num_pages: 640
description: When carefully selected and used Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) may simplify complex code promote effective communication with customers improve productivity and unclog development bottlenecks. In Domain-Specific Languages  noted software development expert Martin Fowler first provides the information software professionals need to decide if and when to utilize DSLs. Then where DSLs prove suitable Fowler presents effective techniques for building them and guides software engineers in choosing the right approaches for their applications.This books techniques may be utilized with most modern object-oriented languages; the author provides numerous examples in Java and C# as well as selected examples in Ruby. Wherever possible chapters are organized to be self-standing and most reference topics are presented in a familiar patterns format. Armed with this wide-ranging book developers will have the knowledge they need to make important decisions about DSLsand where appropriate gain the significant technical and business benefits they offer. The topics covered  How DSLs compare to frameworks and libraries and when those alternatives are sufficient  Using parsers and parser generators and parsing external DSLs  Understanding comparing and choosing DSL language constructs  Determining whether to use code generation and comparing code generation strategies  Previewing new language workbench tools for creating DSLs
language: English
title: Domain-Specific Languages (Addison-Wesley Signature Series
publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional