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Redesigning legacy applications for the web with UWAT+: a case study

Authors:

Damiano Distante,

Gerardo Canfora,

Shihong HuangAuthors Info & Claims

ICSE '06: Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineering

Pages 482 - 491

https://doi.org/10.1145/1134285.1134353

Published: 28 May 2006 Publication History

Abstract

This paper reports on a case study of redesigning a legacy application for the Web using the Ubiquitous Web Applications Design Framework with an extended version of its Transaction Design Model (UWAT+). Web application design methodologies hold the promise of engineering high-quality and long-lived Web systems and rich Internet applications. However, many such techniques focus solely on green-field development, and do not properly address the situation of leveraging the value locked in legacy systems. The redesign process supported by UWAT+ holistically blends design recovery technologies for capturing the know-how embedded in the legacy application with forward design methods particularly well suited for Web-based systems. The case study highlights some of the benefits of using UWAT+ in this context, as well as identifying possible areas for improvement in the redesign process and opportunities for tool automation to support it.

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Index Terms

Redesigning legacy applications for the web with UWAT+: a case study
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software creation and management
    1. Software development techniques
      1. Software prototyping
    2. Software post-development issues
      1. Software evolution
      2. Software reverse engineering
  2. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Integrated and visual development environments

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ICSE '06: Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineering

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ISBN:1595933751

DOI:10.1145/1134285

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Hermida JMeliá SMontoyo AGómez J(2013)Applying model-driven engineering to the development of Rich Internet Applications for Business IntelligenceInformation Systems Frontiers10.1007/s10796-012-9402-915:3(411-431)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s10796-012-9402-9
Chen QShimomura T(2009)Automatic generation of web applications from visual high-level functional web componentsAdvances in Software Engineering10.1155/2009/8797252009(1-16)Online publication date: 1-Jan-2009
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1155/2009/879725
Distante DRossi GCanfora GTilley S(2007)A comprehensive design model for integrating business processes in web applicationsInternational Journal of Web Engineering and Technology10.1504/IJWET.2007.0115273:1(43-72)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2007
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1504/IJWET.2007.011527
Distante DTilley SCanfora G(2006)Towards a holistic approach to redesigning legacy applications for the Web with UWAT+Conference on Software Maintenance and Reengineering (CSMR'06)10.1109/CSMR.2006.55(5 pp.-299)Online publication date: 2006
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