Using established Web Engineering knowledge in model-driven approaches

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 105-124

  Gitzel, Ralf ^a   Korthaus, Axel ^a   Schader, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANNHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Code generation; Model Driven Architecture (MDA); Model Driven Development (MDD); Web Application frameworks; Web Applications; Web design languages

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; WEB SERVICES;

MODEL DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT (MDD); MODEL-DRIVEN ARCHITECTURE (MDA); WEB APPLICATION FRAMEWORKS; WEB APPLICATIONS; WEB DESIGN LANGUAGES;

AUTOMATIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 34247153410     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2006.09.001     Document Type: Article

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