Web Engineering - Managing Diversity and Complexity of Web Application Development

Inlessthanadecadeofexistence,theWebhasreachedatrulystaggeringstage, demonstratedbythescope,thereach,andthesizeofWeb-basedapplications andactivities. Concentratinginitiallyoninformationdissemination,thescopeof theapplicationsisnowlimitedonlybyourimagination. Thereachisconstantly expandingandsoarethenumberandsizeoftheapplications,alongwiththe underlyingcomplexity,rangeofpurposes,andthetimeneededtodevelopand maintainthem. Atthesametime,thedevelopmentandmaintenanceprocesses ofWebapplicationshavenotprogressedatasu?cientlyrapidpacetomeetthese challengesanddemands. Consequently,thelikelihoodisthatWebapplication developmentwillgetintoacrisisanditisnothardtoimaginethatthiswould dwarfthe softwarecrisis identi?edlongagointhe1960s. WebEngineeringaimstoavertthispotentialcrisisbygeneratingaproactive approachtothesuccessfuldevelopmentofWeb-basedsystemsandapplications. WebEngineeringinvolvestheuseofscienti?c,engineering,andmanagement principlesandsystematicapproacheswiththeaimofsuccessfullydeveloping, deploying,andmaintaininghighqualityWeb-basedsystemsandapplications. WebEngineering,initscurrentform,isanearlyattempttoidentifythes- ni?cantissuesandproblems,andtheirsolutions,indevelopingWeb-basedapp- cations. Asweseeit,WebEngineeringisnotyetestablishedasafulldiscipline norhasitdevelopedanidenti?ableorstableform,sinceeverythingconnected withtheWebisstillinastateof?ux. Oneonlyhastolookatthenumberof variedactivitiesthattheWorldWideWebConsortiumisengagedintorealise thatastableWebenvironment,andhenceprovenmethodsfordevelopmental activitiesbasedontheWeb,isstillsomedistanceaway. OurearlyforaysintotheWebarena,withtheconstantexcitementofnew developmentsandchallenges,forcefullybroughttomindourentryintothec- puting?eld,almostthreedecadesago. Atthattime,comparedtowhatthe 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

List of contents

Web 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 Attributesfor 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.

Product details

• Assisted by: Deshpande (Editor), Deshpande (Editor), Yogesh Deshpande (Editor), Sa Murugesan (Editor), San Murugesan (Editor)
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 12.07.2001
• EAN: 9783540421306
• ISBN: 978-3-540-42130-6
• No. of pages: 366
• Weight: 554 g
• Illustrations: X, 366 p.
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence; Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; C, Software Engineering, Wirtschaftsmathematik und -informatik, IT-Management, Mensch-Computer-Interaktion, angewandte informatik, Data Warehousing, Informationsrückgewinnung, Information Retrieval, computer science, Information Retrieval, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Management of Computing and Information Systems, Computer and Information Systems Applications, IT Operations, Application software, Computer Communication Networks, Maintenance & repairs, information architecture, Management information systems, Internet searching, User interface design & usability, Information Storage and Retrieval, User Interfaces and Human Computer Interaction, User interfaces (Computer systems), Computer communication systems