Mashups and modularity: Towards secure and reusable web applications

The software industry is currently experiencing a paradigm shift towards web-based software. We argue that web technologies should evolve in a direction that would allow the developers to easily create “mashware” – mashup software that leverages components and other content from all over the world. In order to accomplish this, improvements are needed especially in two areas: security and modularity. In this paper we summarize our vision for the future of web applications, focusing especially on these two important areas.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: KBSE
• Authors: Antero Taivalsaari, Tommi Mikkonen
• Keywords: KBSE 2008, Mashup Software, Paradigm Shift, Software Engineering, Software Industry