Xtext is a JVM-based language workbench for creating textual domain-specific languages and their development tooling. It builds on ANTLR and the Eclipse Modeling Framework, with deployments across Eclipse, other LSP-capable IDEs, and web browsers. section 15.4.1
Xtext
An Eclipse-based language workbench for creating textual domain-specific languages and their development tooling.
How Building User-Friendly DSLs covers it
- How deep it goes
- Identifies Xtext’s foundations and deployment platforms but stops short of explaining grammar design, implementation steps, or generated tooling.
- Examples
- Uses Eclipse, LSP-capable IDEs, and web browsers as deployment examples rather than demonstrating a concrete DSL.
- How it connects
- Connects Xtext with ANTLR, the Eclipse Modeling Framework, language workbenches, and the Language Server Protocol.
Related concepts
- language workbenchkind of · A software tool or environment for designing, implementing, and deploying programming languages and their development tools.
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