Amazon.com Book Description (ISBN 0201309777, Paperback)

The authors present a grand tour of Generative Programming that is bound to become a classic. They . . . focus on the generally unappreciated connection between Domain Specific Languages and Generative Programming as a motivation for future development. Their wide-ranging and practical methods for Domain Analysis and Domain Engineering describe the first steps that developers can take right now . . . and are valuable both when existing systems are used or in preparation for emerging new generative technologies." --Charles Simonyi, Chief Architect at Microsoft Research and the inventor of Intentional Programming "The book develops strong themes around unifying principles that tie the pieces together, most notably domain engineering and metaprogramming. It is crucial to understand that this book is not just some refreshing diversion, nor just an exposition of some noteworthy niche techniques: It is a harbinger of a broader enlightenment that opens the door to a new age." --From the Foreword by James Coplien, a Distinguished Member of Technical Staff at Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories

Generative Programming (GP) offers great promise to application developers. It makes the idea of moving from one-of-a-kind software systems to the semi-automated manufacture of wide varieties of software quite real. In short, GP is about recognizing the benefits of automation in software development. Generative Programming covers methods and tools that will help you design and implement the right components for a system family and automate component assembly. The methods presented here are applicable for all commercial development--from "programming in the small," at the level of classes and procedures--to "programming in the large," or developing families of large systems.

Generative Programming is your complete guide and reference to this emerging discipline. It provides in-depth treatment of critical technologies and topics including: Domain Engineering Feature Modeling Generic Programming Aspect-Oriented Programming Template Metaprogramming in C++ Generators Microsoft's Intentional Programming Using this book you will learn how these techniques fit together and, more importantly, how to apply them in practice. The text contains three comprehensive case studies in three different domains: programming domain (container data structures), business domain (banking), and scientific computing (matrix computations).