Common DSL Applications

• Game Development Used for quest systems, branching dialogues, AI behavior trees, level configuration. DSLs let designers and writers define complex game behaviors without deep programming knowledge.

• Web Development Examples include HTML, CSS, and templating languages. They focus on clear, structured descriptions of pages and styles.

• Build Systems Tools like Makefiles, Gradle, and CMake let developers describe complex build workflows without repetitive or error-prone manual steps.

• Data Processing SQL, regular expressions—designed to express complex queries or transformations in concise syntax.

• Configuration Files YAML, JSON, TOML simplify writing and reading system settings or serialized data.

In game development, DSLs are especially valuable because they enable non-programmers to participate directly in content creation.