Browser-based Analysis of Web Framework Applications
Although web applications evolved to mature solutions providing sophisticated user experience, they also became complex for the same reason. Complexity primarily affects the server-side generation of dynamic pages as they are aggregated from multiple sources and as there are lots of possible process...
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description | Although web applications evolved to mature solutions providing sophisticated user experience, they also became complex for the same reason. Complexity primarily affects the server-side generation of dynamic pages as they are aggregated from multiple sources and as there are lots of possible processing paths depending on parameters. Browser-based tests are an adequate instrument to detect errors within generated web pages considering the server-side process and path complexity a black box. However, these tests do not detect the cause of an error which has to be located manually instead. This paper proposes to generate metadata on the paths and parts involved during server-side processing to facilitate backtracking origins of detected errors at development time. While there are several possible points of interest to observe for backtracking, this paper focuses user interface components of web frameworks. |
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spelling | doaj.art-5126dc33969040e599feaa6690aef2682022-12-22T02:55:58ZengOpen Publishing AssociationElectronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science2075-21802010-09-0135Proc. TAV-WEB 2010516210.4204/EPTCS.35.5Browser-based Analysis of Web Framework ApplicationsBenjamin KerstenMichael GoedickeAlthough web applications evolved to mature solutions providing sophisticated user experience, they also became complex for the same reason. Complexity primarily affects the server-side generation of dynamic pages as they are aggregated from multiple sources and as there are lots of possible processing paths depending on parameters. Browser-based tests are an adequate instrument to detect errors within generated web pages considering the server-side process and path complexity a black box. However, these tests do not detect the cause of an error which has to be located manually instead. This paper proposes to generate metadata on the paths and parts involved during server-side processing to facilitate backtracking origins of detected errors at development time. While there are several possible points of interest to observe for backtracking, this paper focuses user interface components of web frameworks.http://arxiv.org/pdf/1009.3714v1 |
spellingShingle | Benjamin Kersten Michael Goedicke Browser-based Analysis of Web Framework Applications Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science |
title | Browser-based Analysis of Web Framework Applications |
title_full | Browser-based Analysis of Web Framework Applications |
title_fullStr | Browser-based Analysis of Web Framework Applications |
title_full_unstemmed | Browser-based Analysis of Web Framework Applications |
title_short | Browser-based Analysis of Web Framework Applications |
title_sort | browser based analysis of web framework applications |
url | http://arxiv.org/pdf/1009.3714v1 |
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