Towards A Model-Driven Approach for Process-Aware Web Applications

E-Business Applications for Product Development and Competitive Growth ◽

10.4018/978-1-60960-132-4.ch011 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 221-235

Author(s):

Davide Rossi ◽

Elisa Turrini

Keyword(s):

Process Modeling ◽

Business Processes ◽

Web Applications ◽

Web Based ◽

Model Driven ◽

Effective Separation ◽

Software Designers ◽

Business System ◽

Model Driven Approach ◽

The Web

Model-driven methods are always welcome when developing complex applications. Their availability is usually related to the problem domain that has to be addressed and to the software architectures that have to be supported. Process-aware Web applications are arguably the prominent examples of applications in which multi-user, coordinated work takes place and are, as the web evolves towards a Business System, strongly emerging as one of the main types of Web-applications.In this chapter the authors propose a model-driven approach to process-aware Web applications based on a graphical process modeling and execution language that eases the development process (from the design to the implementation) by promoting an effective separation of concerns.Driven by an emerging class of applications, the Web is evolving into a Business System. Web-based business applications allow the participation of several actors to complex enterprise-wide (or even multi-enterprise) business processes and pose new challenges to the software designers and software architects. The design models have to address both navigational and process-based interactions; the software architecture has to provide the components to enact the process and has to define how these components interoperate with the other components of the Web applications. In this chapter the authors show how, promoting an effective separation of concerns, a process modeling language and its enactment engine can be used in the modeling and implementation of process-aware Web applications.

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Tool to Support the Design Methdology

Designing Complex Web Information Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-300-5.ch012 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 253-286

Author(s):

Roberto Paiano ◽

Anna Lisa Guido ◽

Andrea Pandurino

Keyword(s):

Code Generation ◽

Web Application ◽

Business Processes ◽

Web Applications ◽

Model Driven ◽

Design And Implementation ◽

Intrinsic Complexity ◽

Automatic Code ◽

Machine Readable ◽

The Web

As it will be clearer subsequently, two different technologies will be used for realizing the generation of the code; the first one predominantly focused on the generation of code for the Web applications that do not have an underlying business process, and that they do not require, therefore, the management of the relative problems. The second technology has been selected instead, to also keep in mind the business processes. In order to provide support to the designer in the design of the whole complex Web information system, it is essential to provide a suitable tool that hides the intrinsic complexity of the methodology supporting the designer in the application of the same that is often complex, and the tool has to be able to translate the design made up in a machine readable format to be able to use this design in the following automatic code generation of the Web application according to a model-driven approach. In this chapter, we introduce the design and implementation of the editor made up mainly of the architecture presented (and based on Eclipse™ Platform as illustrated in the preceding chapter) and on the methodological steps of integration among the several editors for the design and implementation of these guidelines.

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Model-Driven Approach to develop Rich Web Applications

CLEI electronic journal ◽

10.19153/cleiej.21.2.4 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Guido Nuñez ◽

Daniel Bonhaure ◽

Magalí González ◽

Nathalie Aquino ◽

Luca Cernuzzi

Keyword(s):

Code Generation ◽

Web Application ◽

Web Applications ◽

Application Development ◽

Internet Applications ◽

Architecture Model ◽

Model Driven ◽

Rich Internet Applications ◽

Preliminary Validation ◽

Model Driven Approach

Many Web applications have among their features the possibility of distributing their data and their business logic between the client and the server, also allowing an asynchronous communication between them. These features, originally associated with the arrival of Rich Internet Applications (RIA), remain particularly relevant and desirable. In the area of RIA, there are few proposals that simultaneously consider these features, adopt Model-Driven Development (MDD), and use implementation technologies based on scripting. In this work, we start from MoWebA, an MDD approach to web application development, and we extend it by defining a specific architecture model with RIA functionalities, supporting the previously mentioned features. We have defined the necessary metamodels and UML profiles, as well as transformation rules that allow you to generate code based on HTML5, Javascript, jQuery, jQuery Datatables and jQuery UI. The preliminary validation of the proposal shows positive evidences regarding the effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction of the users with respect to the modeling and code generation processes of the proposal.

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Web-Based Job Aids Using RESTXQ and JavaScript for Authors of XML Documents

Proceedings of Balisage: The Markup Conference 2016 ◽

10.4242/balisagevol17.galtman01 ◽

2016 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Amanda Galtman

Keyword(s):

Web Applications ◽

Web Based ◽

Job Aids ◽

Xml Documents ◽

Software Company ◽

Technical Writers ◽

Visualization Application ◽

Exchange Data ◽

The Web

Using XML as the source format for authoring technical publications creates opportunities to develop tools that provide analysis, author guidance, and visualization. This case study describes two web applications that take advantage of the XML source format of documents. The applications provide a browser-based tool for technical writers and editors in a 100-person documentation department of a software company. Compared to desktop tools, the web applications are more convenient for users and less affected by hard-to-predict inconsistencies among users' computers. One application analyzes file dependencies and produces custom reports that facilitate reorganizing files. The other helps authors visualize their network of topics in their documentation sets. Both applications rely on the XQuery language and its RESTXQ web API. The visualization application also uses JavaScript, including the powerful jQuery and D3 libraries. After discussing what the applications do and why, this paper describes some architectural highlights, including how the different technologies fit together and exchange data.

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Towards Ubiquitous and Adaptive Web-Based Multimedia Communications via the Cloud

Resource Management of Mobile Cloud Computing Networks and Environments - Advances in Systems Analysis, Software Engineering, and High Performance Computing ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-8225-2.ch011 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 307-360 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Spyros Panagiotakis ◽

Ioannis Vakintis ◽

Haroula Andrioti ◽

Andreas Stamoulias ◽

Kostas Kapetanakis ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Web Applications ◽

Multimedia Communications ◽

Web Based ◽

Client Server ◽

Web Technologies ◽

3D Environment ◽

The Future ◽

Web 3D ◽

Service Adaptation ◽

The Web

This chapter at first surveys the Web technologies that can enable ubiquitous and pervasive multimedia communications over the Web and then reviews the challenges that are raised by their combination. In this context, the relevant HTML5 APIs and technologies provided for service adaptation are introduced and the MPEG-DASH, X3Dom, and WebRTC frameworks are discussed. What is envisaged for the future of mobile multimedia is that with the integration of these technologies one can shape a diversity of future pervasive and personalized cloud-based Web applications, where the client-server operations are obsolete. In particular, it is believed that in the future Web cloud-based Web applications will be able to communicate, stream, and transfer adaptive events and content to their clients, creating a fully collaborative and pervasive Web 3D environment.

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Agent-Driven Semantic Interoperability for Cross-Organisational Business Processes

Semantic Enterprise Application Integration for Business Processes ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-804-8.ch004 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 61-89

Author(s):

Ingo Zinnikus ◽

Christian Hahn ◽

Klaus Fischer

Keyword(s):

Semantic Web ◽

Rapid Prototyping ◽

Web Service ◽

Business Processes ◽

Semantic Interoperability ◽

Technical Level ◽

Semantic Web Service ◽

Agent Based ◽

Model Driven ◽

Model Driven Approach

In cross-organisational business interactions, integrating different partners raises interoperability problems especially on the technical level. The internal processes and interfaces of the participating partners are often pre-existing and have to be taken as given. This imposes restrictions on the possible solutions for the problems which occur when partner processes are integrated. The aim of this chapter is the presentation of a three-tier framework for managing and implementing interoperable and crossorganizational business processes. Thereby the authors want to fill the gap currently existing between processes defined on a strategic level and executed models. We describe a solution which supports rapid prototyping by combining a model-driven framework for cross-organisational business processes with an agent-based approach for flexible process execution. We show how the W3C recommendation for Semantic Web service descriptions can be combined with the model-driven approach for rapid service integration.

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Specification of the Context of Use for the Development of Web-Based Applications

Handbook of Research on Web Information Systems Quality ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-847-5.ch009 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 146-162

Author(s):

Marta Fernández de Arriba ◽

Eugenia Díaz ◽

Jesús Rodríguez Pérez

Keyword(s):

Web Applications ◽

Assistive Technologies ◽

Web Content ◽

Disabled People ◽

Technological Environment ◽

Web Based ◽

Development Team ◽

Context Of Use ◽

The Web

This chapter presents the structure of an index which serves as support so allowing the development team to create the specification of the context of use document for the development of Web applications, bearing in mind characteristics of usability and accessibility, each point of the index being explained in detail. A correct preparation of this document ensures the quality of the developed Web applications. The international rules and standards related to the identification of the context of use have been taken into account. Also, the functionality limitations (sensorial, physical, or cognitive) which affect access to the Web are described, as well as the technological environment used by disabled people (assistive technologies or alternative browsers) to facilitate their access to the Web content. Therefore, following the developed specification of the context of use, usable and accessible Web applications with their corresponding benefits can be created.

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Web Authoring

Web Portfolio Design and Applications ◽

10.4018/978-1-59140-854-3.ch007 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 122-156

Author(s):

John DiMarco

Keyword(s):

Web Applications ◽

The Internet ◽

Web Pages ◽

Web Development ◽

Web Page ◽

Web Based ◽

Content Creation ◽

Microsoft Word ◽

Software Skills ◽

The Web

Web authoring is the process of developing Web pages. The Web development process requires you to use software to create functional pages that will work on the Internet. Adding Web functionality is creating specific components within a Web page that do something. Adding links, rollover graphics, and interactive multimedia items to a Web page creates are examples of enhanced functionality. This chapter demonstrates Web based authoring techniques using Macromedia Dreamweaver. The focus is on adding Web functions to pages generated from Macromedia Fireworks and to overview creating Web pages from scratch using Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver and Fireworks are professional Web applications. Using professional Web software will benefit you tremendously. There are other ways to create Web pages using applications not specifically made to create Web pages. These applications include Microsoft Word and Microsoft PowerPoint. The use of Microsoft applications for Web page development is not covered in this chapter. However, I do provide steps on how to use these applications for Web page authoring within the appendix of this text. If you feel that you are more comfortable using the Microsoft applications or the Macromedia applications simply aren’t available to you yet, follow the same process for Web page conceptualization and content creation and use the programs available to you. You should try to get Web page development skills using Macromedia Dreamweaver because it helps you expand your software skills outside of basic office applications. The ability to create a Web page using professional Web development software is important to building a high-end computer skills set. The main objectives of this chapter are to get you involved in some technical processes that you’ll need to create the Web portfolio. Focus will be on guiding you through opening your sliced pages, adding links, using tables, creating pop up windows for content and using layers and timelines for dynamic HTML. The coverage will not try to provide a complete tutorial set for Macromedia Dreamweaver, but will highlight essential techniques. Along the way you will get pieces of hand coded action scripts and JavaScripts. You can decide which pieces you want to use in your own Web portfolio pages. The techniques provided are a concentrated workflow for creating Web pages. Let us begin to explore Web page authoring.

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Tool Support for Model-Driven Development of Web Applications

Integrated Approaches in Information Technology and Web Engineering ◽

10.4018/978-1-60566-418-7.ch021 ◽

2009 ◽

pp. 331-344

Author(s):

Jaime Gomez ◽

Alejandro Bia ◽

Antonio Parraga

Keyword(s):

Rapid Prototyping ◽

Case Studies ◽

Web Applications ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Tool Support ◽

Natural Consequence ◽

Model Driven ◽

High Level ◽

Model Driven Approach ◽

Industrial Context

This paper describes the engineering foundations of VisualWADE, a CASE tool to automate the production of Web applications. VisualWADE follows a model-driven approach focusing on requirements analysis, high level design, and rapid prototyping. In this way, an application evolves smoothly from the first prototype to the final product, and its maintenance is a natural consequence of development. The paper also discusses the lessons learned in the development of the tool and its application to several case studies in the industrial context.

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