University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst Doctoral Dissertations Dissertations and Theses October 2018 Righting Web Development John Vilk University of Massachusetts Amherst Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2 Part of the OS and Networks Commons, and the Programming Languages and Compilers Commons Recommended Citation Vilk, John, "Righting Web Development" (2018). Doctoral Dissertations. 1405. https://doi.org/10.7275/12765546 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations_2/1405 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Dissertations and Theses at ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. RIGHTING WEB DEVELOPMENT A Dissertation Presented by JOHN VILK Submitted to the Graduate School of the University of Massachusetts Amherst in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY September 2018 College of Information and Computer Sciences c Copyright by John Vilk 2018 All Rights Reserved RIGHTING WEB DEVELOPMENT A Dissertation Presented by JOHN VILK Approved as to style and content by: Emery D. Berger, Chair Yuriy Brun, Member Arjun Guha, Member David Irwin, Member James Mickens, Member James Allan, Chair of Faculty College of Information and Computer Sciences DEDICATION For my mother, who has always believed in me and pushed me to do my best. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS First, I would like to thank my advisor, Emery Berger, for his unwavering support and invaluable guidance over the past seven years. Your advice has had a considerable impact on how I conduct research, present ideas, and measure success.