PERFORMA - THE REVOLUTIONARY FORM DEVELOPMENT PLATFORM

Abstract

HTML forms have successfully created a platform-independent environment for electronic commerce across the Internet since 1993. However, they have created numerous obstacles for the Web development community. W3C XForms - declared as the next generation web forms - addresses every concern or problem with ease. Perfect Forms Automaton (Performa), building on the XForms standard, is an enterprise-grade forms management solution, developed by CrimsonLogic Pte Ltd since 2003. In this project, the overall architecture and concepts of Performa are studied. An Integrated Broadcast System for Mediacorp is developed by using the traditional HTML-JSP as well as Performa, to illustrate how Performa develops Web applications in a brand-new manner. In addition, Performa can be viewed as a Web Application Framework, as an Integrated Development Environment or as an Enterprise Eforms Solution. The evaluation criteria of the three different concepts are studied and then Performa is evaluated according to these criteria. During the analysis, we also compare Performa with the well-known products in the respective fields and analyze how Performa fulfills the requirements.