Preface

This book is a software developer’s guide to using the Microsoft Tools for Domain-Specific Languages (“DSL Tools”), which are included in the SDK (Software Development Kit) for Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.

The software industry is showing considerable interest in using “domain-specific languages,” an approach to building software that promises to reduce software development costs, especially in large projects. A domain-specific language (DSL) is a language specially geared to working within a particular area of interest: a vertical domain such as telephone design, or a horizontal one like workflow. It may be a programming language or a specification or design language. It may be textual or graphical, or a mixture of both. The language ...

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