The sessions, tutorials and discussion panels of this year's MDD & PL have been especially interesting for companies that develop software as self-contained products or as significant part of other products. Main topics of the conference were:

• Decision criteria for MDD and PL concepts
• Implications for the development processes
• Requirements for staff qualification
• Effective tool chains

Delta Software Technology presented possibilites for increasing efficiency and quality with model-based generative tools for two economically most important subject areas: integration and modernisation.

Automatically Error-free – a Vision?

Model-based and generative techniques can be applied for the maintenance and modernisation of software systems as well. But, how far can processes be automated by this approach? Is it possible to improve the quality of the results and to reduce the error ratio with it? What are the strategies and concepts necessary to approach this vision?

Rüdiger Schilling, managing director of Delta Software Technology and responsible for the conception and the application of generative software tools, provided answers to these questions in his conference lecture. Models and generators play a decisive role regarding quality. Indeed, it may be necessary to leave the beaten tracks and to organise processes quite differently to achieve the maximum benefit.

Rüdiger Schilling illustrated the existing possibilities and limitations by means of experiences from a comprehensive modernisation project with thousands of programs and more than ten million LOC. The results were suprising and very convincing.

Comparing Persistency Layers:
Are Generated Adapters the Better Ones?

Deltas contribution to the Student Day explored the (extremely) different concepts to connect business logic and database systems: different generic approaches are opposed to adapters generated from models.

Cord Giese, responsible for research and development in the area of generative base technologies at Delta Software Technology, introduced Delta's generative solution using a concrete example for the target platform C# / ADO.NET / Oracle. A detailed comparison of the examined concepts particularly focuses on maintenance and performance. Where are the respective advantages?

MDD & PL 2009: Downloads

If you are interested in improving the results and automation for migration and integration projects then please download our presentations now:

MDD & PL Conference 2009: Automatically Error-free – a Vision?

Comparing Persistency Layers: Are Generated Adapters the Better Ones? (German) Persistency Layer im Vergleich: Sind generierte Adapter besser?

You will find further presentation material directly on the event's website: MDD & PL 2009

Profit from Our Experience

As a specialist for generative development tools Delta Software Technology has proven track record of implementing efficient model-based development methods boosting software development. We support you with design, development and introduction of tailor-made development processes and tools.

Please get in touch with us if you would like to improve the efficiency of your software development using automation.

3rd Model-Driven Development and Product Lines: Synergies and Experience

In economically tough times competition for best quality and productivity gets harder. In the area of software development leading-edge concepts to increase quality and productivity are characterised by model-driven methods and product lines.

The 3rd MDD & PL conference which has been organised as part of the conference on "Services Science, Agents, and Services for Business, Research, E-Sciences, and IT-Logistic“ (SABRE) provided an overview on the state-of-the-art in current research and technology and presented practical experiences with MDD and PL concepts.

MDD & PL 2009:  March 23 - 25 in Leipzig

"The motivation for increasing productivity, improving quality, for mastering complexity and for strengthening the power to compete is very high in the software development industry, especially in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Model-driven and generative development techniques as well as the implementation of software product lines offer effective potential to meet these challenges."
(from the MDD&PL homepage)

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