Dogen is the reference implementation of the MASD Project code generator. MASD - Model Assisted Software Development - is a new methodology for the development of software systems based on MDE (Model Driven Engineering). MASD was developed in the context of a PhD programme; if you are that way inclined, you may find the thesis of interest: Model Assisted Software Development - a MDE-Based Software Development Methodology.

In lay terms, Dogen's objective is to automate the development process as much as possible: the user creates models using Org Mode, though these must respect a set of predefined restrictions. Dogen uses this input to generate a source code representation of the model. Unlike traditional modeling techniques like UML, Dogen focuses instead on literate modeling - an approach based on Knuth's Literate programming.

The generated code contains most of the functionality required from a typical domain object such as serialisation, hashing, streaming and so on. Whilst we intend for the application to be useful out of the box for most use cases, our end goal is to enable users to extend Dogen, adapting it to the vagaries of their specific needs. Note that Dogen has experimental C# support, but it is not in feature parity with C++ support.