Q&A on Domain Specific Languages

A quick outline of the common questions, and answers, about DSLs

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Interviews

I’ve done a few interviews on DSLs, which help provide an introduction to the topic and how I’ve approached it.

Text

• Informit Neal Ford interviews Rebecca and me
• Dr Dobbs An interview with Rebecca and me in Dr Dobb’s

Video

• DSL Devcon with Chris Sells
• JAOO 2008 with Neal Ford and Jeffry Snover

Free First Chapter

I made the first chapter of my DSL book act as an introductory example to help the reader get an overview of DSLs and how I talk about them. As a result it makes a good introduction to DSLs, so it’s particularly nice that Addison-Wesley made this chapter freely available. You can use it to judge whether the full book is likely to be worthwhile, or just use it as a brief overview of the topic if you don’t want to dig further.

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Catalog of DSL Patterns

The DSL book uses patterns to help structure its content. I keep a brief summary of these patterns here, primarily to act as a reliable URI for reference purposes.