Model-Driven Approach to develop Rich Web Applications

Abstract

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.

Analyzing the adaptability of MoWebA to different environments

“…In this experience, the extensions were made to three different architectures: MoWebA4RIA (extension of MoWebA for RIA functionalities) [Nuñez et al 2018], MoWebAMobile4FC (extension of MoWebA for mobile applications for functions in the cloud) [Sanchiz et al 2018], and MoWebAMobile4Persistence (Extension of MoWebA in mobile applications for the persistence layer) [Núñez et al 2020].…”

“…In the following subsections, we will present a synthesis of the metamodels proposed for the three architectures, and then focus on items (iv), (v), (vi), and (viii). The details of each of the extensions can be found in the following articles [Nuñez et al 2018] [Sanchiz et al 2018] [Núñez et al 2020].…”

“…Different extensions of MoWebA have been presented for various architectures: MoWebA4RIA (extension of MoWebA for RIA functionalities) [Nuñez et al 2018], MoWebAMobile4FC (extension of MoWebA for mobile applications for functions in the cloud) [Sanchiz et al 2018], and MoWebAMobile4Persistence (Extension of MoWebA in mobile applications for the persistence layer) [Núñez et al 2020]. MoWebA prescribes the definition of a new ASM for each extension, along with the respective PIM-ASM transformation rules and ASM-Code generation.…”