Refactoring to Rich Internet Applications. A Model-Driven Approach

  • Authors:

  • Gustavo Rossi;Matias Urbieta;Jeronimo Ginzburg;Damiano Distante;Alejandra Garrido

  • Affiliations:

  • -;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • ICWE '08 Proceedings of the 2008 Eighth International Conference on Web Engineering
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Rich Internet Applications (RIAs) combine the simplicity of the hypertext paradigm with the flexibility of desktop interfaces. The quick emergence of these applications is driving a new (r)evolution in the Webfield. Building RIAs from scratch is often unfeasible because companies do not want to loose their investments in legacy Web software; additionally, most users are still accustomed to the "old" Web interaction style. In this paper we present an evolutionary approach to transform conventional Web software into RIAs; we show how to apply the well known refactoring concept to seamless introduce rich interface functionality in a Web application. By applying refactoring at the model level, we make the transition more systematic and less prone to error. We briefly introduce the problem with a simple example, and then we describe two refactorings and present our approach to specify these refactorings at the interface design level.