Abstract: A method for rapid design, development, deployment and support of web applications based on web services with minimum customized programming, maximized reuse of software components and compliance with standard development frameworks. The method of the invention systematically addresses the problems that are consistently encountered by web application developers by providing a generic platform that solves these problems. The invention enables developers to deliver web functionality without requiring them to understand the many technicalities of developing functionality for a distributed internet based architecture, and uses best practices to produce encapsulated, tested, quality oriented, applications based on web services.