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The spider environment
Author(s) -
de Moura Leonardo M.,
de Lucena Carlos José P.,
von Staa Arndt
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
software: practice and experience
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1097-024X
pISSN - 0038-0644
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1097-024x(199902)29:2<99::aid-spe223>3.0.co;2-p
Subject(s) - spider , computer science , zoology , biology
Visual composition is an interactive development of different applications by the direct manipulation of reusable components. We believe that the visual composition approach deals directly with the complexity of large software systems, making their development easier, more flexible, and easier to be understood. This is accomplished by implementing abstraction, reuse and visualization concepts. The developer becomes a component builder and no longer creates large applications that are hard to maintain and enhance. The user will have the freedom to choose the components he needs to build an application, and to mix and match components from different developers until the desired functionality is achieved. The visual Spider environment allows the creation of different kinds of applications. Copyright © 1999 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.