Code Generation in Action

Name: Code Generation in Action
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ISBN: 9781930110977

ISBN-10: 1930110979

ISBN-13: 9781930110977

Edition: 2003

Authors: Jack Herrington

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Covering technique and implementation for building code for complex applications frameworks, this book demonstrates how to build high-quality output that is consistent and maintainable. Lessons on abstracting the design of the code so that multiple outputs can be created from a single abstract model of the application functionality are provided. Techniques that range from using simple code processors to handle common coding problems to creating more elaborate and complex generators that maintain entire application tiers are covered. Topics such as building database access, user interface, remote procedure, test cases, and business logic code are also addressed, as is code for other system…

Book details

List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: Manning Publications Company
Publication date: 7/1/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 368
Size: 7.25" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.342

Jack Herrington is an engineer, author and presenter who lives and works in the Bay Area. His mission is to expose his fellow engineers to new technologies. That covers a broad spectrum, from demonstrating programs that write other programs in the book Code Generation in Action. Providing techniques for building customer centered web sites in PHP Hacks. All the way writing a how-to on audio blogging called Podcasting Hacks. All of which make great holiday gifts and are available online here, and at your local bookstore. Jack also writes articles for O'Reilly, DevX and IBM Developerworks. Jack lives with his wife, daughter and two adopted dogs. When he is not writing software, books or…



Preface


Acknowledgments


About this book


About the title


About the cover illustration



Code generation fundamentals



Overview



A generation case study



Benefits of code generation for engineers



Benefits of code generation for managers



The code generation process



The buy/build decision



Code generation at its best



Top ten code-generation rules



Generators you are using today



Summary



Code generation basics



The various forms of active code generation



Code generation workflow



Code generation concerns



Code generation skills



Choosing a language for your code generator



Summary



Code generation tools



Building generators with Ruby



Parsing XML with Rexml



ERb: a great tool for templates



Building the language parser toolkit



Summary



Building simple generators



The code munger generator type



The inline-code expansion generator model



The mixed-code generator model



The partial-class generator model



The tier generator model



Generating for various languages



Summary



Code generation solutions



Generating user interfaces



The big picture



Designing a good interface



Workflow comparison



A case study: generating JSP



Technique: generating Swing dialog boxes



Technique: generating MFC dialog boxes



Design tips



Tools for generating UIs



Summary



Generating documentation



The importance of structured comments



The big picture



A case study: augmented SQL code



Understanding the JavaDoc and the Doclet API



Finding a tool to do it for you



Summary



Generating unit tests



The big picture



Preparing for common concerns



A case study: augmented C code



Technique: the ordered test generator



Technique: the test data generator



Technique: the test robot generator



Finding a tool to do it for you



Design tips



Summary



Embedding SQL with generators



PerlSQL



Preparing for common concerns



Workflow comparison



A case study: PerlSQL



Finding SQL tools



Summary



Handling data



Code generation versus a library



A case study: a simple CSV-reading example



Technique: data adapters



Technique: binary file reader/writer



Finding tools to do it for you



Summary



Creating database access generators



Benefits of database access generators



The big picture



Preparing for common concerns



Workflow comparison



A case study: EJB generation



Technique: generating JDBC



Technique: generating database access layers for ASP



Technique: generating database access layers for ASP.NET



Technique: Generating database access classes for Perl DBI



Technique: generating database access classes for PHP



Off-the-shelf: AndroMDA



Off-the-shelf: XDoclet



Design tips



Finding a tool to do it for you



Summary



Generating web services layers



The big picture



A case study: generating XML-RPC for Java



Technique: generating SOAP



Design tips



Finding a tool to do it for you



Summary



Generating business logic



A case study: generating Java business equations



A case study: the report logic and interface generator



Summary



More generator ideas



Technique: maintaining header files



Technique: creating DLL wrappers



Technique: creating wrappers for external languages



Technique: creating firewall configurations



Technique: creating lookup functions



Technique: creating macro lookup tables



Summary



A brief introduction to Ruby



The simple system test framework



EJBGen code and templates



Integrating code generation into your IDE



Simple templating



Patterns for regular expressions


Index