四川大学软件工程课件 Unit10_1.pptVIP

*/17 Chapter 16Web Engineering */17 Web Applications WebApps encompass: complete Web sites Simple information Web sites Complex e-Commerce of other sites with embedded functionality and data retrieval Complex Web sites that are interoperable with other legacy software and systems specialized functionality within Web sites information processing applications that reside on the Internet or on an intranet or ExtraNet. */17 WebApp Attributes—I Network intensiveness. A WebApp resides on a network and must serve the needs of a diverse community of clients. Concurrency. A large number of users may access the WebApp at one time; patterns of usage among end-users will vary greatly. Unpredictable load. The number of users of the WebApp may vary by orders of magnitude from day to day. Performance. If a WebApp user must wait too long (for access, for server-side processing, for client-side formatting and display), he or she may decide to go elsewhere. */17 WebApp Attributes—II Availability. Although expectation of 100% availability is unreasonable, users often demand access on a “24/7/365” basis. Data driven. The primary function is to use hypermedia to present text, graphics, audio, and video content to the end-user. Content sensitive. The quality and aesthetic nature of content remains an important determinant of the quality of a WebApp. Continuous evolution. Unlike conventional application software that evolves over a series of planned, chronologically-spaced releases, Web applications evolve continuously. */17 WebApp Attributes—III Immediacy. WebApps often exhibit a time to market that can be a matter of a few days or weeks. With modern tools, sophisticated Web pages can be produced in only a few hours. Security. To protect sensitive content and provide secure modes of data transmission, strong security measures must be implemented throughout the infrastructure that supports a WebApp and within the application itself. Aesthetics. When an applicati