Simulating Web Applications Design Models

Abstract

Abstract. In the last decade several design models have been proposed and efficiently used for the developing of highly complex Web applications. Their suitability to deal with the Web design intricacies have result in a wide acceptance from the Web developer community. There has however been little consideration given to the simulation of the resulting design models. Simulation of the models would provide developers with the means for an in-depth analysis and assessment of the design, contributing for the reduction of both length and cost of the testing phase of the software life cycle. This paper presents a simulation tool that has been developed for the evaluation of Web application design models.

A Framework for the Simulation of Web Applications

“…This, as it happens in the hardware design field, would provide designers with powerful tools for the development of complex Web applications. A fuller description of the layers and especially the interfaces between them is available in an extended version of this paper published as an Technical Report [16].…”

“…If, however, the modeling language used does not encompass all the requirements, it does not automatically preclude simulation but will imply a lower simulation detail. The set of requirements the modeling languages should meet are enumerated and described in [16].…”