Comparison: DIL and other approaches — DIL is just one of the many valid approaches within data integration. In this part, we discuss and compare DIL to other common approaches in data integration. As DIL transpiles into Camel, so we take extra attention to compare both with each other. Approaches in data integration Some of the approaches to solve data…

Building blocks, Kamelets and Route Templates — This blog contains some ideas on building blocks. Building blocks in DIL are so to say, Camel route templates on steroids. Well, Kamelets are the same. So let’s start with Kamelets. The structure of a Kamelet: Comparison of a Kamelet with a Step To some extent we could say that a whole Kamelet is a step in…

Background: Low-code to low-level — In 2018, I started my open source project Assimbly. A project based on Apache Camel to create platform-independent connectors and services. The project is divided into two main parts: Assimbly runtime: Runs integrations with Camel. Assimbly gateway: A web application to configure and manage integrations. Since 2021 I work as…

Part 2: Syntax and examples — Syntax A component or a link are defined by the following attributes: Type Function Parameters The syntax of the attributes of a component is: type:function?parameters or in XML: <component> <type></type> <function></function> <parameters> <parameter></parameter> <parameters> </component> Where Type defines the pattern of the component and thereby the number of possible links.

Part 1: Concepts and Structure — DIL stands for Data Integration Language. It’s an effort to create an open and useful language in the integration domain. The language transpiles to Apache Camel. Goal The goal of DIL is to make the job of writing data integrations easier. …

DIL or Data Integration Language is a programming language to make it easy to write data integrations. DIL has three basic concepts: Data, Components and Links. These three concepts are inspired by flow-based programming. All other concepts are derived from these three concepts. This blog is a summary of the…

Part 1: WTFs and Productiveness — Maybe you’ve just started to learn Java. The first thing you probably do is write a Hello World! program: // Your First Java Program class HelloWorld { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello, World!"); } } And then you think… WTF Java is not the only island Why can’t you just write: println("Hello, World!") ? …

Part 2: Success factors — There is a surprising number of factors that decide the faith of a programming language. Here we discuss some of them, though note that this list is basically infinite (I found it out while making this list). Time to market In part 1, I noted that 1995 was a very fruitful year for…

Part 3: Analysis and conclusion — When I started to write about the success of program languages, I had some factors in mind that contributed to its success. But even I was surprised that the number of success factors is so long. Altogether, 19 factors were listed in part two: Time to market Language Design Familiarity …