Code Generation

Code Generation Solutions in Practice

General

Websites

• Code Generation Network
• Code Generation at the C2 Wiki

Articles

• OnJava: Code-Generation Techniques for Java
• TheServerSide: Back End Code Generation for Java and Discussion (**)
• TheServerSide: Does Code Generation Matter to Java Developers? and Discussion (**)
• John Vlissides, Generation Gap: Modify or extend generated code just once no matter how many times it is regenerated. (**)
• Code Generation Network: Interview with Dave Thomas (Pragmatic Programmers) (**)
• Martin Fowler: Generating Code for DSLs (**)

Books

• Code Generation in Action
  • Sample chapters
  • Review and comments at Slashdot
• Program Generators with XML and Java

StringTemplate

• Official website: http://www.stringtemplate.org/
• StringTemplate Documentation (*)

Articles

• Enforcing Strict Model-View Separation in Template Engines
• Generating Java and XML Using StringTemplate (**)
• Language Translation Using ANTLR and StringTemplate (**)

Presentations

• The Evolution of the StringTemplate Engine (*)
• The Role Of Template Engines in Code Generation (*)

XSLT

Articles

• Java.net: Extensible Code Generation with Java, Part 1 (**)
• Java.net: Extensible Code Generation with Java, Part 2 (**) (modification of generated code)
• Javaworld: Generate JavaBean classes dynamically with XSLT

XDoclet

• Official website: http://xdoclet.sourceforge.net/xdoclet/index.html

Velocity

• Official website: http://jakarta.apache.org/velocity/

Articles

• OnJava: Template-Based Code Generation with Apache Velocity, Part 1 (**)
• OnJava: Template-Based Code Generation with Apache Velocity, Part 2 (**)

Jostraca

• Official website: http://www.jostraca.org/

Code Generation Solutions in Research

Multi Stage Programming will be discussed in a separate session.

Template Haskell

• Website: http://www.haskell.org/th/
• Template metaprogramming for Haskell (see Papers at the website)
• Optimising Embedded DSLs using Template Haskell (see Papers at the website)

Meta-Programming with Concrete Object Syntax

• Meta-Programming with Concrete Object Syntax
• Generalized Type-Based Disambiguation of Meta Programs with Concrete Object Syntax

Meta-AspectJ

• Website: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/maj/
• Generating AspectJ Programs with Meta-AspectJ (see website for link to paper)

SafeGen

• Statically Safe Program Generation with SafeGen (available at http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~yannis/ )