Metaprogramming

Media publications

• Are You Missing out on Code Generation? - Writing EJBs by hand wastes effort and time; using the passive wizards in today's IDEs is as bad. Solution: use active code generation. Learn why this is a good idea despite the FUD against it. DevX. (Published 2003.04.29)
• The Art of Metaprogramming, Part 1: Introduction to Metaprogramming - An under-used programming technique is writing programs that generate programs or program parts. Covers: why metaprogramming is needed, some components of it, building a code generator; language-sensitive macro programming in Scheme. IBM developerWorks. (Published 2005.10.20)
• The Art of Metaprogramming, Part 2: Metaprogramming Using Scheme - Methods and uses of metaprogramming in Scheme programming language, see how macros are programmed and how they can make large-scale programming tasks easier. IBM developerWorks. (Published 2006.01.26)
• The Art of Metaprogramming, Part 3: Enterprise Metaprogramming - Methods and uses of metaprogramming in Scheme language, how macros are programmed and can make large-scale programming easier. Explores limits of metaprogramming, describes MDA and problems it solves, short example of text system using MDA. IBM developerWorks. (Published 2006.02.28)

	Code Generation Network URL: http://www.codegeneration.net/ ODP description: A resource for software engineers and architects interest in code generation with articles, interviews and a database of generation tools. Page description: Software engineering resource for code generation tools articles and interviews.
	Eclipse Modeling Project URL: http://www.eclipse.org/modeling/ ODP description: Focuses on evolving and promoting model-based development technologies by providing unified set of modeling frameworks, tooling, standards implementations; EMF, modeling framework and code generator to build tools and other programs based on structured data model. Descriptions, documents, downloads.
	ModelBased.net URL: http://www.modelbased.net/ ODP description: Dedicated to tools and information related to model-driven system development, aiming at supporting OMG's vision of MDA. Page title: modelbased.net
	Dynamic Languages Group - MIT AI Lab URL: http://www.ai.mit.edu/projects/dynlangs/ ODP description: Covers reflection, self-modifying code or mutable MOPs, Dylan, and aspect-oriented programming. Page title: Dynamic Languages Group
	Tim Sheard's Page URL: http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~sheard/ ODP description: Researches the design, implementation, use of metaprogramming systems, created MetaML, many links on functional metaprogramming, NSF papers. Portland State University, Computer Science Department.
	Code Generation is a Design Smell URL: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?CodeGenerationIsaDesignSmell ODP description: Controversy page on the original (Ward) Cunningham and Cunningham, Inc., Wiki. Page title: Code Generation Isa Design Smell
	The Program Generator Generator URL: http://www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/proglang/software/pgg/ ODP description: A partial evaluation system for Scheme: Given a program P and a specification of which of the inputs are known in advance, PGG outputs a program generator which accepts the known inputs of P and outputs a specialized version of P. Page title: The Program Generator Generator PGG
	IPAD Pro URL: http://www.xcprod.com/titan/ ODP description: Meta CASE tool. It allows developer to build CASE tools that allows end user to use graphical object manipulation to design and maintain end user system. Incorporate high level visual programming interface. Provides multiplatform GUI and execution environment. Page title: IPAD-Pro home page
	Todd Veldhuizen @ Chalmers URL: http://www.cs.chalmers.se/~tveldhui/ ODP description: Has study, Active Libraries and Universal Languages, on libraries active in compiling; rather than make unique languages for each purpose, build libraries to give domain-specific syntax, optimizations, safety checking; extant languages and compilers lack abilities needed for this.
	A Comparative Analysis of Meta-programming and Aspect-Orientation URL: http://www.gray-area.org/Pubs/acmse-2003.pdf ODP description: Investigation of language constructs to support improved separation of crosscutting concerns. By Jeffrey G. Gray, Assistant Professor, University of Alabama, Birmingham.
	Automated Code Generation URL: http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?AutomatedCodeGeneration ODP description: Page on the original (Ward) Cunningham and Cunningham, Inc., Wiki.