Introducing usability concerns early in the DSL development cycle: FlowSL experience report

Ankica Barišić, Vasco Amaral, Miguel Goulão, Ademar Aguiar

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Abstract

Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) developers aim to narrow the gap between the level of abstraction used by domain users and the one provided by the DSL, in order to help taming the increased complexity of computer systems and real-world problems. The quality in use of a DSL is essential for its successful adoption. We illustrate how a usability evaluation process can be weaved into the development process of a concrete DSL - FlowSL - used for specifying humanitarian campaign processes lead by an international Non-Governmental Organization. FlowSL is being developed following an agile process using Model-Driven Development (MDD) tools, to cope with vague and poorly understood requirements in the beginning of the development process.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationModel-Driven Development Processes and Practices Workshop Proceedings, MD2P2 2014
EditorsR. Bendraou, R. Hebig, M. Volter, M. Chaudron
PublisherCEUR-WS.org
Pages8-17
Number of pages10
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event1st International Workshop on Model-Driven, Development Processes and Practices, MD2P2 2014, co-located with ACM/IEEE 17th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MoDELS 2014 - Valencia, Spain
Duration: 28 Sept 201428 Sept 2014

Publication series

NameCEUR Workshop Proceedings
PublisherCEUR-WS
Volume1249
ISSN (Electronic)1613-0073

Conference

Conference1st International Workshop on Model-Driven, Development Processes and Practices, MD2P2 2014, co-located with ACM/IEEE 17th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems, MoDELS 2014
Abbreviated titleMD2P2 2014 / MODELS 2014
Country/TerritorySpain
CityValencia
Period28/09/1428/09/14

Keywords

  • Agile development
  • Domain-specific languages
  • Language evaluation
  • Software language engineering
  • Usability evaluation

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