Does the DSL course have an exam?

The Albion DSL course has no exam and earns CPSA-A credit points. Certification involves an assignment and an oral exam assessed by experts appointed by the iSAQB, after all admission requirements have been met.

How many credit points does DSL earn?

The Albion DSL course earns 30 credit points: 20 for methodical competence, 10 for technical and none for communicative. The iSAQB DSL curriculum 2023.1 sets that split.

What do I get for attending?

For the Albion DSL course you receive the Albion certificate of participation from 80% attendance, with a public verification page. It depends on attendance, not on an exam.

Do I need CPSA-F to attend?

You do not need a CPSA-F certification for the Albion DSL course: the iSAQB states that an Advanced module can be attended without one. Admission to CPSA-A does require a passed Foundation exam.

Is DSL a compiler construction course?

The Albion DSL course covers language design and compiler-construction concepts for DSLs. The iSAQB curriculum also lists compiler construction as helpful background.

Do I need a particular programming language?

The Albion DSL course requires no particular programming language; the iSAQB curriculum names none in its prerequisites. Its tools chapter covers host languages suited to embedded DSLs, such as Racket, Haskell, Ruby and Kotlin.

Does DSL run the same online and on site?

The Albion DSL course follows the same programme online and on site.

Is there a discount for several seats?

The Albion DSL course offers a group discount for several seats in one booking. Whether it applies to a date, and from how many seats, is shown on the date's row and at checkout.

iSAQB DSL Domain-Specific Languages Training

About the course

What this course is.

You can design a language for your domain and judge when one is worth building.

Current curriculum: 2023.1; iSAQB · Advanced Level · DSL

Read the curriculum

After the course you can:

Decide when a DSL is worth its cost
Write a grammar for your DSL
Define semantics and a type system
Choose a host language or parser generator

Credit point and certificate details

Dates

Dates for this course.

Online only

Group discount from 2 seats in one booking, applied automatically at checkout. The highest eligible discount applies.

March 2027

1 date

9–11 Mar 2027, Live online, German
Tue–ThuTo be announced
Online
Format
Live, instructor-led
Language
German
Trainer
Dr. Michael Sperber
Seats
Available
Early bird
Current price €1,980/ seat
Regular price ~~€2,200~~Save €220
plus VAT

October 2027

1 date

4–6 Oct 2027, Live online, German
Mon–WedTo be announced
Online
Format
Live, instructor-led
Language
German
Trainer
Dr. Michael Sperber
Seats
Available
Early bird
Current price €1,980/ seat
Regular price ~~€2,200~~Save €220
plus VAT

Prices are per seat and exclude VAT (value-added tax). Hours are in Central European Time (CET or CEST) unless a date says otherwise.

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Before you book

Is this the right course for you?

Who it's for

If one of these four describes your work, you are in the right room.

You give domain experts a language instead of coding every rule.
You maintain a configuration format that became a language.
You need parts of the system analysable, not only testable.
You decide whether a custom language is worth its price.

Prerequisites

Recommended

Language basics:
Formal grammars, regular expressions, and how an interpreter differs from a compiler
Types:
The role types play in programming
Helpful:
Compiler construction, tactical domain-driven design and combinator library design
Certification:
CPSA-F is not needed to attend

Curriculum, 5 topics

What the course covers.

The topics follow the iSAQB DSL curriculum 2023.1. Your trainer works through them live with the group.

Intro and Motivation
Syntax
Semantics
Language Design
Tools

After the course you can

Decide when a DSL beats an existing language or config format
Choose between an embedded and a stand-alone DSL
Write a grammar and separate concrete from abstract syntax
Pick the least expressive computation model a domain needs
Define a DSL's semantics and tie it to the implementation
Reuse a host type system or design a dedicated one
Build a compositional combinator library for a domain
Select a parser generator, host language or language workbench

How it works

How the training works.

Before the date
Before the course
Before the Albion DSL course you get the materials. Joining details or the address follow before the date.
Day 1
Day 2
Day 3
The course days
The course days follow the same programme online and on site; the times are on the date you booked.
After the course
After the course
From 80 percent attendance you get the Albion certificate of participation; the credit points count toward CPSA-A admission.
Credit points and certificate

After this course

Credit points, and the certificate you take home.

Certificate of participation

Albion

To receive it: At least 80% of the course time attended

Credit points

iSAQB

30 credit points toward CPSA-A

This course has no exam.

Technical: 10 credit points
Methodical: 20 credit points
Communicative: 0 credit points

What you still need for CPSA-A

This course contributes 30 of the 70 credit points required. Your total across modules must include at least 10 points in each area.

You also need the CPSA-F (Foundation) certificate; the official rules cover the remaining eligibility and assessment requirements.

Official CPSA-A requirements

Why Albion

Why book with Albion.

Every promise here is one the Terms can be held to, on every course.

Verified digital certificate
Public verification page
Every certificate Albion issues has a public verification page, and the certificate showroom shows a sample of each one.
See the certificate showroom
Accredited trainers who work as architects
iSAQB accreditation
Your trainers are accredited iSAQB trainers who work as architects, so the exercises come from systems they have built.

Trainers

Who teaches this course.

Accredited for this course.

Your trainer

Dr. Michael Sperber

Functional Programming Expert & Researcher

View profile

Related modules.

Domain-Specific Languages adds 10 technical and 20 methodical points toward CPSA-A. Communicative is still open.

Technical: 10Minimum of 10 met
Methodical: 20Minimum of 10 met
Communicative: 0Open: minimum is 10

This course only. Your previous modules are not included. CPSA-A requires 70 points, at least 10 in each area, plus the Foundation certificate.

Modules that add communicative points

FAQ

Questions before you book.

Credit points and certificate

The Albion DSL course has no exam and earns CPSA-A credit points. Certification involves an assignment and an oral exam assessed by experts appointed by the iSAQB, after all admission requirements have been met.
The Albion DSL course earns 30 credit points: 20 for methodical competence, 10 for technical and none for communicative. The iSAQB DSL curriculum 2023.1 sets that split.
For the Albion DSL course you receive the Albion certificate of participation from 80% attendance, with a public verification page. It depends on attendance, not on an exam.

The course

You do not need a CPSA-F certification for the Albion DSL course: the iSAQB states that an Advanced module can be attended without one. Admission to CPSA-A does require a passed Foundation exam.
The Albion DSL course covers language design and compiler-construction concepts for DSLs. The iSAQB curriculum also lists compiler construction as helpful background.
The Albion DSL course requires no particular programming language; the iSAQB curriculum names none in its prerequisites. Its tools chapter covers host languages suited to embedded DSLs, such as Racket, Haskell, Ruby and Kotlin.
The Albion DSL course follows the same programme online and on site.

Booking and price

The Albion DSL course offers a group discount for several seats in one booking. Whether it applies to a date, and from how many seats, is shown on the date's row and at checkout.

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iSAQB DSLDomain-Specific Languages Training