Web engineering

Web engineering is a relatively new branch of software engineering, addressing the specific issues related to design and development of large-scale Web applications. In particular, it focuses on the methodologies, techniques and tools that are the foundation of complex Web application development and which support their design, development, evolution, and evaluation.

Main topics of Web engineering include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

Business Processes for Applications on the Web
CASE Tools for Web Applications
Code Generation for Web Applications
Collaborative Web Development
Conceptual Modelling of Web Applications (aka. Web modeling)
Data Models for Web Information Systems
Development Process and Process Improvement of Web Applications
Empirical Web Engineering
Integrated Web Application Development Environments
Multimedia Authoring Tools and Software
Performance of Web-based Applications
Personalisation and Adaptation of Web Applications
Process Modelling of Web Applications
Prototyping Methods and Tools
Quality Control and Testing
Requirements Engineering for Web Applications
Semantic Web Applications
Software Factories for/on the Web
Testing Automation, Methods and Tools for Web Applications
Ubiquitous and Mobile Web Applications
UML and the Web
Usability of Web Applications
Web Accessibility
Web Design Methods
Web Engineering Education
Web Interface Design
Web Metrics, Cost Estimation, and Measurement
Web Project Management and Risk Management
Web Services Development and Deployment

The research community is currently gathered around a few scientific publications (JWE, IJWET) and conferences (ICWE, International Conference of Web Engineering).