Domain-Specific Modeling and Code Generation for Cross-Platform Multi-Device Mobile Apps

TL;DR

This paper proposes a model-driven engineering approach for cross-platform mobile app development, aiming to reduce costs and complexity by using domain-specific modeling and automated code generation.

Contribution

It introduces a novel framework leveraging domain-specific models and code generation techniques to streamline multi-device mobile app development.

Findings

Reduces development time for multi-platform apps

Decreases manual coding effort

Improves consistency across platforms

Abstract

Nowadays, mobile devices constitute the most common computing device. This new computing model has brought intense competition among hardware and software providers who are continuously introducing increasingly powerful mobile devices and innovative OSs into the market. In consequence, cross-platform and multi-device development has become a priority for software companies that want to reach the widest possible audience. However, developing an application for several platforms implies high costs and technical complexity. Currently, there are several frameworks that allow cross-platform application development. However, these approaches still require manual programming. My research proposes to face the challenge of the mobile revolution by exploiting abstraction, modeling and code generation, in the spirit of the modern paradigm of Model Driven Engineering.