A Hybrid Design Methodology for an Introductory Software Engineering Course with Integrated Mobile Application Development

Mobile application development is relatively new and has seen growth of late. With this rapid expansion, there are growing pains within industry, as the usual time given to the evolution of an industry to learn from past mistakes has been significantly shortened and is even going on within the currently saturated market. Because of this, inexperienced developers are attempting to design applications based on what is of yet a shady set of design principals. This is providing problems during the development process and can be seen to be stifling innovation, as many developers have yet to get a grasp on the shift between traditional software engineering and what it means to implicate these designs on a mobile device. This chapter analyses these difficulties in depth, as well as attempting to draw solutions to these problems based on development in the context of the characteristics of mobile devices.

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THIRD-YEAR INTEGRATIVE PROJECTS FOR COMPUTER AND SOFTWARE ENGINEERING STUDENTS AT POLYTECHNIQUE MONTRÉAL

Proceedings of the Canadian Engineering Education Association (CEEA) ◽

10.24908/pceea.v0i0.6466 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Jérôme Collin ◽

Olivier Gendreau

Keyword(s):

User Interface ◽

Software Engineering ◽

Interface Design ◽

Mobile Application ◽

Engineering Students ◽

User Interface Design ◽

Network Communication ◽

Application Development ◽

The Third ◽

Mobile Application Development

This paper presents the most important aspects of the third-year project for students in computer and software engineering at Polytechnique Montréal. In computer engineering, the third-year project mainly focusses on FPGA-based embedded systems, mobile application development (Android application), network communication and protocols, and user interface design. In software engineering, the third-year project mainly focusses on software reengineering (of the second-year project), mobile application development (iPad application), network communication and protocols, and user interface design. The important role of team and project management is also underlined. Teachers’ evaluation of students, as well as students’ evaluation of teachers are discussed.

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Common Problems Faced When Developing Applications for Mobile Devices

Recent Advances in Ambient Intelligence and Context-Aware Computing - Advances in Computational Intelligence and Robotics ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-7284-0.ch006 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 90-106

Author(s):

Kevin Curran ◽

Sean Carlin ◽

Joseph McMahon

Keyword(s):

Software Engineering ◽

Mobile Devices ◽

Mobile Device ◽

Mobile Application ◽

Development Process ◽

Rapid Expansion ◽

Application Development ◽

Growing Pains ◽

Mobile Application Development ◽

Common Problems

Mobile application development is relatively new and has seen growth of late. With this rapid expansion, there are growing pains within industry, as the usual time given to the evolution of an industry to learn from past mistakes has been significantly shortened and is even going on within the currently saturated market. Because of this, inexperienced developers are attempting to design applications based on what is of yet a shady set of design principals. This is providing problems during the development process and can be seen to be stifling innovation, as many developers have yet to get a grasp on the shift between traditional software engineering and what it means to implicate these designs on a mobile device. This chapter analyses these difficulties in depth, as well as attempting to draw solutions to these problems based on development in the context of the characteristics of mobile devices.

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