Juha-Pekka Tolvanen has pointed me at some market-research into awareness of model-based code generation techniques among developers and the answer seems to be that most developers are aware of (some) different model-based approaches.

The OMG’s MDA approach was best known with over 70% of developers claiming to have heard of it. Microsoft’s Software Factories came in at 65% awareness and Domain-Specific Modelling at 46%.

Encouragingly, 47% of developers reported having a positive attitude to model-based approaches with 39% already using it or planning to use it.

I hope that a more in-depth analysis of the research emerges soon and if it does we’ll publish it on the Code Generation Network web site.