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Product Line Unified Modeller by Embedded Software Systems Department

European Software InstituteZamudio, Vizcaya, Spain

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Contents• Introduction to Software Product Lines

• Basis of PLUM

• Demo:– All-in-one simple demo

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Brief introduction to SPL• Useful for specifics markets.

• Software Product Line: Variability of the domain and life cycle under control.

• Advantages– Reduction of time-to-market, costs and

complexity.

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Introduction• What is PLUM?

– Generic tool for the design, implementation and management of Software Product Lines following a MDSD (Model Driven Software Development) approach.

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IntroductionThe basis: the variability metamodel• Domain Specific Language with enough

expressive power to describe any product family.

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All-in-one Simple Example• A SPL for RoboCode tanks

• RoboCode is a tank-combat simulator developed by

• RoboCode tanks are written as Java programs

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Tank domain

Targeting methods Movement methods Scanning methods

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Our Tanks Product Line

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DemoSimple example

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Getting PLUM

Visit http://www.esi.es/plum

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PLUM TeamEmbedded Software Systems

R&D ProjectsJabier.Martinez@esi.es

Manuel.Fernández@esi.es