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Table of contents
Acknowledgments
1
Introduction
1.1
Moose in a nutshell
1.2
A brief history of Moose
1.2.1
1996-1999: First infrastructure, meta-model
1.2.2
1999-2003: Interchange formats, visualizations
1.2.3
2003-2007: Generic UI, interchange format, scriptable visualizations
1.2.4
2007-2010: FAMIX 3.0, scriptable browsers, the move to Pharo
1.3
Why Smalltalk
1.4
Book organization
1.5
About the book
1.6
About the online version of the book
1.7
Principles
I
Moose externals
2
Installation
3
Running example: ArgoUML 0.28.1
4
Importing and exporting models
4.1
Importing MSE models
4.2
Importing Smalltalk code
4.3
Importing Java code
4.4
Others
4.5
Exporting MSE
5
Generic user interface for analysis
5.1
Everything is an entity
5.2
Finding your way through models
6
Visualizing software models
6.1
System Complexity
6.2
Class Blueprint
6.3
Side-by-side duplications
6.4
Namespace and package dependencies
6.5
Enriched dependencies structure matrix
6.6
Name cloud
6.7
Annotation constellation
6.8
Distribution Map
6.9
Multiplication constellation
7
Detecting duplication
7.1
Algorithm
7.2
Setting the root folder
8
Automating Moose with AutoMoose
8.1
Installation
8.2
Integrating with Hudson
9
Dedicated browsers
9.1
Code browsers
9.2
Multiplication constellation browser
II
Moose internals
10
Architecture
11
Dealing with models
12
The FAMIX family of meta-models
12.1
The core language-independent meta-model
12.2
Meta-model extensions
12.3
The Meta Browser
13
Writing parsers with PetitParser
13.1
Creating an MSE parser
14
Painting models with Mondrian
14.1
Painting a small view
14.2
Mondrian architecture
14.3
Putting it all together with scripts
14.4
Specifying shapes
14.5
Using layouts
14.6
Handling interaction
14.7
Conventions for Mondrian scripts
15
Building browsers with Glamour
15.1
A glimpse of Glamour
15.2
Glamour architecture
15.3
Sketching browsers
15.4
Handling transmissions
15.5
Specifying presentations
15.5.1
Composite presentation
15.5.2
Listing presentations
15.5.3
Text presentation
15.5.4
Label presentation
15.5.5
Mondrian presentation
15.5.6
Magritte presentation
15.5.7
Diff presentation
15.5.8
Action list presentation
15.5.9
Dynamic presentation
15.5.10
Custom presentations
15.6
Scripting browsers
15.6.1
Tabulator
15.6.2
Finder
15.6.3
Accumulator
15.6.4
Composing browsers
15.7
Handling actions
15.8
Updating browsers
15.9
Rendering
15.10
Examples
16
Mining data and manipulating graphs
17
Checking and reporting with Arki
17.1
Creating a dedicated report from scratch
18
Development concerns
18.1
Loading the latest development version
18.2
Issue tracker and mailing list
18.3
Nightly builds
19
Meta-modeling with Fame
19.1
The FM3 meta-meta-model
III
Moose philosophy
20
Practical and joyful research with Moose
21
Continuous and contextual assessment with Moose
IV
Moose in action
V
Appendix
Keyword index
Table of figures

Acknowledgments
The Moose Book
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This book offers an overview of the Moose platform for software and data analysis. More specifically it covers version 4.
Currently, the book is in a preliminary shape, with a number of parts still under writing.
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