Analysis and Testing of Ajax-based Single-page Web Applications
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Preface<br />
our years have passed since I started my PhD research project (SPCI). Now<br />
F that I look back, I can say with great confidence that it is has been a very<br />
instructive <strong>and</strong> pleasant experience. I wish to thank all those who have made<br />
it possible.<br />
First <strong>of</strong> all, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to Arie van<br />
Deursen for giving me the opportunity to work under his excellent supervision.<br />
Arie has been a great source <strong>of</strong> inspiration <strong>and</strong> I am very thankful for<br />
his continuous encouragement <strong>and</strong> support, enthusiasm, <strong>and</strong> kindness. His<br />
extensive knowledge <strong>and</strong> insight along with his open <strong>and</strong> positive attitude<br />
make him a great mentor for every student.<br />
I would like to thank the members <strong>of</strong> my defense committee: pr<strong>of</strong>. dr.<br />
Aless<strong>and</strong>ro Orso, pr<strong>of</strong>. dr. Alex Wolf, pr<strong>of</strong>. dr. Paul de Bra, pr<strong>of</strong>. dr. Paul<br />
Klint, pr<strong>of</strong>. dr. Geert-Jan Houben, <strong>and</strong> pr<strong>of</strong>. dr. Erik Jansen, for providing me<br />
with valuable feedback on this thesis.<br />
I would like to thank Engin Bozdag for his feedback on Chapter 2, our<br />
collaboration in writing Chapter 4, <strong>and</strong> more importantly, for the good times<br />
on conference trips.<br />
Many thanks to the (current <strong>and</strong> former) members <strong>of</strong> the S<strong>of</strong>tware Engineering<br />
Research Group (SERG) at Delft University <strong>of</strong> Technology: Andy<br />
Zaidman (for pro<strong>of</strong> reading parts <strong>of</strong> the thesis), Bas Cornelissen (for correcting<br />
the ‘Samenvatting’), Cathal Boogerd, Marius Marin, Rui Abreu, Eelco Visser<br />
<strong>and</strong> his ‘gang’, Martin Pinzger, Gerd Gross, Marco Lormans, Bas Graaf, Alberto<br />
Gonzalez, Michaela Greiler, Eric Piel, Hans Geers, Frans Ververs, Teemu<br />
Kanstren, Eric Bouwers, <strong>and</strong> Adam Nasr.<br />
The first year <strong>of</strong> my PhD work took place in the s<strong>of</strong>tware engineering research<br />
group (SEN1) at the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam.<br />
I thank Paul Klint <strong>and</strong> the members <strong>of</strong> SEN1 for facilitating my stay<br />
at CWI.<br />
During my MSc studies I started working at West Consulting BV (West),<br />
a s<strong>of</strong>tware company composed <strong>of</strong> highly motivated <strong>and</strong> disciplined s<strong>of</strong>tware<br />
engineers. I have gained most <strong>of</strong> my real-world industrial s<strong>of</strong>tware engineering<br />
experience at West, for which I am very thankful to all the colleagues. In<br />
particular, I am grateful to Rob Westermann, managing director <strong>of</strong> West, for<br />
his continuous support <strong>and</strong> sponsoring through all these years.<br />
Within the SPCI project, I had the privilege to work with a number <strong>of</strong><br />
talented MSc students: Engin, Maikel, Justin, Vahid, Cor-Paul, <strong>and</strong> Danny.<br />
Thanks for the great collaborations <strong>and</strong> results.<br />
I really appreciate spending time with my dear friends Payman, Parham,<br />
Behnam, Vahid, <strong>and</strong> Samrad. Thanks for the fun times as well as the valuable<br />
conservations on all aspects <strong>of</strong> life, politics, <strong>and</strong> technology.