Slides for the presentation "Remote Generators with Virtual Developer", given at Code Generation 2014 in Cambridge (UK). Tutorial for how to develop, deploy and use code generators developed with and for the Virtual Developer platform.

1. Remote Generators with
Virtual Developer
Write once, generate everywhere
… with the platform for
codegeneration as a service
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Heinz Rohmer
Marcus Munzert
Generative Software GmbH
Cornelia-Schlosser-Allee 15
79111 Freiburg
Germany
info@generative-software.com
support@virtual-developer.com

3. Generation as a Service with
• Introduction
• System Overview
• Example: Using a Generator
• Creating Generator “MyGen”
• Bundling and Uploading Generator „MyGen“
• Using Generator „MyGen“
• Internals of a complex Generator
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4. History of Virtual Developer
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MDSD
2002
Platform for Generation as a Service
2007

5. Generation-Unit
Server
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Portal Generation-Delegate
Generation-Unit Generation-Unit
Browser
Your Generator
Cloud-Connector

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Example: Using a Generator

7. Internals of a Generator
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Generation-Unit
Your Generator

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Model
Element
Model
Element
Model
Element
Model
Access
outputinput

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EMF
Model Access
inputzip
Virtual Developer Modeler

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MetaEdit+
Model Access
inputzip
MetaEdit+

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MetaEdit+
Model Access
inputzip
Excel

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Your
Model Access
Whatever Java
can read
inputzip
Your Input Format

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Model
Element
Model
Element
Model
Element
Model
Element
Model
Element
Model
Element
Model
Converter
input output

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Model
Element
Model
Element
Model
Element
Model-to-Text
Generation
input output
Source Files

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Mo
Source Files
Model Access
Model Conversion
Model-to-Text
Generation

16. Virtual Developer IDE
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17. Model
Element
Model
Element
Writer
Writer
Generation Group
Target
Model-to-Text Generation
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Model Element
Writer
Writer Locator
Target
Target
locate write
represent
output of model-converter
read
read
Source File

18. GenerationGroupMyGenJava
Model-to-Text Generation
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MyGenJavaClass
MyGenJavaMethodWriter
WriterLocatorMyGenJava
MyGenJavaClassTarget
locate write
represent
output of model-converter
read
read
Source File

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Internals of a complex Generator

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Heinz Rohmer
Marcus Munzert
Generative Software GmbH
Cornelia-Schlosser-Allee 15
79111 Freiburg
Germany
info@generative-software.com
support@virtual-developer.com