An exploration of the 'it' in 'it depends': Generative versus interpretive model-driven development

Michiel Overeem; Slinger Jansen

doi:10.5220/0006191201000111

An exploration of the 'it' in 'it depends': Generative versus interpretive model-driven development

Michiel Overeem, Slinger Jansen

AFAS Software

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Abstract

Software producing organizations are increasingly using model driven development platforms to improve software quality and developer productivity. Software architects, however, need to decide whether the platform generates code (that might be compiled) or if the model is immediately interpreted by an interpreter embedded in the application. Presently, there is no clear guidance that enables architects to decide for code generation, interpretation, or a hybrid approach. Although the approaches are functionally equivalent, they have different quality characteristics. An exploration is done on the quality characteristics of code generation versus interpretation as a model execution approach. A literature study is done to gather quantitative data on the quality characteristics of the two model execution approaches. The results of this study are matched with observations made during a case study. With the resulting support method architects of model driven development platforms can avoid costly wrong choices in the development of a model driven development platform.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	MODELSWARD 2017 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development
Editors	Luis Ferreira Pires, Slimane Hammoudi, Bran Selic
Publisher	SciTePress
Pages	100-111
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9789897582103
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5220/0006191201000111
Publication status	Published - 2017
Event	5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, MODELSWARD 2017 - Porto, Portugal Duration: 19 Feb 2017 → 21 Feb 2017

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Name	MODELSWARD 2017 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development
Volume	2017-January

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Conference	5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, MODELSWARD 2017
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Porto
Period	19/02/17 → 21/02/17

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the NWO AMUSE project (628.006.001): a collaboration between Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Utrecht University, and AFAS Software in the Netherlands. The NEXT Platform is developed and maintained by AFAS Software. Further more, the authors like to thank Jurgen Vinju, Tijs van der Storm, and their colleagues for their feedback and knowledge early on in the writing of this paper. Finally we thank the developers of AFAS Soft-

Funding Information:
This research was supported by the NWO AMUSE project (628.006.001): a collaboration between Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Utrecht University, and AFAS Software in the Netherlands. The NEXT Platform is developed and maintained by AFAS Software. Further more, the authors like to thank Jurgen Vinju, Tijs van der Storm, and their colleagues for their feedback and knowledge early on in the writing of this paper. Finally we thank the developers of AFAS Soft- ware for sharing their opinions and giving feedback.

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© 2017 by SCITEPRESS - Science and Technology Publications, Lda.

Funding

This research was supported by the NWO AMUSE project (628.006.001): a collaboration between Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Utrecht University, and AFAS Software in the Netherlands. The NEXT Platform is developed and maintained by AFAS Software. Further more, the authors like to thank Jurgen Vinju, Tijs van der Storm, and their colleagues for their feedback and knowledge early on in the writing of this paper. Finally we thank the developers of AFAS Soft- This research was supported by the NWO AMUSE project (628.006.001): a collaboration between Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Utrecht University, and AFAS Software in the Netherlands. The NEXT Platform is developed and maintained by AFAS Software. Further more, the authors like to thank Jurgen Vinju, Tijs van der Storm, and their colleagues for their feedback and knowledge early on in the writing of this paper. Finally we thank the developers of AFAS Soft- ware for sharing their opinions and giving feedback.

Keywords

Code generation
Decision support making
Model-driven architecture
Model-driven development
Run-time model interpretation
Software architecture

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Overeem, M., & Jansen, S. (2017). An exploration of the 'it' in 'it depends': Generative versus interpretive model-driven development. In L. F. Pires, S. Hammoudi, & B. Selic (Eds.), MODELSWARD 2017 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development (pp. 100-111). (MODELSWARD 2017 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development; Vol. 2017-January). SciTePress. https://doi.org/10.5220/0006191201000111

Overeem, Michiel ; Jansen, Slinger. / An exploration of the 'it' in 'it depends' : Generative versus interpretive model-driven development. MODELSWARD 2017 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development. editor / Luis Ferreira Pires ; Slimane Hammoudi ; Bran Selic. SciTePress, 2017. pp. 100-111 (MODELSWARD 2017 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development).

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Overeem, M & Jansen, S 2017, An exploration of the 'it' in 'it depends': Generative versus interpretive model-driven development. in LF Pires, S Hammoudi & B Selic (eds), MODELSWARD 2017 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development. MODELSWARD 2017 - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, vol. 2017-January, SciTePress, pp. 100-111, 5th International Conference on Model-Driven Engineering and Software Development, MODELSWARD 2017, Porto, Portugal, 19/02/17. https://doi.org/10.5220/0006191201000111

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