Concrete Syntax Patterns

Talk

By: Piërre van de Laar
From: TNO-ESI

Talk at Meetup 2024-05-18

Abstract

The 040coders analyze and change software. However, their tooling is limited:

tools cannot be integrated or extended,
tools are inappropriate for code, or
tools have a steep learning curve.

We introduce the Rejuvenation Library: a tool to analyze and change software.

As any library, the Rejuvenation Library is designed to be integrated and extended.
Furthermore, the Rejuvenation Library exploits concrete syntax patterns to handle code while having almost no learning curve. We prove this by teaching concrete syntax patterns by examples in this presentation.

In addition, we show how to realize analysis – using find, filter, and apply – and changes – using find, filter, and replace – easily!

Biography

Piërre van de Laar is a Research Fellow at TNO-ESI in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, and has participated in multiple public–private research projects with Philips, Thales, ASML, VDL, ITEC, and most Dutch universities focusing on the following technical topics:

evolvability of embedded systems,
software architecture,
situational awareness,
model based testing,
rejuvenation, and
synthesis-based engineering.

Before joining TNO-ESI, Piërre worked at Philips Research in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, where he investigated the exploitation of architecture description languages for product families, visualization, verification, aspect-orientation, and dependability.

Piërre studied theoretical and computational physics and received his Ph.D. at the Catholic University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands.

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