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Pegboard: a framework for developing mobile applications

Authors:

Ramón Cáceres,

Andreas Schade,

Susan Spraragen,

Alpana TiwariAuthors Info & Claims

MobiSys '06: Proceedings of the 4th international conference on Mobile systems, applications and services

Pages 138 - 150

https://doi.org/10.1145/1134680.1134695

Published: 19 June 2006 Publication History

Abstract

Tool support for mobile application development can significantly improve programmer productivity and software quality. Pegboard is a novel tooling framework that extends the Eclipse integrated development environment to support the development of mobile distributed applications. Its extensible design supports multiple application models and the orchestration of external tooling components throughout the development cycle. In this paper we describe Pegboard's architecture and implementation, and show how it improves the development experience through organization, visualization, simplification and guidance. We also discuss insights gained from interviewing software developers, including early users of Pegboard.

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Index Terms

Pegboard: a framework for developing mobile applications
1. Software and its engineering
  1. Software notations and tools
    1. Development frameworks and environments
      1. Integrated and visual development environments
  2. Software organization and properties
    1. Software system structures
      1. Distributed systems organizing principles
        Organizing principles for web applications

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