Towards a Scala embedded information system description

Abstract

© 2019 Author(s). Information system development process includes mechanical tasks like initial setup and development of prototypes. Those tasks require a lot of resources and time as the process progresses through iterations. The main goal of this paper is to implement a domain specific language (DSL) that would allow fast development of information system prototypes. We present details of a DSL parser implementation that generates an abstract syntax tree (AST) that allows generation of prototype source code which contains an MVC skeleton. It relies on a corresponding relational database connected using Slick database query and access library. The operations on objects are available through REST services based on Play framework. A skeleton system represents a basis for the development of an information system in a manner that makes adding new functionalities easy. Scala is an excellent candidate both for host and target programming language.