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http://www.moskitt.org Automating the Development of Information Systems with the MOSKitt Open Source Tool Vicente Pelechano Universidad Politcnica de Valencia viernes 18 de mayo de 12 Content PART I: About the Project and the Tool

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Vicente Pelechano

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

http://www.moskitt.org

Automating the Development

  • f Information Systems with

the MOSKitt Open Source Tool

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Content

  • PART I: About the Project and the Tool
  • PART II: Advanced Features
  • PART III: Industry, Research and Lessons

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Content

  • Project Overview
  • What is MOSKitt?
  • Technologies
  • Tools
  • Infrastructure

PART I: About the Project and the Tool

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Project Overview

  • The history begins with gvPontis
  • Conselleria d’Infraestructures, Territori i

Medi Ambient (CITMA) (Infrastructures, Territory and Environment Regional Ministry)

  • Comunidad

Valenciana Government (Generalitat)

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Project Overview

  • gvMétrica: Software Development

Method

  • How to apply gvMétrica?
  • Document Templates
  • Tools?

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Project Overview

  • Free CASE tools survey:
  • April 2006
  • No tools satisfying most of the organization

requirements were found

  • Decision: Develop “New” free CASE tool
  • UPV-PROS proposes Eclipse as technological platform
  • gvCASE Project: Starts April 2007
  • Renamed as MOSKitt in 2008

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Project Overview

Project ¡Participants

Development

Leading Requirements Fundings

Technical Knowledge Dissemination

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What is MOSKitt?

  • A free CASE tool built on Eclipse (EPL

license)

  • It provides the necessary tools for

supporting gvMétrica and much more...

  • Supports UML modeling language and

more...

CITMA

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What is MOSKitt?

  • MOSKitt has been conceived as a

“Particular” CASE tool

  • MOSKitt is a general Framework for the

definition and implementation of SW production methods based on MDE principles

  • MOSKitt can be easily adapted and

extended it is MORE than a CASE Tool...

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Technologies

Eclipse Modeling Project

EMF GMF GEF EMF Compare EMF Search UML2 Tools

Eclipse Process Framework (EPF)

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Technologies

ATL AMW XPand2 Xtend EVL Data Tools Platform BPMN STP JUnit

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Technologies

Content Management System Project Management Web App Control Version System

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Distribution

  • Currently, MOSKitt is based on Eclipse

Galileo

  • Now, we are Migrating to Eclipse INDIGO

RC2 (3.7.2)

  • MOSKitt is distributed as a standalone RCP
  • Modules can be downloaded and installed

to build a concrete version of MOSKitt adapted to user needs

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General View

Method Support: gvMÉTRICA

...

X METHOD Z METHOD

TOOLS INFRASTRUCTURE

RDB Designer Method Designer UML Editor User Interface Modeling

Transformation Management and Configuration Model Synchronization Traceability Model Explorer

BPMN Editor Sketcher

Graphical Editors Artifacts Library Forms Modeling Framework

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Tools

Method Support: gvMÉTRICA

...

X METHOD Z METHOD

TOOLS INFRASTRUCTURE

Transformation Management and Configuration Model Explorer Model Synchronization Graphical Editors Traceability Artifacts Library

RDB Designer UML Editor User Interface Modeling BPMN Editor Sketcher Method Designer

Forms Modeling Framework

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BPMN Modeler

  • BPMN Modeling
  • Support

Administrative Procedures

  • Lanes, Tasks,

SubProcess and Control Flow

  • Document

Modeling

  • Groups and

Families of Documents

  • Templates

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UML2 Modeler

  • UML2

Modeling

  • Class
  • Sequence
  • State Transition
  • Activity
  • Use Cases
  • Support the

Definition and Application of UML Profiles

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RDB Designer

  • RDB Modeling
  • Tables
  • Keys
  • Views
  • Users
  • Roles
  • Groups
  • DDL Generation
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Oracle
  • Reverse Engineering

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User Interface Modeling

  • User Interface

Modeling

  • User/Roles
  • System

Views

  • Interaction Units
  • Navigations
  • Presentation

Options

  • Interface

Behavior

  • Interface

Patterns

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Sketcher

  • Sketcher
  • Window
  • Label
  • Button
  • Textbox
  • Checkbox
  • Table
  • Tab Panel
  • Bar Menu
  • Pagination

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Infrastructure

Method Support: gvMÉTRICA

...

X METHOD Z METHOD

TOOLS INFRASTRUCTURE

Forms Modeling Framework Transformation Management and Configuration Model Explorer Model Synchronization Graphical Editors Traceability Artifacts Library

RDB Designer UML Editor User Interface Modeling BPMN Editor Sketcher Method Designer

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The MOSKitt Perspective

A Predefined Set of Views

Resource Explorer Model Explorer Model/Diagram Editor Properties Tab Palette

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Forms Modeling Framework (FMF)

  • Facilitates the

development of Forms Editors to manipulate Ecore models

  • Links Widgets and

Model Elements through Databinding

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Transformation Manager

Registering Transformations Visualization Organization Prioritization

MOSKitt Transformations

Executing Transformations Input Parameters Results, Validation and Execution Infrastructure (Extensions)

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Transformation Manager

1. Transformation Parameters

  • 2. Configuration

3. Validation

  • 2. Configuration
  • 2. Configuration
  • 2. Configuration
  • 4. Results

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Transformation Configuration

We can apply different design/implementation decisions (configuration rules) to the same Input Model.

OnlyParentTable

OnlyChildTables

AllTables

Generalization

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Transformation Configuration

FMF Forms for Rule Selection

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ModelSync and Traceability

MOSKitt provides a complete framework for supporting Model Traceability and Synchronization

MOSKitt provides M2M transformations to automate and simplify modeling tasks

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Artifacts Library

  • A repository to store pieces of diagrams to

be reused

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Content

  • Process Support and Method

Engineering

  • Dealing with User Interfaces
  • Model Transformations and Code

Generation

PART II: Advanced Features

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Process Support and Method Engineering

http://www.moskitt.org

Dashboard and Moskitt4ME

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Dashboard

  • Simple DSL for Specifying Development

Processes

  • Method Modeler
  • Method Interpreter
  • Integrated Workbench
  • Reuse GMF Dashboard Infrastructure

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Dashboard

  • Tasks
  • Task Dependencies
  • I/O Resources, References to Resources
  • Actions: open Editor, execute Transformation.....
  • Help Guides: invoke Cheatsheets, invoke Help, open an URL...

DSL Primitives:

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Dashboard

  • Analysis task is Finished and its Resources are

Completed (“Finished”)

  • The Dependency between Analysis and Design tasks

is Resolved

  • Doing/Executing the Design Task (“ToDo”)

Snapshot of the Project State

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Dashboard

Dashboard Interpreter

Link and Edit Resources Open Editors Open Cheet Sheets

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MOSKitt4ME

  • A Methodological Framework to support the

specification of methods and the generation

  • f CASE tools following MDE and ME

principles.

! ! Method!Base!

Method'Design' Method'Implementa2on'

CASE'Environment'

Method!Process! Support! Method!Product! Support!

M2T' Transforma2on'

4ME

Store' Retrieve'

Model'Driven'Engineering'

! ! ! ! ! ! !

Method'Model'

! ! ! ! ! ! ! Product'Part' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Process'Part'

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MOSKitt4ME

Method Design

Method model SPEM 2.0 standard. Reuse of method fragments.

4ME EPF$Composer$ Repository$client$

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MOSKitt4ME

Method Configuration Reusable assets (RAS standard).

  • Repository includes: editors, model transformations, etc.
  • Must be associated with method elements to indicate

how these elements will be managed in the generated CASE environment.

4ME Repository*client*

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MOSKitt4ME

Method Implementation

Method process supported by a process engine Method product supported by reusable assets

! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Method'Model'

! ! ! ! ! ! ! Method'Design' ! !

!

Method'Base'

Method'Configura4on' ! !

!

Asset'Base' So7ware'Pla:orm'

Method'Implementa4on'

Method!Process!Support! ! !

Method'''''''''''''''''''''Engineer' Configured'Method'Model' ! ! ! ! ! ! !

references' references'

Model'''''''''''''''''Transforma4on'

references'

!!!!!!Process!Engine!

Method!Product!Support! ! !

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MOSKitt4ME

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MOSKitt4ME

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MOSKitt4ME

  • Tasks can be filtered by:
  • Roles
  • State (All, Pending)
  • Use Colors to distinguish Task State:

Optional Executable Not Executable Done

Process View

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Dealing with UIs

http://www.moskitt.org

User Interface Model (UIM) and Sketcher

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UIM: User Interface Modeling

  • A DSL for Modeling User Interfaces
  • Technology Independent (Abstract)
  • Integrated into the Development Method
  • Linked to Data Models (UML2, DB, Ecore, …)
  • Generated from other Models (if necessary and

possible)

  • Can define and apply UI Patterns

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  • UIM. The Language

Views Parts of the overall user interface Users Can access to one or several Views

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  • UIM. The Language

Interaction Units (IU)

An interaction between the system and the user

Kinds of IUs

Information Editable Information Operation Navigation Selection Composite Pattern

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  • UIM. The Language

Information IUs: Data Model View

Additional UI Properties:

Ordering Filtering Masks Triggers

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The Sketcher

  • Allows designing more concrete User

Interfaces while preserving the Technology Independence

  • Focused on Design Concerns of UIs
  • Uses a visual notation that provides a closer

view to what the End User expects

  • Provides Abstract Widgets commonly used

in UI design

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The Sketcher

  • Large library of user interface controls/

widgets: textbox, table, listbox etc...

  • Template support to facilitate the

definition of UIs

  • Library of Predefined Templates

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The Sketcher

UIM SKETCHER

Sketcher as a “Front-End” of the UIM

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The Sketcher

  • Connected to UML

Models:

  • Behavior
  • Structure
  • Connected to DB:
  • Data Persistence

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Model Transformations

M2M and M2T to automate the SW Production Process

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Model Transformations

BPMN UML2

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Model Transformations

BPMN UML2 RDB

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Model Transformations

BPMN UML2 Sketcher

Also Sketcher to UIM

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Code Generation

Protected Zones can be used to preserve developers changes (codification)

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Code Generation

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Code Generation

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Content

  • Industrial Projects
  • Research Projects and Extensions
  • Project Timeline
  • Some Statistics
  • Lessons Learned

PART III: Industry, Research and Lessons

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Industrial Projects

Dirección General de Tecnologías de la Información

MOSKitt-GEO

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Industrial Projects

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Industrial Projects

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Research Projects

European Projects

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Research Projects

European Projects

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Extensions

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Collaborations

  • MDT/Papyrus subproject within the Eclipse

Model Development Tools (MDT) Project

  • Main Goal: Develop advanced editors for UML

and and SysML. We implemented the UML Sequence Diagram

  • Participants: CA LIST (Papyrus project leaders),

Airbus (TopCased), Atos Origin, Obeo and Prodevelop (MOSKitt)

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Project Timeline

  • RDB Designer, DDL

Generation and Reverse Engineering

  • UML2 + Profiles
  • WBS
  • FEFEM
  • Transformation Manager
  • Transformation

Configuration

  • Traceability and

Synchronization

4/2007 11/2009 10/2011 12/2010 11/2008

1.3.1 1.3.7

6/2012

1.3.9 0.7.2 Starts 1.0.1

2.0

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Project Timeline

  • gvMétrica Development Process Support. The Dashboard
  • User Interface Modeling (UIM)
  • Code Generation in PHP (first gvHidra prototypes)
  • Business Process Modeling (BPMN)
  • Interoperability and Integration with Third Party Tools

4/2007 11/2009 10/2011 12/2010 11/2008

1.3.1 1.3.7

6/2012

1.3.9 0.7.2 1.0.1 Starts

2.0

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Project Timeline

4/2007 11/2009 10/2011 12/2010 11/2008

1.3.1

  • Sketcher + User Interface Patterns Editor
  • Sketcher and UIM Integration
  • Code Generation in gvHidra (PHP5)
  • Code Generation in gvNIX (Java)
  • Usability, Stability and Performance Improvements

1.3.7

6/2012

1.3.9 0.7.2 1.0.1 Starts

Mature Enough for SW Companies and P. Administration

2.0

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Project Timeline

4/2007 11/2009 10/2011 12/2010 11/2008

1.3.1

  • Code Generation in OpenXava (Java/AJAX)
  • MOSKitt4ME. Method Engineering Support
  • Usability, Stability and Performance Improvements
  • Code Generators Improved
  • New Transformations (UML2Sketcher)
  • ModelSync Improved

1.3.7

6/2012

1.3.9 0.7.2 1.0.1 Starts

Now: Maintaining and Improving MOSKitt

2.0

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Some Statistics

  • 1.800 downloads in 2007, 2.117 downloads in

2008...

61% 28% 12%

OS Windows Linux Mac OS X

Windows Linux Mac Modules/ Other TOTAL 2009 3.156 809 453 2.056 6.474 2010 3.831 1.414 737 1.412 7.394 2011 2.104 1.817 581 2.765 7.267 2012 606 415 70 225 1.316 TOTAL 9.697 4.455 1.841 6.458 22.451

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Some Statistics

  • Aprox. 12 Million Euros

Project Statistics in OHLOH (https://www.ohloh.net/projects/moskitt)

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Lessons Learned

  • Expressive Power vs. Usability vs.
  • Implementability. Difficult to Balance
  • Ergonomics: If editing the model is more

cumbersome than implementing functionality in the code, developers will hardly switch to MDD

  • Infer Knowledge avoid Over Specification:

Everything that can be reasonably inferred from the context must not be specified

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Lessons Learned

  • Openness. Forget a Closed Tool. Prepare your Tool to

be extended, adapted, modified by expert users

  • Open the Code Generation
  • Extensibility of the Models. Prepare the Models to be

Extended in an easy way

  • Modeling UI at Abstract level is complex and
  • tedious. Sketch/Draw the UI
  • Reusability. Promote Reuse...Support Reuse. Introduce

Systematic Reuse (software product lines, model reuse)

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Lessons Learned

  • Building Software is a Complex Task...MDD

can help but...It is not a Silver Bullet yet

  • MDD: Promotes and Facilitates Abstraction,

Automation, Communication

  • Introducing MDD in Software Production

Methods is an INVESTMENT not a COST but could be EXPENSIVE in the short term

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Lessons Learned

  • MDD should be gradually introduced
  • Many times it is not possible to generate the 100%
  • f the code
  • HIGHER % of generated code requires HIGHER

MODELS complexity and completeness

  • HIGHER number of Domains, Types of Projects,

etc., leads to a HIGHER difficulty to generate 100% code and LESS Reuse

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Download and try MOSKitt!!

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Contribute

  • Develop a Module that can be Integrated

into MOSKitt

  • Participate in the Development of MOSKitt

Basic Modules

  • Adapt existing Modules

PROFILES http://www.moskitt.org/perfilescolaboracion

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Contribute

  • Mailing Lists
  • https://moskitt.org/lists/mailman/listinfo/moskitt-en
  • https://dev.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/spain-ec
  • Eclipse Project Repository
  • http://subversion.moskitt.org

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Vicente Pelechano

Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

http://www.moskitt.org

Thank you for your Attention

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