MPS: A framework for DSL Development

https://www.jetbrains.com/mps/

by PaulHoule • 11 years ago

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vvanders• 11 years ago

Very cool, love the mix of graphical and lexical modes.

solomatov3• 11 years ago

I used to work on MPS (I led the project during the first two version). If you have any questions, you can write them in this thread.

Also we are working on the next generation of editing technology now. It's completely web based. Some parts of it are open source:

* https://github.com/JetBrains/jetpad-projectional

* https://github.com/JetBrains/jetpad-mapper

Here's a list of demos:

* http://youtrack-workflow.appspot.com/ - YouTrack workflow DSL

* http://jb-proj-demo.appspot.com/ - Different demos

P.S. We are hiring. If you are interested in working on this stuff, let me know (we have offices in Cambridge, MA and Saint-Petersburg, Russia, also there's a possibility of remote work for star level developers).

suranap• 11 years ago

We are hiring.

I worked on similar stuff in grad school. How can I get in touch for more info? Thx.

solomatov3• 11 years ago

Write me to konstantin dot solomatov at jetbrains.

y2kenny• 11 years ago

I have a couple of questions:

1) I downloaded the stand-alone version and tried "Your first date with JetBrains MPS" but for some reason I can't get the extract method/surround with to work. Is that a bug or is there some special condition for refactoring to work? (I try to extract the drop and turn right into it's own "routine")

2) How do you debug generated code? Is there a way for MPS to map generated Java or C back to the original DSL?

solomatov3• 11 years ago

1) It seems to be a bug. Please, report it to the issue tracker.

2) You can read more about debugging DSLs here: https://confluence.jetbrains.com/display/MPSD32/Debugger

ex3ndr• 11 years ago

Tried to use it at Telegram, but it is too complex to convert old language to MPS.

Now at Actor tried to use for the same reason: defining api scheme, but it is a bit complex for people to understand how MPS works.

Web app will help a lot.

kenoyer130• 11 years ago

We are investigating MPS for an upcoming project. The biggest barrier to entry is the complete lack of good documentation and tutorials. I bought the few books I could find and there was very little meat. The biggest thing that is missing is the WHY of everything. The help/tutorial says "click here to do X" but there is no explanation of what X is and how all these concepts play together.

So is there any advice on learning how to use MPS from a conceptual level?

MPS: A framework for DSL Development

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