An evaluation framework for cross-platform mobile application development tools

Software - Practice and Experience

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 1331-1357

  Dhillon, Sunny ^a   Mahmoud, Qusay H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ONTARIO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

cross platform development tools; cross platform mobile apps; mobile app development; mobile applications

Indexed keywords

MOBILE COMPUTING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY CONTROL;

CROSS PLATFORM APPLICATIONS; CROSS PLATFORM DEVELOPMENT; DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES; DEVELOPMENT RESOURCES; MOBILE APP; MOBILE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT; MOBILE APPLICATIONS; MOBILE APPS;

BENCHMARKING;

EID: 85027920939     PISSN: 00380644     EISSN: 1097024X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spe.2286     Document Type: Article

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