End-User Programming for Web Mashups - Open Research Challenges

TitleEnd-User Programming for Web Mashups - Open Research Challenges
Publication TypePhD Symposium Paper
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsAghaee, S., and C. Pautasso
ConferenceICWE 2011 PhD Symposium
Volume7059
Pages347-351
MonthJune
PublisherSpringer
Place PublishedPaphos, Cyprus
Keywordsend-user software engineering, Web mashups
Abstract

Mashup is defined as the practice of lightweight composition, serendipitous reuse, and user-centric development on the Web. In spite of the fact that the development of mashups is rather simple due to the reuse of all the required layers of a Web application (functionality, data, and user interface), it still requires programming experience. This is a significant hurdle for non-programmers (end-users with minimal or no programming experience), who constitute the majority of Web users. To cope with this, an End-User Programming (EUP) tool can be designed to reduce the barriers of mashup development, in a way that even non-programmers will be able to create innovative, feature-rich mashups. In this paper, we give an overview of the existing EUP approaches for mashup development, as well as a list of open research challenges.

DOI10.1007/978-3-642-27997-3_38
Citation KeyDBLP:conf/icwe/AghaeeP11a