Cross-Platform Development : Bringing a desktop web application to the mobile platform
Wiktor Tengroth · KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) · 2016
Cross-platform development frameworks make it possible to develop web applications for multiple platforms with just one code-base. The aim of this thesis is to determine which kind of framework is best suited to bring a web application targeting desktop browsers to the mobile platform. This includes being able to use already developed web components. The evalutation was done by first selecting six frameworks from two different choices of cross-platform technologies. Then a literature study was done to select one framework from each technique for which a prototype for Trimmas application INSIKT was developed .Performance tests of the prototypes together with the literature study is then used to determine which kind of frameworks are to prefer when bringing a web application targeting desktops to the mobile platform. This is done with, in particular, INSIKT but as well for general applicationsin mind. From this we have successfully determined the bes tchoice for INSIKT as well as key points when selecting a framework to use for other applications.