Building Community-based Web Applications with a Model-driven Approach and Design Patterns

This chapter addresses the design of community-based Web applications using the modeldriven approach and design patterns. A set of best practices, identified by reviewing a number of top-rank Web 2.0 Web applications is illustrated and turned into a set of design patterns, expressed with a Model-Driven approach. A suitable development process, with specific focus on community-based application design, is defined, as an extension of traditional Web Engineering approaches. The defined patterns and process tasks are then implemented in a commercial Web development tool suite, enabling the visual specification and rapid generation of code for social Web 2.0 applications.