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Web Engineering
Managing Diversity and Complexity of Web Application Development, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2016
ISBN/EAN: 9783540421306
Umbreit-Nr.: 1473945
Sprache:
Englisch
Umfang: x, 366 S.
Format in cm:
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kartoniertes Buch
Erschienen am 26.04.2001
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- technologycoulddo,oure?ortsincomputerizingpayrollandaccountingapp- cationsinrealityseemedpunyanddisappointing. TheWeb,ontheotherhand, didnotseemshackled,inawaythatearlycomputingwas,tothesebure- craticandunimaginativewaysofconductinghumanandorganizationala?airs. Itseemedthattheorganizational,spatial,andphysicalconstraintswereabout toloosen,ifnotdisappear,altogether. Andyet,whenwelookedaroundatthewayWebsitesandapplicationswere beingdeveloped,itseemedtousthattheearlypatternofhaphazarddev- opment,minimaltesting,andlackofattentiontothemaintenanceissuesthat characterisedthe'softwarecrisis'werestillverymuchwithus. Itwasasthough the'newgeneration'insistedonmakingthesamemistakesasitsparents! Thisfeelingofd´ej`avuledustoquestionthenatureofWeb-basedandW- relatedactivities. Ofcourse,wewerenotalone,aswesoondiscovered. The resultiswhatisbeingcalledWebEngineeringwhichhadits?rstintroduction inaworkshopattheSeventhWorldWideWeb(WWW7)conferenceinBrisbane in1998. IthasnowbecomeaserieswithmoreworkshopsatWWW8(Toronto, VI Preface 1999)andWWW9(Amsterdam,2000),andalsoattheInternationalConference onSoftwareEngineering(ICSE99)in1999inLosAngelesandICSE2000in Limerick,Ireland. AnotherworkshopisscheduledforWWW10inHongKong inMay2001. Themainpurposebehindtheseworkshopshasbeentoshareandpoolthe collectiveexperienceofpeople,bothacademicsandpractitioners,whoare- tivelyworkingonWeb-basedsystems. Theworkshopshavegenerallyconsisted ofkeynoteaddresses,peer-reviewedcontributedpapers,andsessionsofopen discussions. About This Book Inthisvolume,weprovideaconsolidatedviewofrecentwork,highlightingdev- opmentsandadvancesintheareaofWebEngineering. Thisselectionofpapers drawsmainlyfromthelastthreeworkshops,heldinconjunctionwithICSE1999, WWW9,andICSE2000. Wealsopresentalistofadditional,usefulresourceson WebEngineeringsuchasbooks,specialissues,articles,andWebsites. Ouraim istoprovideabookthatwillbeaconvenientandusefulreferencetoallthe researchers,practitioners,andstudentsinterestedinWebapplicationdevel- ment. WebEngineeringtakesitsinspirationfromSoftwareEngineering. Atthe sametime,itisalsoanexplicitacknowledgementofthemulti-dimensionalnature ofWebapplications,encompassingtechnicalcomputing,informationstruct- ing,navigationandmanagement,networkperformanceandsecurity,legaland socialissues,graphicdesign,multiplicityofuserpro?les,andthevariedope- tionalenvironments. Accordingly,thepapersinthisvolumecoverperspectives onWebEngineering,navigationandadaptivity,designaspects,acceptancec- teriaforWeb-basedsystems,developmentandmanagementofWebsitesand Web-basedapplications,Webmetrics,andcasestudies. Forconvenience,thepapersareorganizedin?vesections:1)Introduction andPerspectives,2)ManagingInformationontheWeb,3)Web-BasedSystems Development,4)DesignforPerformance,WebMetrics,andTesting,and5) WebMaintenanceandReuse. Intheirownways,allthepapersareforwa- looking,tryingtoanticipateproblems,creatingtools,experimentinginnovel ways,wideningtheareasofapplications,andre-examiningparadigms. Inother words,thepapersrepresentasharedattitudeofbeinginclusiveratherthan focusingnarrowly. WebEngineeringisaforwardlookingandcollaborativediscipline. The- persinthiscompendium,takenindividually,representonlythetipoftheiceberg ofworldwideWebdevelopment. Together,theymakeasigni?cantcontribution totheevolutionofamoresystematicapproachtoWebdevelopment. Thec- pendiumhasbeenmadepossiblebythemanypeoplewhosharetheseviews. We hopethereaderswilljoinusintheseendeavors. January2001 SanMurugesan YogeshDeshpande Table of Contents WebEngineering:IntroductionandPerspectives WebEngineering:IntroductionandPerspectives-Overview. 1 WebEngineering:ANewDisciplineforDevelopment ofWeb-BasedSystems. 3 SanMurugesan,YogeshDeshpande,SteveHansenandAthulaGinige WebEngineering:BeyondCS,ISandSEEvolutionary andNon-engineeringPerspectives.
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- InhaltsangabeWeb Engineering: Introduction and Perspectives.- Web Engineering: Introduction and Perspectives.- Web Engineering: a New Discipline for Development of Web-Based Systems.- Web Engineering: Beyond CS, IS and SE Evolutionary and Non-Engineering Perspectives.- Web Engineering in Action.- Web-Based Systems Development: Process and Methodology.- Web-Based Systems Development: Process and Methodology.- Corporate Web Development: from Process Infancy to Maturity - a Case Study.- Applying Cross-Functional Evolutionary Methodologies to Web Development.- Development and Evolution of Web-Applications Using the WebComposition Process Model.- Engineering the Web for Multimedia.- Modelling Security Policies in Hypermedia and Web- Based Applications.- Web-Based Information Systems Development - a User Centered Engineering Approach.- Rapid Service Development: an Integral Approach to E-Business Engineering.- Managing Information on the Web.- Managing Information on the Web.- Layout, Content and Logic Separation in Web Engineering.- Restraining Content Explosion vs. Constraining Content Growth.- A Classification of Web Adaptivity: Tailoring Content and Navigational Systems of Advanced Web Applications.- Web Engineering: the Developers' View and a Practitioner's Approach.- Development Tools, Skills and Case Studies.- Development Tools, Skills and Case Studies.- Synthesis of Web Sites from High Level Descriptions.- Meta-XML Specification.- Engineering of Two Web-Enabled Commercial Software Services.- A Skills Hierarchy for Web-Based Systems Development.- A Case Study of a Web-Based Timetabling System.- Performance, Testing and Web Metrics.- Performance, Testing and Web Metrics.- Engineering Highly Accessed Web Sites for Performance.- Specifying Quality Characteristics and Attributes for Websites.- A Framework for Defining Acceptance Criteria for Web Development Projects.- Measurement and Effort Prediction for Web Applications.- Web Navigability Testing with Remote Agents.- Web Maintenance and Reuse.- Web Maintenance and Reuse.- Improving Web-Site Maintenance with TANGOW by Making Page Structure and Contents Independent.- Web Design Frameworks: An Approach to Improve Reuse in Web Applications.