Fluent interfaces

We discuss about:
– APIs and fluent interfaces (called sometimes “internal DSLs” or “embedded DSLs”)
– nested functions
– method chaining
– example in Scala

Remarks

• Slides on APIs vs. internal DSL are based on section 2.8.1. of M. Voelter’s book DSL Engineering.
• Slides on nested functions and method chaining are based on M. Fusco’s presentation Real world DSL.

Additional materials

• F. Dearle: Groovy for Domain-Specific Languages (book)
• R. D. Kelker: Clojure for Domain-specific Languages (book)
• P. Riti: Practical Scala DSLs – Real-World Applications Using Domain Specific Languages (book)