We have some good news for the MPS users out there today - Fabien Campagne has just sent the second volume of his MPS Workbench book to print and made it available for sale. The book continues in the good tradition set by the first volume to provide detailed reference documentation of the individual knobs and levers that MPS offers to language designers. You can find a wide range of topics covered, such as: Language evolution - language versions and migrations Extending the MPS UI - actions, menus, tool panels, etc. The Dataflow aspect of language definition The Build language The

Every book is a source of wisdom and happiness. Every book about IntelliJ IDEA is also a source of productivity. Can you imagine how excited we were when we heard that Jarosław Krochmalski wrote his book on IntelliJ IDEA? Now if you decide to give IntelliJ IDEA a try as a beginner Java developer or coming from another IDE, this book will be of great help! We couldn’t miss this chance to talk with Jarosław and ask him a few questions about his book, IntelliJ IDEA, open source software, and of course Java. Enjoy reading! (more…)

Cover We are glad to let you know about a new book dedicated to MPS: The MPS Language Workbench, Volume I. The first volume of the series is both a simple introduction to MPS and a thorough reference manual. Written by Fabien Campagne, a passionate user of MPS, the book explains the MPS programming paradigm and gradually introduces the reader to the many features of the MPS platform. This book may yet be the simplest way to discover the MPS language workbench. The first volume covers the structure and editor aspects, actions, intentions and the textgen and generator aspects in detail. Le

Here's a tip - Markus Voelter (http://www.voelter.de/) has just published his new book, which is highly relevant to our field: DSL Engineering Designing, Implementing and Using Domain Specific Languages The book provides a thorough read on the subject, introducing the reader into the core aspects of DSL design and implementation. It explains the fundamental principles of using DSLs as part of modern development cycle and showcases JetBrains MPS as one of the tools that aim to make DSL development approachable. This book provides a thorough introduction to DSLs and lends inspiration to reader