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

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

Estrada segura: AAF: aplicação android e alertas no facebook

Dissertação apresentada à Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Desenvolvimento de Software e Sistemas Interativos.A popularidade dos dispositivos móveis tem vindo a crescer a um ritmo muito elevado. Em particular a possibilidade de localizar o dispositivo móvel trouxe uma mais-valia para uma variedade muito grande de diferentes aplicações. O valor de poder obter a localização marcou o futuro da nova geração de telemóveis. Serviços de localização podem ser utilizados para melhorar a informação de tráfego, onde poderá superar a informação obtida por sistemas tradicionais. O objetivo desta dissertação é disponibilizar um trabalho de investigação que examina uma solução em como detetar perigos na via pública. O primeiro problema que é investigado é a identificação da posição do dispositivo móvel. É feito um estudo sobre como calcular a posição dispositivo em relação aos perigos próximos. O segundo problema abordado é o da apresentação da interface ao utilizador. A experiência do utilizador com a aplicação é deveras importante e poderá determinar o sucesso, ou insucesso, de uma aplicação. Além de ser uma aplicação que precisa de informar o utilizador de um perigo na proximidade sem causar distração. Finalmente, foi feito um estudo sobre a integração de uma rede social com a aplicação de forma a atingir um maior impacto sobre a população. Os resultados da utilização da aplicação mostraram um maior pico quando foi realizada a integração com a rede social Facebook.ABSTRACT: Mobile phones popularity has been increasing at a very fast rate. In particular, the possibility of tracking a mobile device has surged as a valuable asset for a large number of applications. The diversity of advantages from using tracking information as set a milestone on the future generation of mobile phones. Tracking services can be used to improve traffic information in which they may overpower traditional systems. The objective of the present thesis is to research a solution on how to detect dangers on public areas, more specifically roads. The first problem investigated is how to use the information of the position of the mobile phone. The investigation starts with a comprehensive study in how to measure the most correct distance between the mobile device and the nearby dangers. A second problem is how to present the interface to the user. The user experience with the application is highly important and may be determinant for the success, or failure, of the application. Besides it is important to keep in mind that it is an application that must inform about nearby danger without distracting the driver. Moreover, it was performed a study on the impact of integrating a social network module in the application. It has been observed a higher usage as a result of adding this module

The impact of Web Analytics in Web Development Process

Web Development and the way it’s been applied nowadays has been remarkably affected by the trend of harnessing user’s output through the implementation of Web Analytics. Under-standing the degree in which the process of web development is driven by data demands a detailed examination on topics within the area of Web Analytics and its correlations with Web Development. Accordingly, the strategically implementation of user derived, refined and ana-lyzed data is reflecting the actual incentives and goals business related with the website. Nev-ertheless, the concept of detecting the roles of individuals involved in these processes and investigating their actual roles and contribution, reflects a matter of great importance for un-veiling the actual status quo of web development processes. Therefore, a descriptive analysis of the stakeholders’ involvement who are shaping and driving the development process is em-inent. Describing the mentality and the cooperation established in the relationships of the vari-ous stakeholders combined with the competences provided from Analytic tools is providing a valuable knowledge on the phenomenon of enquiry. In this master thesis, the contemporary process of Web Development is deconstructed and through the examination of Web Analytics and the different roles of individuals involved within it. Additionally, a framework model refined from this research endeavors, that depict the stakeholders’ correlation with the pro-cesses that web development follows, is disclosed