Develo** applications targeting mobile devices is a complex task involving numerous
options, technologies, and trade-offs, mostly due to the proliferation and fragmentation of …

Context: A large part of the software produced by many companies and organizations today
are web applications. Testing web applications is vital to ensure and maintain the quality of …

The heterogeneity of the leading mobile platforms in terms of user interfaces, user
experience, programming language, and ecosystem have made cross-platform …

Mobile app development is hindered by device fragmentation and vendor-specific
modifications. Boundaries between devices blur with PC-tablet hybrids on the one side and …

The increasing fragmentation of mobile devices market has created the problem of
supporting all the possible mobile platforms to reach the highest number of potential users …

The purpose of this study is to report on the industry's perspectives and opinions on cross‐
platform mobile development, with an emphasis on the popularity, adoption, and arising …

Mobile cross-platform tools (CPTs) provide an interesting alternative to native development.
Cross-platform tools aim at sharing a significant portion of the application codebase …

Past research has demonstrated that aesthetics affect users' experiences in various ways.
However, there is little research on the impact of interface aesthetics on user performance in …

Usability evaluation is a crucial activity to contribute to a higher standard of user experience.
Without proper usability evaluation, the risk of delivering a dissatisfying product is likely to …

© Michael Gonsalves 2018 Master of Science in Computer Science California State
University, Chico Fall 2018 Mobile application development is an area of software …