Abstract
In our past research, we presented an approach to migrate apps implemented by a cross-platform technology (i.e., Ionic-Cordova-Angular) toward a native platform (i.e., Android). We also conducted a study to assess if there was a difference in the user experience and in the affective reactions of end-users when they used the original version of an app and its migrated version. Since we were also interested to study the perspective of developers, we successively conducted a controlled experiment to study possible differences, e.g., in terms of source code comprehension and affective reactions, when developers dealt with the original and migrated versions of a given app. In this paper, we present and discuss implications from both these studies and discuss them from both researchers’ and practitioners’ perspectives. For example, one of the most important takeaway results from the practitioners’ perspective is: it is worthy to develop an app by using a cross-platform technology (e.g., for time-to-market reasons) and then to assess if this app is ready for the market; if this happens, its migration to a native technology is a good option so letting the app penetrate more the market.
M. Caulo—Independent Researcher.
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In the ISO 9241-210 [18], the user experience is defined as “a person’s perceptions and responses that result from the use or anticipated use of a product, system or service”. One of the most important components (i.e., Usability, Adaptability, Desirability, and Value) of the user experience is usability.
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Affect is a concept used in psychology to describe the experience of feeling or emotion.
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Umidigi A3, a Dual-Sim smartphone equipped with Android 8.1.0, 5.5\(''\) screen with 720 \(\times \) 1440 resolution points, 3300mAh capacity battery, 2 GB RAM, 16 GB of expandable memory, MediaTek MT6739 processor.
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Caulo, M., Francese, R., Scanniello, G., Tortora, G. (2021). Implications on the Migration from Ionic to Android. In: Ardito, L., Jedlitschka, A., Morisio, M., Torchiano, M. (eds) Product-Focused Software Process Improvement. PROFES 2021. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 13126. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-91452-3_1
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