Engineering rich internet applications with a model-driven approach

Fraternali, Piero; Comai, Sara; Bozzon, A.; Carughi, Giovanni Toffetti

Engineering rich internet applications with a model-driven approach

Journal article (2010)

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Piero Fraternali Politecnico di Milano

Sara Comai Politecnico di Milano

A. Bozzon Politecnico di Milano

Giovanni Toffetti Carughi University of Lugano

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Web engineering Information interfaces and presentation Information storage and retrieval Model-driven development Rich Internet applications

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01-04-2010

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English

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Abstract

Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) have introduced powerful novel functionalities into the Web architecture, borrowed from client-server and desktop applications. The resulting platforms allow designers to improve the user's experience, by exploiting client-side data and computation, bidirectional client-server communication, synchronous and asynchronous events, and rich interface widgets. However, the rapid evolution of RIA technologies challenges the Model-Driven Development methodologies that have been successfully applied in the past decade to traditional Web solutions. This paper illustrates an evolutionary approach for incorporating a wealth of RIA features into an existing Web engineering methodology and notation. The experience demonstrates that it is possible to model RIA application requirements at a high-level using a platform-independent notation, and generate the client-side and server-side code automatically. The resulting approach is evaluated in terms of expressive power, ease of use, and implementability.