreign key in the persons table (ie group_id) be set to 0 (or NULL) when deleting a group? If you do not, the person will try to belong to a group that does't exist. The reason I ask is that this is...
Model Driven Software Development. As I understand it it raises the abstraction level of the design to better reflect the domain the software will attempt to run in. That's alot to say in just one sentence. The communication between the domain experts (customer) and the developers is crucial to make this methodology work. What I want...
Does anyone have any suggestions on what Model Based Testing Tools to use? Is Spec Explorer/SPEC# worth it's weight in tester training? What I have traditionally done is create a Visio Model where I call out the states and associated variables, outputs and expected results from each state. Then in a completely disconnected way, I data d...
Model Driven Architecture is the idea that you create models which express the problem you need to solve in a way that is free of any (or at least most) implementation technologies, and then you generate implementation for one or more specific platforms. The claim is that working at a higher level of abstraction is far more powerful and ...
I am using the Rhapsody modeling tool to design multi-threaded C++ embedded applications. What unit testing approaches and tools are currently being employed for unit and functional test? Is anybody using the companion unit testing tool for Rhapsody (Test Conductor)? ...
I was wondering whether anybody out there is actively using Rhapsody TestConductor? Or has tried it for a while, but then decided to turn it down for a particular reason? If so, what are your experiences, in which field do you apply it, what are the shortcomings, or why did you turn it down? At the moment we're considering TestConductor...
I work for a company with about 350 employees and we are in the process of growing. Our current codebase is not structured very well and we are looking both at how to improve it immediately (by organizing objects into namespaces, separating concerns, etc.) and moving to a model driven architecture approach, where we model and design eve...
Hello, I have a Model-Driven Struts2 action that provides correct JSON response. When I re-structure the action I get an empty JSON response back. Has anyone got inheritance working with Struts2 Model-Driven actions? Ive tried explicitly setting include properties in struts config: <result name="json" type="json"> <param name="inc...
I am looking for options to get our vast collection of DB objects across many DBs into source control (TFS 2010). Once we succeed here, we will work toward generating our alter scripts for a particular DB change via TFS build. The problem is, our data architecture group is responsible for maintaining the DB objects (excluding SPs), and ...
I am currently facing a situation where I as an advocate of test driven development have to compete with an advocate of model driven software development (MDSD) / model driven architecture (MDA). In my opinion, code generation is a valuable tool in my toolbox and I make heavy use of templates and automation when needed. I also create di...
I have to automate quite a lot in my current project. For this, I use ANT as it provides quite some commands. However, I have to use ant-contrib as I need for loops and other additional parts. I use a model driven approach and have to automate the whole chain containing several models until the final model is created. Is there an alt...