Application development environment for event-driven ubiquitous devices

Purpose - In ubiquitous computing environments, not only programmers but also general users come to develop/customize applications. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to propose a new application development environment for ubiquitous computing environments. Design/methodology/approach - The pa...

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Published in:International journal of pervasive computing and communications 2009-06, Vol.5 (2), p.87
Main Authors: Sagara, Ryohei, Kishino, Yasue, Terada, Tsutomu, Nishio, Shojiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computers
Personal computers
Product introduction
R&D
Research & development
Software upgrading
Technological change
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Summary:Purpose - In ubiquitous computing environments, not only programmers but also general users come to develop/customize applications. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to propose a new application development environment for ubiquitous computing environments. Design/methodology/approach - The paper clarifies the requirements for application development environments of ubiquitous computing environments. It then designs and implements a prototype of a development environment that fulfills these requirements. Findings - It is found that the requirements for application development in ubiquitous computing environments are: easy programming, detection of current status, programming awareness of network connections between multiple ubiquitous devices, and debugging with cooperation among real/virtual environments. Research limitations/implications - This prototype of application development environment is designed for event-driven ubiquitous devices. Practical implications - A prototype development environment has been implemented to show the effectiveness of this approach, and is presented an example of an application development to show the effectiveness of the approach. Originality/value - This paper proposes a new style of application development for ubiquitous computing environments
ISSN:1742-7371
1742-738X
DOI:10.1108/17427370910976016