Creating Groovy DSLs that Developers can Actually Use

In this presentation, Guillaume, Paul, and Andrew will show you how to leverage Groovy to build a Domain-Specific Language (DSL) used to control a rover on Mars! Various metaprogramming techniques and integration mechanisms will be demonstrated. But the language itself is only the first part of the story. Developers cannot be expected to properly use a DSL without first-class IDE support and documentation.

The presentation will start by building the DSL from scratch, using the power of Groovy to create a concise and readable mini-language, and showing how to secure its integration. The second part of the presentation will demonstrate how to integrate the DSL into Groovy-Eclipse with custom content assist, navigation, searching, and inline documentation.