From page-centric to portlet-centric Web development: Easing the transition using MDD

Díaz, Óscar; Irastorza, Arantza; Cuadrado, Jesús Sánchez; Alonso, Luis Martı́nez

doi:10.1016/j.infsof.2007.11.006

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“…Where early Web applications were simple interlinked documents, recent Web applications, known as Rich Internet Applications (RIA) [2], show an increase in functionality, user-friendliness and responsiveness, and therefore in complexity. One recent trend is seen in mashups [3,4], Web application portletization [5], personal learning environments [6] and complex widget-based applications, such as Geppeto [7], in which the client-side of the Web application is designed and executed as a composition of semi-isolated Web browser contexts, such as frames. This trend is emphasized even more with the recent introduction of Web workers [8] through which browsers provide Web applications with GUI-less background processing contexts similar to threads in operating systems.…”

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A Classification Framework for Web Browser Cross-Context Communication

Zuzak,

Ivankovic,

Budiselic

2011

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Demand for more advanced Web applications is the driving force behind Web browser evolution. Recent requirements for Rich Internet Applications, such as mashing-up data and background processing, are emphasizing the need for building and executing Web applications as a coordination of browser execution contexts. Since development of such Web applications depends on cross-context communication, many browser primitives and client-side frameworks have been developed to support this communication. In this paper we present a systematization of cross-context communication systems for Web browsers.Based on an analysis of previous research, requirements for modern Web applications and existing systems, we extract a framework for classifying cross-context communication systems. Using the framework, we evaluate the current ecosystem of cross-context communication and outline directions for future Web research and engineering.

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