Comparison of code generation tools
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List of tools
[edit]| Product | Creator | Platform | First public release | Latest stable version | Date of the latest stable version | Software license |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceleo | Obeo | cross-platform (Java / Eclipse) | 2006 | 3.7.7 | 2018-12-04 | Eclipse Public |
| actifsource | actifsource GmbH | cross-platform (Java / Eclipse) | 10.12.0 | 2021-02-22 | Proprietary | |
| DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit | Semantic Designs | Windows | 2001 | 2.0 | Proprietary | |
| DRAKON | Stepan Mitkin | cross-platform (Tcl/Tk) | 2011 | 1.27 | 2016-03-10 | Free |
| GeneXus | GeneXus | Cross Platform (multiple) | 1991 | v17 | Proprietary | |
| Genshi (templating language) | Edgewall Software | cross-platform (Python) | 2006-08-03 | 0.5.1 | 2008-07-09 | |
| Jinja (Template engine) | Pocoo team | cross-platform (Python) | 2.1.1 | BSD | ||
| Kid (templating language) | Ryan Tomayko | cross-platform (Python) | 0.9.6 | 2006-12-20 | ||
| Mako | Michael Bayer | cross-platform (Python) | 1.1.2 | 2020-03-01 | MIT License | |
| MATLAB | The MathWorks, Inc. | Windows, macOS, Linux | 1984 | 9.5 | 2018-09-12 | Proprietary |
| M-Power | mrc | cross-platform (Java) | 2004 | Proprietary | ||
| Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch | Microsoft | Windows | 2011 | 2011-07-26 | Proprietary | |
| OpenMDX | cross-platform (Java) | 2004-01-28 | 2.4 | 2009-03-26 | BSD | |
| Scriptcase | Scriptcase Corp. | PHP Unix, Linux, Windows, iOS | 2000 | 9.7 | 2022-04-13 | Proprietary |
| T4 | Microsoft | Windows | 2005 | 2010 | MIT License | |
| Umple | University of Ottawa | cross-platform (Java) | 2010 | 1.35.0 | 2024-10-11 | MIT License |
| Velocity apache | Apache Software Foundation | cross-platform (Java) | 1.6.2 | 2009-03-19 | Apache License 2.0 | |
| WaveMaker | WaveMaker Inc. | cross platform (aPaaS) | 2003 | 10.0.3 | Proprietary |
Technical features
[edit]| Name | Implementation Language | Active; Passive [1] | Model[1] | Typical input | Other input | Typical output |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acceleo | Java | Active | Tier | User-defined EMF based models (UML, Ecore, user defined metamodels) | Any EMF based input (Xtext DSLs, GMF graphical models, etc.) | Any textual language. |
| actifsource | Java | Active | Tier | User-defined Models | Import from UML, Ecore. | Any textual language. |
| DMS Software Reengineering Toolkit | Several code generation DSLs (attribute grammars, tree patterns, source-to-source rewrites) | Active | DSLs represented as abstract syntax trees | DSL instance | Well-formed output language code fragments | Any programming language (proven for C, C++, Java, C#, PHP, COBOL) |
| gSOAP | C / C++ | WSDL specifications | C / C++ code that can be used to communicate with WebServices. XML with the definitions obtained. | |||
| Microsoft Visual Studio LightSwitch | C# / VB.NET | Active | Tier | Database schema | Complete Silverlight application (Desktop or Web) | |
| Pro*C | Inline | SQL in C | C | |||
| Scriptcase | PHP, JavaScript | Active | Tier | Complete application (Web/Mobile) and build or use the database schema | PHP, HTML, JavaScript, Ajax, | Full Web application ready to use (PHP and Javascript) with Interface layer, service layer, PHP, CSS. etc. and Database scripts to apply. |
| Spring Roo | Java | Active | Tier | Java and automatically introspected project metadata | Shell commands | Java (Full Web Application including Java source, AspectJ source, XML, JSP, Spring application contexts, build tools, property files, etc.) |
| T4 | Passive | T4 Template/Text File | Any text format such as XML, XAML, C# files or just plain text files. | |||
| Umple | Umple, Java, Javascript, PHP | Active | Tier | Umple code embedding one or more of Java, Python, C++, PHP or Ruby | Pure Umple code describing associations, patterns, state machines, etc. | Java, Python, C++, PHP, Ruby, ECcore, Umlet, Yuml, Textuml, JSON, Papyrus XMI, USE, NuXMV, Alloy |
| Velocity apache | Java | Passive [2] | Tier | Templates | Java driver code | Any text |
| Yii2 Gii | PHP | Active | Tier | Database schema, user input, source code | Skeleton application, CRUD applications |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Code Generation Network - Frequently Asked Questions". www.codegeneration.net. Archived from the original on 24 October 2007. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Open source tools are available that make the task of developing passive code generators all but trivial. One such offering is Velocity from the Apache Software Foundation". My.safaribooksonline.com. Retrieved 24 January 2014.