Domain-Specific Development with Visual Studio DSL Tools
Domain Specific Languages (DSL) and Domain-Driven Design (DDD) are two related concepts that have been kicking around the edges of the software engineering world for a few years, but have recently started to move much more towards center stage. A DSL is a language specially geared to working within a particular area of interest: it might be a vertical domain such as telephone design, or a horizontal one like workflow. Some well-known examples of DSLs are HTML and SQL. What is radically new is the idea of creating your own DSL for your own project. Microsoft has actually been at the forefront of promoting the use of DSLs, and has recently announced the Microsoft DSL Tools. The Microsoft DSL Tools will help developers create their own languages more easily, and work together very closely with Visual Studio Team System. This book's authors are the main designers of the Microsoft DSL Tools. They've written a book that is straightforwardly focused on understanding and using these tools; it intends to provide a detailed yet readable reference to the tools.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0321398203
ISBN13:9780321398208
Release Date:May 2007
Publisher:Addison-Wesley Professional
Length:524 Pages
Weight:1.10 lbs.
Dimensions:1.4" x 7.1" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Buy it, but better to read it twice
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 15 years ago
This is an excellent book. As the title of the book makes it clear, this is not a book about DSL in general; it is a book about DSL tools in Visual Studio. So it does make sense to criticize the book for requiring VS 2005, as some other reviewers did. I am glad I read the book cover to cover, and I am enjoying it more on second-reading. The topic is non-linear and certain things in a given chapter make complete sense only after you read material in later chapters. This reflects not on the quality of the book, but on the nature of what is covered. This is why I believe that, for most people, maximum value can be obtained from the book if read twice. It is very well worth it.
Not for my taste of technical book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
The books covers almost all of the capabilities for the DSL world, however in this approach to cover all themes, they present some important subjects in a very light way. The reader must have a previous and seriuos knowledge of DSL items and a lot of experience in Visual Studio 2005. However some chapters (2,3,4,8 and 9) are very very good :D
THE Book for the Subject
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 17 years ago
There's no doubt that Microsoft has a steller team working on its DSL tools, and given their position on the DSL team, there's no better team of writers to elaborate both the underlying concepts as well as go in depth on the implementations of those technologies in the Visual Studio DSL Tools. The more developers and architects getting familiar with DSLs and modeling, the better, and this toolset and book are the best resource I know of for learning more about the domain and getting a very useful and concrete example of the concepts as well as a tool you can use to start building your own. Buy it. Learn it. Use it.
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