CD "Generative Programming" - New Edition for OOP 2006

 Delta Software Technology (Delta) has re-issued the "GP-CD", which is released in co-operation with the Institut für Wirtschaftsinformatik (Institute for Commercial Information Technology) at the University of Leipzig in Germany. The most important reason for the re-issue is this year's OOP conference held in Munich, Germany. Other events and research projects, however, have also made an overall update appropriate. We have outlined the most important improvements in the GP-CD for you below.

Themes from the area of generative programming played a major role at the OOP in Munich, which lead us to name our re-issue the "OOP 2006 Edition".

Here is a summary of the new OOP contributions you will find on the GP-CD:

• "Architecture-Driven Modernization: Goals – Concepts – Benefits"
  Rüdiger Schilling (Delta Software Technology)
• "Feature Modeling"
  Krzysztof Czarnecki (University of Waterloo, Canada), Prof. Dr. Ulrich W. Eisenecker (University of Leipzig, Germany)
• "Generative Software Development"
  Krzysztof Czarnecki (University of Waterloo, Canada)

The elective stream "Generative and Co-operative Software Development" is being offered at the University of Leipzig in the current winter term. We have collected for you the lectures given during the stream by external partners:

• "Model-Driven Development at SAP"
  Dr. Axel Uhl (Chief Development Architect, SAP Product Architecture)
• "Modellbasierte Generatorentwicklung am Beispiel von HyperSenses" (in German)
  Cord Giese (Delta Software Technology)
• "Microsofts Modellierungstools - COBOL, UML2, HL7, ..." (in German)
  Torsten Weber (University of Leipzig, Germany)

There is an interesting contribution from the PoLITe research project that focuses on a deep analysis of Frame-based generation technologies. It highlights a comparison of these technologies with each other, also taking into account the ANGIE technology:

• "Generative Programming Using Frame Technology"
  Marco Emrich (at that time at the University of Applied Sciences at Kaiserslautern, Germany)

We would especially like to point out to you the HyperSenses-Tutorial. It provides a demonstrative insight into model-based generator development by means of comprehensive and easy-to-understand examples. The tutorial can be used to try out HyperSenses, as well as to get an initial impression before installing:

These are the newest highlights of the GP-CD. There is a range of further tools and supporting materials in this collection.

The GP-CD is available free of charge – as before. You can order the CD within Europe, whereby the shipping is free for you as well! Additionally, the content of the CD is naturally available for free download. There is hardly a faster way to get such a comprehensive collection of material dedicated to the theme “Generative Programming” – so, what are you waiting for?