SHF: Small: Modern Web Applications without Callbacks

该项目将研究一种新的Web编程模型。 现代Web编程实践通常使用一种称为“回调”的模式，这种模式模糊了Web显示部分与对应于这些部分的应用程序逻辑之间的连接。这使得Web应用程序开发更加困难、昂贵和容易出错。 当然，这些问题会传递给Web应用程序用户。该项目的假设是，没有回调的编程将导致更可靠的Web应用程序。具体来说，本研究将应用功能反应式数据流编程技术的Web 2.0编程。第一个挑战是现实的Web应用程序是否可以在没有回调的情况下编程;进一步的进展将导致改进的编程模型和Web应用程序开发工具。新的编程方法将通过评估现有和新的网络应用程序的编程难度进行评估，同时评估性能和其他措施。

The project will investigate a new programming model for web programming. Modern Web programming practice typically uses a pattern referred to as "callbacks," which obscures the connection between parts of the Web display and the application logic that corresponds to those parts. This makes Web application development more difficult, expensive and error prone. These problems are, of course, passed on to Web application users. The project's hypothesis is that programming without callbacks will lead to more reliable web applications. Specifically, this research will apply functional reactive data-flow programming techniques to Web 2.0 programming. The first challenge is whether realistic web applications can be programmed at all without callbacks; further progress will lead to improved programming models and tools for the development of web applications. The new programming approaches will be evaluated by assessing the difficulty of programming existing and new web applications while also assessing performance and other measures.