A Model-Driven Approach for Developing Responsive Web Apps

João Seixas, André Ribeiro, Alberto Rodrigues da Silva

2019

Abstract

Nowadays users have multiple devices to access a myriad of web and mobile applications. This has increased the importance of developing such applications in a responsive way, i.e. with the ability to seamlessly display their contents on multiple devices. This paper proposes the XIS-Web technology as a model-driven approach focused in the development of responsive web applications. XIS-Web technology includes two main parts: the XIS-Web modeling language, implemented as a UML profile; and the XIS-Web framework, which is a set of integrated software tools. XIS-Web stands out in four key aspects: supports the modeling of web applications around six viewpoints, which ultimately promotes the separation of concerns that is key to managing complexity; generates user-interface models from extended use-case models, relieving this cumbersome and time consuming task from the user; employs latest generation web technologies (such as HTML5, JavaScript, CSS) that allow the required flexibility of developing responsive web applications; and allows the creation of platform-independent models without requiring a significant learning curve. This paper also presents an evaluation conducted in a controlled environment with a group of independent users, and briefly introduces simple case studies.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Seixas J., Ribeiro A. and Rodrigues da Silva A. (2019). A Model-Driven Approach for Developing Responsive Web Apps.In Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE, ISBN 978-989-758-375-9, pages 257-264. DOI: 10.5220/0007678302570264

in Bibtex Style

@conference{enase19,
author={João Seixas and André Ribeiro and Alberto Rodrigues da Silva},
title={A Model-Driven Approach for Developing Responsive Web Apps},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,},
year={2019},
pages={257-264},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0007678302570264},
isbn={978-989-758-375-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Evaluation of Novel Approaches to Software Engineering - Volume 1: ENASE,
TI - A Model-Driven Approach for Developing Responsive Web Apps
SN - 978-989-758-375-9
AU - Seixas J.
AU - Ribeiro A.
AU - Rodrigues da Silva A.
PY - 2019
SP - 257
EP - 264
DO - 10.5220/0007678302570264