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Cross-Platform Application Development Using AXIOM as an Agile Model-Driven Approach

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Software and Data Technologies (ICSOFT 2012)

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The development and maintenance of cross-platform mobile applications is expensive. Two approaches for reducing this cost are model-driven engineering (MDE) and Agile development. In this paper, we present AXIOM, a model-driven approach for developing cross-platform mobile applications in ways that also support Agile principles. Our approach uses a domain specific language (DSL) for defining platform-independent models (PIM) of mobile applications. AXIOM defines a multi-phase, customizable transformation process to convert platform-independent models into native applications for target mobile platforms. Our approach could significantly reduce development time and cost while increasing the quality of mobile applications. A prototype tool has been developed to demonstrate the feasibility of the approach. The preliminary findings are promising and show significant gains in development productivity.

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  1. School of Computing, DePaul University, 243 S. Wabash Ave., Chicago, IL, U.S.A.

    Xiaoping Jia & Chris Jones

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  2. Université d’Angers, France

    Slimane Hammoudi

  3. University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

    Marten van Sinderen

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Jia, X., Jones, C. (2013). Cross-Platform Application Development Using AXIOM as an Agile Model-Driven Approach. In: Cordeiro, J., Hammoudi, S., van Sinderen, M. (eds) Software and Data Technologies. ICSOFT 2012. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 411. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45404-2_3

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