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Web Development Tools

Explore a wide array of web development tools and hypermedia resources that enhance the creation and management of websites. This guide covers visual HTML editors, site managers, hypermedia tools, and database integration methods, including ColdFusion and ASP. It also delves into communication tools for asynchronous and synchronous interaction, emphasizing email, chat, and conferencing solutions. Whether you are involved in model-driven web generators or need guidance for concept planning, this resource will aid in navigating the complexities of web application development and effective communication.

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Web Development Tools

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  1. Web Development Tools • Visual (HTML) Editors • Site Managers • Hypermedia Tools -- rejuvenated • HTML-Database Integration • Publication Wizards • Model-driven Web Generators based on paper from Piero Fraternali (WWW7)

  2. Visual Editors and Site Managers • WYSIWYG, page upload, link repair • Adobe Site/Page Mill, NetObject Fusion, SoftQuad HotMetal, MS Frontpage

  3. Hypermedia Tools • Asymetrix Toolbook, Macromedia Director and Authorware • authoring, multimedia and synchronisation, navigation • platform-dependent - plugins

  4. HTML-DBPL Integration • merge of Web and databases • integrate HTML with database programming language • Cold Fusion, MS Active Server Pages • form editors, report writers • database publishing wizards • MS Visual InterDev, Oracle Developer 2000

  5. Model-driven Web Generators • coverage of all developers activities • from analysis to implementation • state-of-the art software engineering • Oracle Web Developer Suite • AutoWeb, OOHDM, ... - research prototypes

  6. Web Application Development Support • structure • behavior • navigation • presentation ... orthogonal features, with peer dignity

  7. Enabling communication - education • decreasing sense of isolation • increasing flexibility • increasing variety • increasing communication experience • enabling variety of pedagogy

  8. Forms of communication • asynchronous - email, news, ftp, http • synchronous - IRC, MUD/MOO, chat • face-to-face - audio/video conferencing

  9. Communication Tools (1) • email - threading, filters, MIME, ..., search • mailing list - majordomo • Web/email-news Gateway - MHonArc (archives) • news readers • conferencing - …

  10. Communication Tools (2) • MUD/MOO/MUSH - multi-user shared hallucination • chat - CGI, IRC, Java, avatar-based • groupware - Lotus Notes • audio communication - Cooltalk, Netmeeting • video communication - CuSeeMe, MBONE

  11. Concept Planning and Development • Questions to ask yourself • Issues in concept development • Development steps • Site metaphors taken from Creating Internet Entertainment

  12. Questions to ask yourself • Should you build a site? • Do you know how to use the Internet effectively? • Is your industry/business online? • Low cost or high cost? • Is the concept practical? • Who will create the site? • Who will develop/maintain the content? • Who is the audience? • Does your site fit within a community? • Is access unlimited or members-only?

  13. Issues in Concept Development • Choose a name! • Choose a class - micro or macro? • Choose a metaphor - literal is possible! • Develop a flowchart - navigation • User-centric - adaptive (cookie)? • Interactivity - email, form, bulletin, polls, chat, ... • User evaluation - is it effective?

  14. Development Steps 1. Proposal - short summary 2. Description of purpose - economic model 3. Concept - type, site, metaphor, multimedia 4. Implementation facilities - CGI, Java, Shockwave 5. Cost - hardware, software, support 6. Time-table - research, production, development, launch... 7. Maintenance and upgrades - personnel 8. Expansion options - programming and administration 9. Appendix - flowchart and demographics 10. Business plan - funding and marketing

  15. Metaphors for Sites • spatial - cities, solar system, room, backyard • representational - train, ship, radio • person or entity - home, tax-wizard • time or event - camera, mechanical arm, fishcam • literal - functional control (tables and lists)

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