As most organizations have expanded traditional business space into web-based environments, a more complete and thorough understanding of Web Engineering is becoming vital for organizations. However, the definition of Web Engineering is growing more and more blurred. Although based primarily on MIS and computer science areas, Web Engineering covers a wide range of disciplines, thus making it difficult to gain an understanding of the field. Web Engineering: Principles and Techniques provides clarity to this often muddied issue. Covering a wide range of topics such as: basic perspectives on Web Engineering, development methodologies for Web applications, Web metrics and quality models, Web resource management techniques and standards, maintenance and evolution methods for Web applications, and Web intelligence techniques and models this book provides the necessary tools vital for organizations to utilize the full potential of Web Engineering. Essential for both researchers and practitioners, Web Engineering: Principles and Techniques covers a wide range of topics vital to strengthening professional insights and capabilities within the field of Web Engineering.

broader scope than designing a website
Web engineering is still a vague concept to most. The medium is little more than 10 years old, and characterised by continual changes. Yet ambitiously, Suh tries to offer a coherent understanding of how to use the Web. Not from the point of the end user, though this is surely important and cannot be ignored. But rather from the vantage of a designer or developer.

However, you might know that there are already many books for website developers. In contrast, Suh aims at a higher level. It’s not just about the design, where this might be closely tied to a programming implementation. Rather, Suh talks at the business level. A broader perspective that you might find attractive.