Oren Eini

Oren Eini is an independent consultant based in Israel. He is a frequent blogger at www.ayende.com/Blog/ under his pseudonym Ayende Rahien, and he’s an internationally known presenter, having spoken at conferences such as DevTeach, JAOO, Oredev, NDC, and Progressive.NET.

Oren’s main focus is on architecture and best practices that promote quality software and zero-friction development. He is the author of Rhino Mocks, one of the most popular mocking frameworks on the .NET platform, and he’s also a leading figure in other well-known open source projects, including the Castle project and NHibernate.

Oren’s hobbies include reading fantasy novels, reviewing code, and writing about himself in the third person. Oren is also a Microsoft MVP, a fact that he tends to forget when writing a bio.

books by Oren Eini

DSLs in Boo
  • December 2009
  • ISBN 9781933988603
  • 352 pages
Included with a Manning Online subscription
  • printed in black & white
catalog / Programming Languages and Styles / Other / Domain-Specific Languages

A general-purpose language like C# is designed to handle all programming tasks. By contrast, the structure and syntax of a Domain-Specific Language are designed to match a particular application's area. A DSL is designed for readability and easy programming of repeating problems. Using the innovative Boo language, it's a breeze to create a DSL for your application domain that works on .NET and does not sacrifice performance.

DSLs in Boo shows you how to design, extend, and evolve DSLs for .NET by focusing on approaches and patterns. You learn to define an app in terms that match the domain, and to use Boo to build DSLs that generate efficient executables. And you won't deal with the awkward XML-laden syntax many DSLs require. The book concentrates on writing internal (textual) DSLs that allow easy extensibility of the application and framework. And if you don't know Boo, don't worry—you'll learn right here all the techniques you need.