Table of contents

: 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, parsing framework, Pharo
1.2.5: 2011: Improved browsers and visualization engines, query API
1.3: Why Smalltalk
1.4: Book organization
1.5: About the book
1.6: About the online version of the book

I: Moose externals
2: Installation
3: Running example: ArgoUML 0.28.1
4: Importing and exporting models
4.1: Importing and exporting with MSE
4.2: Importing Smalltalk code
4.3: Importing using external parsers
4.3.1: Importing Java using the VerveineJ external parser
4.3.2: Importing Java and C/C++ using the inFamix external parser
4.4: Others
4.5: Setting the root folder
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
8: Dedicated browsers
8.1: Code browsers
8.2: Multiplication constellation browser

II: Moose internals
9: Architecture
10: Dealing with models
10.1: The Entity
10.2: The Group
10.3: The Model
11: The FAMIX family of meta-models
11.1: The core language-independent meta-model
11.1.1: An incorrect, but useful overview
11.1.2: Types
11.1.3: The invocation
11.1.4: The annotations
11.2: Meta-model extensions
11.3: The Meta Browser
12: Meta-modeling with Fame
12.1: The FM3 meta-meta-model
12.2: Subject, model, meta-model, meta-meta-model
12.3: Smalltalk integration
13: Annotating with Metanool
14: Writing parsers with PetitParser
14.1: Step by step parsing of MSE
14.1.1: Starting small with parsing names
14.1.2: Manipulating the output of parsing strings and numbers
14.1.3: Dealing with cyclic dependencies when scripting the MSE grammar
14.1.4: Encapsulating the MSE grammar in a class
14.1.5: Testing the MSE grammar class
14.1.6: Creating an MSE parser
14.2: Parsing operators
14.3: Dedicated user interface
15: Painting models with Mondrian
15.1: Painting a small view
15.2: Mondrian architecture
15.3: Putting it all together with scripts
15.3.1: Constructing the graph
15.3.2: Adding nodes
15.3.3: Adding edges
15.3.4: Using layouts
15.3.5: Specifying shapes
15.3.6: Handling interaction
15.3.7: Conventions for Mondrian scripts
15.3.8: Scripting in Mondrian Easel
16: Drawing diagrams with EyeSee
17: Building browsers with Glamour
17.1: A glimpse of Glamour
17.2: Glamour architecture
17.3: Sketching browsers
17.4: Handling transmissions
17.5: Specifying presentations
17.5.1: Composite presentation
17.5.2: Listing presentations
17.5.3: Text presentation
17.5.4: Label presentation
17.5.5: Smalltalk code presentation
17.5.6: Mondrian presentation
17.5.7: Magritte presentation
17.5.8: Diff presentation
17.5.9: Action list presentation
17.5.10: Dynamic presentation
17.5.11: Custom presentations
17.5.12: EyeSee presentation
17.6: Scripting browsers
17.6.1: Tabulator
17.6.2: Finder
17.6.3: Accumulator
17.6.4: Composing browsers
17.7: Handling actions
17.8: Updating browsers
17.9: Rendering
17.10: Examples
18: Mining data and manipulating graphs
19: Checking and reporting with Arki
19.1: Creating a dedicated report from scratch
20: Importing
21: Development concerns
21.1: Loading the latest development version
21.2: Issue tracker and mailing list
21.3: Nightly builds
22: Automating Moose with AutoMoose
22.1: Installation
22.2: Integrating with Jenkins (Hudson)

III: Moose philosophy
23: Practical and joyful research with Moose
24: Humane assessment with Moose
25: Principles

IV: Appendix
: Keyword index
: Table of figures

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About: 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.

Feedback is more than appreciated. Please contact me, or leave a comment on this site.

User Contributed Notes

daniele.acquaroli (4 December 2011, 12:37 pm)

The search engine doesn't work. If I try to search "moose" it says: "Error: subscript is out of bounds: 8218"

tudor (20 November 2011, 6:36 pm)

This is a book about Moose :).

gausadri83 (17 November 2011, 1:55 pm)

Hi, I`m interested in learning moose. There are published any book about moose? or in PDF format? I`m working with code and metrics analisys.

tshank30 (23 July 2011, 8:43 am)

thanks

tudor (26 November 2010, 10:18 am)

You cannot get it at the moment. It is still a work in progress. However, feel free to ask questions.

sspoto (24 November 2010, 5:19 pm)

Hi, can I get this book in PDF format?

Thanks, I am very interested in learning more about what Moose can offer me, and how I can add to it.

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