A Systematic Approach to Web-Application Development

TL;DR

This paper presents a balanced approach to web-application development that combines automation with developer control, using custom tools to streamline code generation and improve the development process.

Contribution

It introduces a middle-ground methodology that offers precise workflow control while automating substantial parts of code creation through custom software tools.

Findings

Reduces development time compared to traditional methods

Enhances control over the design and testing phases

Automates significant code generation tasks

Abstract

Designing a web-application from a specification involves a series of well-planned and well executed steps leading to the final product. This often involves critical changes in design while testing the application, which itself is slow and cumbersome. Traditional approaches either fully automate the web-application development process, or let developers write everything from scratch. Our approach is based on a middle-ground, with precise control on the workflow and usage of a set of custom-made software tools to automate a significant part of code generation.