萬維網及其相關技術已成為各種應用程序的主要實施和交付平臺，從簡單的機構信息網站到復雜的供應鏈管理系統、金融應用程序、電子政務、遠程學習和娛樂等。這些應用程序除了其固有的功能外，還表現出分布式應用程序更復雜的行為。最近，在將Web應用程序的開發（包括設計和實現）重新構建為一項有紀律和系統的工作方面，已經取得了一些進展。然而，現有的絕大多數應用程序都是以一種特殊的方式開發的，這導致了可維護性、質量和可靠性的問題。Web應用程序軟件構件，因此可以通過利用效益建立實踐源于幾個軟件工程等相關專業，超媒體，信息系統，人機交互和組織科學，使創建、管理和重用信息空間的結構以及提高終端用戶體驗。此外，它也有其自身的特點，必須加以解決，例如用戶數量不同、開發周期非常短、運行時環境多樣、通過多個設備的可訪問性等。網絡工程是研究構建基于網絡的系統和應用的理論和實踐的科學學科。這包括理論原則和系統、規范和可量化的方法，以實現高質量、普遍可用的基于Web的系統和應用程序的經濟有效的開發和發展。它從根本上涉及到能夠構建Web應用程序的技術。網絡工程，雖然植根于計算機科學和工程，從不同的其他學科，如信息科學，信息系統，管理和商業等。網絡工程包括但不限于：*Web應用程序開發方法和過程*Web應用程序開發工具和環境*建模與基于模型的設計與開發*基于組件的Web應用程序開發*導航和超媒體*內容檢索和搜索*人機交互與用戶建模*Web應用程序可用性*自適應Web應用程序和個性化*Web應用程序部署*Web應用程序質量、度量和度量*Web應用程序評估、驗證和驗證*Web應用程序的測試自動化、方法和工具*績效建模、監控和評估*聯合和跨組織Web應用程序*面向服務的Web應用程序方法*實施架構*在Web應用程序中使用和集成元數據*語義Web技術在Web應用中的應用*Web設計模式和模式挖掘*網絡工程教育《網絡工程雜志》（JWE）旨在為促進網絡工程各個領域的科學知識狀態提供一個論壇。歡迎使用原創文章、調查文章、評論、教程、觀點和一般通信。適當的提交應解決重大問題和問題，以及潛在的解決方案，并將根據同行評審慣例進行評審。除了定期的論文提交和審查過程外，JWE還出版了一些特別的問題。這些特殊問題通常是基于主題的。這意味著他們對一個給定的主題有一個連貫的關注點，并且該問題中包含的一組論文一起加深了對網絡工程學科的理解或探索了學科的界限。因此，這本專刊不同于普通期刊，它在期刊的范圍內包含了許多論文，其重點是與該學科相關的一個主題。歡迎提出特別問題的建議，并需要具體說明和激勵要包括的主題和論文集的組成。專刊中的論文將定期進行審查。

The World Wide Web and its associated technologies have become a major implementation and delivery platform for a large variety of applications, ranging from simple institutional information Web sites to sophisticated supply-chain management systems, financial applications, e-government, distance learning, and entertainment, among others. Such applications, in addition to their intrinsic functionality, also exhibit the more complex behavior of distributed applications.Recently, there have been some advances towards re-framing the development - both design and implementation - of Web applications as a disciplined and systematic endeavor. However, the vast majority of existing applications have been developed in an ad-hoc way, leading to problems of maintainability, quality and reliability. Web applications are software artifacts, and as such can benefit by making use of established practices stemming from several related disciplines such as Software Engineering, Hypermedia, Information Systems, Human-Computer Interaction and Organizational Science, enabling creation, management and reuse of structures of the information space as well as enhancing the end-user experience. In addition, it has its own characteristics which must be addressed, such as a varied user population, very short development turnaround times, diverse runtime environments, accessibility through multiple devices, etc.Web Engineering is the scientific discipline that studies the theory and practice of constructing Web-based systems and applications. This includes theoretical principles and systematic, disciplined and quantifiable approaches towards the cost-effective development and evolution of high-quality, ubiquitously usable Web-based systems and applications. It fundamentally concerns the technology which enables the construction of Web applications. Web Engineering, while rooted in Computer Science and Engineering, draws from a diverse range of other disciplines, such as information science, information systems, management and business, among others. Web Engineering encompasses, but is not restricted to:* Web application development methods and processes* Web application development tools and environments* Modeling and model-based design and development* Component-based Web application development* Navigation and hypermedia* Content retrieval and search* Human-computer interaction and user modeling* Web application usability* Adaptive Web applications and personalization* Web application deployment* Web application quality, metrics and measurement* Web application evaluation, verification and validation* Testing automation, methods and tools for Web applications* Performance modeling, monitoring and evaluation* Federated and cross-organizational Web applications* Service-oriented Web application approaches * Implementation Architectures* Use and integration of meta-data in Web applications* Application of Semantic Web technology in Web applications* Web design patterns and pattern mining* Web Engineering educationThe Journal of Web Engineering (JWE) aims to provide a forum for advancing the scientific state of knowledge in all areas of Web Engineering. Original articles, survey articles, reviews, tutorials, perspectives, and general correspondence are all welcome. Appropriate submissions should address significant issues and problems, and potential solutions, and will be reviewed in accordance with peer review conventions.Besides the regular paper submission and reviewing process, JWE also publishes special issues. These special issues are typically theme-based. This means that they have a coherent focus on a given theme and the set of papers contained in the issue together deepen the understanding of the Web Engineering discipline or explore the bounds of the discipline. As such, the special issue is different from a regular issue that contains a number of papers within the journal's scope, by its focus on one theme relevant for the discipline. Proposals for special issues are welcome and need to specify and motivate the theme and the composition of the set of papers to be included. The papers in a special issue will go through a regular process of reviewing.