Beyond Code: An Introduction to Model-Driven Software Development (CISC 844, Winter 2023)

Detailed course content

The course will consist of 3 parts:

Lectures accompanied by 4 assignments.
Discussion of research papers:
- Each student is expected to read the assigned papers, be prepared to give a short summary, and participate in the class discussion.
- Each paper will have 1 or 2 discussion leaders assigned to them (number depends on enrollment). Every student is expected to lead the discussion of at least one paper.
Student projects with presentations:
- Each student is expected to work on a project.
- Group projects with up to 2 students are allowed.
- The deliverables are:
  - a 2-page project proposal,
  - a presentation (possibly including a demo) of the complete project, and
  - a 5-page final project report.

The course will cover the following topics:

Modeling, abstraction and automation in engineering and software development
Specifying software structure and behaviour:
1. UML: class diagrams, object diagrams, composite structure diagrams, sequence diagrams, state machines
2. UML-RT: capsules, ports, parts, protocols, state machines, action code; formal semantics
The actor model and its relevance for modern software system development
Developing reactive systems with UML-RT and HCL RTist: design, validation, code generation, build, testing, debugging, best practices, (anti-)patterns
Using the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) for developing applications based on structured data models
Specifying domain specific languages (DSLs)
1. Syntax: concrete syntax, abstract syntax, grammars, metamodels, serialization, constraints
2. Semantics: operational, translational
Using Xtext for the development of DSLs
Case studies: Applications of MDSD techniques and tools to address software engineering challenges in different domains

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