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| Preface | |
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| Foreword | |
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| An Introduction to Web Engineering | |
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| Motivation | |
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| Categories of Web Applications | |
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| Characteristics of Web Applications | |
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| Product-related Characteristics | |
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| Usage-related Characteristics | |
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| Development-related Characteristics | |
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| Evolution | |
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| Objectives and Structure of the Book | |
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| Requirements Engineering for Web Applications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fundamentals | |
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| Where Do Requirements Come From? | |
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| Requirements Engineering Activities | |
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| RE Specifics in Web Engineering | |
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| Principles for RE of Web Applications | |
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| Adapting RE Methods to Web Application Development | |
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| Requirement Types | |
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| Notations | |
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| Tools | |
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| Outlook | |
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| Modeling Web Applications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fundamentals | |
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| Modeling Specifics in Web Engineering | |
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| Levels | |
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| Aspects | |
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| Phases | |
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| Customization | |
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| Modeling Requirements | |
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| Content Modeling | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Concepts | |
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| Hypertext Modeling | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Hypertext Structure Modeling Concepts | |
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| Access Modeling Concepts | |
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| Relation to Content Modeling | |
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| Presentation Modeling | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Concepts | |
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| Relation to Hypertext Modeling | |
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| Customization Modeling | |
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| Objectives | |
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| Concepts | |
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| Relation to Content, Hypertext, and Presentation Modeling | |
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| Methods and Tools | |
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| Modeling Methods: An Overview | |
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| Model-Driven Development | |
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| Tool Support | |
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| Outlook | |
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| Web Application Architectures | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fundamentals | |
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| What is an Architecture? | |
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| Developing Architectures | |
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| Categorizing Architectures | |
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| Specifics of Web Application Architectures | |
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| Components of a Generic Web Application Architecture | |
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| Layered Architectures | |
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| 2-Layer Architectures | |
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| N-Layer Architectures | |
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| Data-aspect Architectures | |
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| Database-centric Architectures | |
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| Architectures for Web Document Management | |
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| Architectures for Multimedia Data | |
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| Outlook | |
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| Technology-aware Web Application Design | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Web Design from an Evolutionary Perspective | |
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| Background | |
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| Information Design: An Authoring Activity | |
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| Software Design: A Programming Activity | |
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| Merging Information Design and Software Design | |
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| Problems and Restrictions in Integrated Web Design | |
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| A Proposed Structural Approach | |
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| Presentation Design | |
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| Presentation of Nodes and Meshes | |
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| Device-independent Development Approaches | |
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| Interaction Design | |
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| User Interaction | |
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| User Interface Organization | |
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| Navigation Design | |
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| Designing a Link Representation: The Anchor | |
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| Designing Link Internals: The URL | |
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| Navigation and Orientation | |
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| Structured Dialog for Complex Activities | |
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| Interplay with Technology and Architecture | |
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| Functional Design | |
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| Integration | |
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| Communication Paradigms and Middleware | |
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| Distributed Cross-corporate Web Applications | |
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| Outlook | |
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| Context-aware Applications | |
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| Device-independent Applications | |
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| Reusability | |
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| Summary | |
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| Technologies for Web Applications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fundamentals | |
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| Markup | |
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| Hypertext and Hypermedia | |
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| Client/Server Communication on the Web | |
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| SMTP - Simple Mail Transfer Protocol | |
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| RTSP - Real Time Streaming Protocol | |
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| HTTP - HyperText Transfer Protocol | |
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| Session Tracking | |
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| Client-side Technologies | |
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| Helpers and Plug-ins | |
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| Java Applets | |
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| ActiveX Controls | |
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| Document-specific Technologies | |
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| HTML - Hypertext Markup Language | |
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| SVG - Scalable Vector Graphics | |
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| SMIL - Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language | |
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| XML - eXtensible Markup Language | |
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| XSL - eXtensible Stylesheet Language | |
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| Server-side Technologies | |
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| URI Handlers | |
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| Web Services | |
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| Middleware Technologies | |
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| Outlook | |
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| Testing Web Applications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Fundamentals | |
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| Terminology | |
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| Quality Characteristics | |
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| Test Objectives | |
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| Test Levels | |
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| Role of the Tester | |
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| Test Specifics in Web Engineering | |
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| Test Approaches | |
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| Conventional Approaches | |
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| Agile Approaches | |
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| Test Scheme | |
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| Three Test Dimensions | |
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| Applying the Scheme to Web Applications | |
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| Examples of Using the Test Scheme | |
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| Test Methods and Techniques | |
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| Link Testing | |
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| Browser Testing | |
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| Usability Testing | |
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| Load, Stress, and Continuous Testing | |
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| Testing Security | |
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| Test-driven Development | |
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| Test Automation | |
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| Benefits and Drawbacks of Automated Tests | |
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| Test Tools | |
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| Selecting Test Tools | |
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| Outlook | |
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| Operation and Maintenance of Web Applications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Challenges Following the Launch of a Web Application | |
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| Promoting a Web Application | |
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| Newsletters | |
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| Affiliate Marketing | |
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| Search Engine Marketing | |
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| Content-related Marketing | |
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| Domain Management | |
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| Content Management | |
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| Content Update Rate and Demand on Currency | |
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| Content Syndication | |
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| Usage Analysis | |
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| Usage Analysis Techniques | |
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| Statistical Indicators | |
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| User Behavior Analysis | |
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| Outlook | |
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| Web Project Management | |
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| From Software Project Management to Web Project Management | |
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| Objectives of Software Project Management | |
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| The Tasks of Software Project Management | |
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| Conflicting Areas in Projects | |
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| Specifics of Web Project Management | |
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| Challenges in Web Project Management | |
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| General Challenges in Software Development | |
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| Development-related Challenges in Web Projects | |
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| Product-related Challenges in Web Projects | |
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| Managing Web Teams | |
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| Software Development: A Human-centered Task | |
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| The Web Project Team | |
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| The Web Project Manager | |
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| Managing the Development Process of a Web Application | |
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| Deploying the Tools | |
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| Measuring Progress | |
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| Project Risks | |
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| Risk Management | |
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| Outlook | |
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| The Web Application Development Process | |
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| Motivation | |
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| Fundamentals | |
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| Requirements for a Web Application Development Process | |
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| Handling Short Development Cycles | |
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| Handling Changing Requirements | |
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| Releases with Fixed Deadlines and Flexible Contents | |
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| Parallel Development of Different Releases | |
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| Reuse and Integration | |
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| Adapting to Web Application's Complexity Level | |
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| Summary | |
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| Analysis of the Rational Unified Process | |
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| Introduction | |
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| General Suitability for Web Application Development | |
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| Does RUP meet the Requirements of Web Applications? | |
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| Analysis of Extreme Programming | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Does XP meet the Requirements of Web Application Development? | |
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| Outlook | |
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| Usability of Web Applications | |
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| Motivation | |
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| What is Usability? | |
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| What Characterizes the Usability of Web Applications? | |
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| Design Guidelines | |
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| Response Times | |
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| Interaction Efficiency | |
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| Colors | |
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| Text Layout | |
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| Page Structure | |
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| Navigation Structure | |
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| Multiculturality | |
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| Confidence-generating Measures | |
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| Other Design Criteria | |
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| Web Usability Engineering Methods | |
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| Requirements Analysis | |
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| Design | |
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| Implementation | |
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| Operation | |
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| Web Usability Engineering Trends | |
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| Usability Patterns | |
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| Mobile Usability | |
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| Accessibility | |
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| Outlook | |
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| Performance of Web Applications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Is Performance? | |
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| What Characterizes the Performance of Web Applications? | |
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| System Definition and Indicators | |
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| Characterizing the Workload | |
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| Analytical Techniques | |
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| Operational Analysis | |
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| Queuing Networks and Simulation Models | |
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| Measuring Approaches | |
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| Representing and Interpreting Results | |
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| Performance Optimization Methods | |
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| Acceleration Within a Web Application | |
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| Reducing Transmission Time | |
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| Server Tuning | |
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| Outlook | |
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| Security for Web Applications | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Aspects of Security | |
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| Encryption, Digital Signatures and Certificates | |
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| Symmetric Cryptography | |
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| Asymmetric Cryptography | |
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| Digital Signatures | |
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| Certificates and Public Key Infrastructure | |
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| Secure Client/Server-Interaction | |
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| Point-to-Point Security | |
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| End-to-End Security | |
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| User Authentication and Authorization | |
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| Electronic Payment Systems | |
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| Client Security Issues | |
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| Preserving Privacy | |
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| Mobile Code Security | |
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| Phishing and Web Spoofing | |
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| Desktop Security | |
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| Service Provider Security Issues | |
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| Cross-Site Scripting | |
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| SQL Injection | |
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| Security of CGI Programs | |
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| Service Availability | |
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| Host Security | |
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| Outlook | |
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| The Semantic Web - The Network of Meanings in the Network of Documents | |
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| Fundamentals of the Semantic Web | |
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| The Role of Software Agents | |
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| The Role of Semantic Markup | |
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| The Role of Ontologies | |
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| Technological Concepts | |
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| Agents According to the FIPA Standard | |
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| Ontologies | |
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| Semantic Markup on the Web | |
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| Specifics of Semantic Web Applications | |
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| Semantic Markup | |
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| Agents | |
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| Ontologies | |
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| Semantic Web Services | |
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| Integration into Web Engineering | |
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| Tools | |
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| Outlook | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Author Biographies | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Credits | |
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| Index | |