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Model-driven web development for multiple platforms

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Stéphane S. Somé,

Timothy C. LethbridgeAuthors Info & Claims

Journal of Web Engineering, Volume 10, Issue 2

Pages 109 - 152

Published: 01 June 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Model-driven development of web applications relies on the definition of the mappings thattransform high-level models to models of specific web platforms. Thus, the transformations are oftenplatform-specific and may not be used for more than one platform. The current web, however, is aheterogeneous network of different technologies and it often happens that one specific applicationneeds to run on several platforms. Also, many patterns of web applications could be re-used inseveral projects that are performed using different technological configurations. In this paper, wedescribe our approach for targeting multiple platforms by defining an intermediate abstract webplatform. This is a technology-independent model that carries common properties of webapplications. Thus, transformations will become two-step transformations; the first step targets theabstract web platform and hence, is re-usable. The second step maps the abstract web model tospecific web platforms; this is shorter than conventional platform-specific transformations.

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Gibbs IDascalu SHarris, Jr. F(2015)A separation-based UI architecture with a DSL for role specializationJournal of Systems and Software10.1016/j.jss.2014.11.039101:C(69-85)Online publication date: 1-Mar-2015
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Majchrzak TSimon AOssowski SLecca P(2012)Using spring Roo for the test-driven development of Web applicationsProceedings of the 27th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing10.1145/2245276.2245404(664-671)Online publication date: 26-Mar-2012
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