Language workbench

<p>A language workbench is a tool or set of tools that enables software development in the <a href="/facts/Language-oriented_programming/xsp4hqoy">language-oriented programming</a> software development paradigm. A language workbench will typically include tools to support the definition, reuse and composition of <a href="/facts/Domain-specific_language/n18H1foD">domain-specific languages</a> together with their <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">integrated development environment</a>.  Language workbenches were introduced and popularized by <a href="/facts/Martin_Fowler_(software_engineer)/l8k3NRI1">Martin Fowler</a> in 2005.
</p><p>Language workbenches usually support:
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<ul><li>Specification of the language concepts or <a href="/facts/Metamodel/lA2nkA6J">metamodel</a></li>
<li>Specification of the editing environments for the <a href="/facts/Domain-specific_language/n18H1foD">domain-specific language</a></li>
<li>Specification of the execution semantics, e.g. through interpretation and <a href="/facts/Automatic_programming/zrrwX3CW">code generation</a></li></ul>

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Language workbench