DSLs in Action

List of Figures

Chapter 1. Learning to speak the language of the domain

Figure 1.1. Entities and collaborations from the problem domain must map to appropriate artifacts in a solution domain. The entities shown on the left (security, trade, and so on) need corresponding representations on the right.

Figure 1.2. The problem domain and the solution domain need to share a common vocabulary for ease of communication. With this vocabulary, you can trace an artifact of the problem domain to its appropriate representation in the solution domain.

Figure 1.3. A DSL script provides a representation of the domain language to the implementation model. It uses the common vocabulary as the underlying dictionary that makes the language feel more natural to ...