eAssignment: a case for EMF

Developing Eclipse plug-ins often involves the creation of data structures and corresponding data processing code. In developing eAssignment, an Eclipse-bases application to support electronic programming exercises, we identified several issues with implicit models of data structures and handwritten code needed to access them. In this paper, we report on our experiences of using the Eclipse Modeling Framework to overcome these shortcomings. Keywords Eclipse, Eclipse Modeling Framework, eAssignment, courseware, code generation

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2005
• Where: ECLIPSE
• Authors: Marcel Bruch, Christoph Bockisch, Thorsten Schäfer, Mira Mezini
• Keywords: Data Structures, ECLIPSE 2005, Eclipse Modeling Framework, Eclipse Plug-ins, Software Engineering