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<p>Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) are programming languages designed specifically to express solutions to problems in a particular domain. It is said they foster productivity and quality. In this work we describe CRUDyLeaf, a DSL focused on the generation of Spring Boot REST APIs from entity CRUD operations. Spring Boot is an open source Java-based framework used to implement the REST architecture style. It has gained popularity among developers mainly because it allows to build stand-alone and production ready software applications (avoiding the use of an application server). Through seven proposed stages (domain immersion, golden application implementation, syntax definition, meta model generation, code generator implementation, deployment, and refinement) we describe the development of this DSL. We also exemplify and evaluate the proposed DSL. Our findings suggest a yield automation rate of 32.1 LOC (Lines Of Code) for each LOC written in this DSL, among other observed benefits.</p>
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Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) are programming languages designed specifically to express solutions to problems in a particular domain. It is said they foster productivity and quality. In this work we describe CRUDyLeaf, a DSL focused on the generation of Spring Boot REST APIs from entity CRUD operations. Spring Boot is an open source Java-based framework used to implement the REST architecture style. It has gained popularity among developers mainly because it allows to build stand-alone and production ready software applications (avoiding the use of an application server). Through seven proposed stages (domain immersion, golden application implementation, syntax definition, meta model generation, code generator implementation, deployment, and refinement) we describe the development of this DSL. We also exemplify and evaluate the proposed DSL. Our findings suggest a yield automation rate of 32.1 LOC (Lines Of Code) for each LOC written in this DSL, among other observed benefits.

CRUDyLeaf: A DSL for Generating Spring Boot REST APIs from Entity CRUD Operations

Cybernetics and Information Technologies

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Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) are programming languages designed specifically to express solutions to problems in a particular domain. It is said they...

CRUDyLeaf: A DSL for Generating Spring Boot REST APIs from Entity CRUD Operations

Published Online: Sep 13, 2020

Page range: 3 - 14

Received: Mar 27, 2020

Accepted: Jul 22, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2020-0024

Keywords
CRUDyLeaf, DSL, Domain-Specific Language, Software Engineering, Spring Boot

© 2020 Omar S. Gómez et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

CRUDyLeaf: A DSL for Generating Spring Boot REST APIs from Entity CRUD Operations

Published Online: Sep 13, 2020

Page range: 3 - 14

Received: Mar 27, 2020

Accepted: Jul 22, 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/cait-2020-0024

KeywordsCRUDyLeaf, DSL, Domain-Specific Language, Software Engineering, Spring Boot

© 2020 Omar S. Gómez et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
CRUDyLeaf, DSL, Domain-Specific Language, Software Engineering, Spring Boot