The first decision in an application development project is choosing the application development platform. Until recently, native application development was the dominant development platform used. The recent increase in popularity of cross-platform development has made this decision to choose between native and cross platform development platforms even more difficult. There is a problem of a lack of guidelines on choosing between native and cross platform development. This lack of guidelines can lead companies to incur costs since application development is a time and money intensive process. The purpose of the thesis is to provide guidelines on when to choose between native application development and cross platform development. This thesis utilized qualitative methods to perform a comparative analysis between native and cross platform development. This analysis was done by building a weather application using native platform development and Flutter, which is the cross-platform development tool we have chosen. We used five comparative criteria to perform the comparative analyses. The results of the thesis are the set of guidelines that are obtained by performing a comparative analysis between native and cross platform development using five comparative criteria. These results will aid people involved in the application development process in making an informed decision of what development platform to use. / Det första beslutet i ett applikationsutvecklingsprojekt är att välja applikationsutvecklingsplattform. Fram tills nyligen var inbyggd applikationsutveckling den dominerande plattformen som användes. Det ökande populariteten för plattformsoberoende utveckling har gjort det ännu svårare att välja mellan inhemska och plattformsoberoende utvecklingsplattformar. Det finns en brist på riktlinjer för att välja mellan inbyggd och plattformsoberoende utveckling. Denna brist på riktlinjer kan leda till kostnader för företag eftersom applikationsutveckling är en tids- och resurskrävande process. Syftet med rapporten är att tillhandahålla riktlinjer för när man ska välja mellan inbyggd applikationsutveckling och plattformsoberoende utveckling. Denna rapport använde kvalitativa metoder för att utföra en jämförande analys mellan inbyggd och plattformsoberoende utveckling. Denna analys utfördes genom att bygga en väderapplikation med inbyggd apputveckling och Flutter, som är det plattformsoberoende utvecklingsverktyget vi har valt. Vi använde fem jämförande kriterier för att utföra de jämförande analyserna. Resultaten av rapporten är den uppsättning riktlinjer som erhålls genom att utföra en jämförande analys mellan nativ apputveckling och tvärplattformsutveckling med hjälp av fem jämförande kriterier. Dessa resultat kommer att hjälpa personer som är involverade i applikationsutvecklingsprocessen att fatta ett välgrundat beslut om vilken utvecklingsplattform de ska använda

Актуальность работы обусловлена тем, что при нехватке времени у молодых родителей на поиск и обработку информации по детскому питанию, они хотят восполнить потребности ребенка в еде таким образом, чтобы рецепты блюд были качественными, полезными, вкусными и разнообразными. Полученные результаты и их новизна: спроектированный электронный сервис по подбору детского питания по возрасту значительно упростит ежедневный процесс поиска информации по теме детского питания для молодых родителей, поскольку в настоящее время общество насыщено различной информацией, которую необходимо правильно упорядочивать. / The relevance of the work is due to the fact that when young parents do not have enough time to search and process information on baby food, they want to fill the child's food needs in such a way that the recipes for the dishes are high-quality, healthy, tasty and varied. The results obtained and their novelty: the designed electronic service for the selection of baby food by age will greatly simplify the daily process of searching for information on the topic of baby food for young parents, since at present society is saturated with various information that needs to be properly organized.

Mobile platform fragmentation is one of the main challenges of mobile development today, forcing developers to develop one application for each targeted platform, which significantly impacts time and cost for application development and maintenance. The fragmentation has given rise to cross-platform application development tools and frameworks, making it possible to develop one single application compatible with several platforms. This thesis focuses on the web-based approach Progressive Web Applications (PWAs), which, in contrast to previous approaches, targets both mobile and desktop devices. We aim to point out the supported features, evaluate their suitability for QR code scanning, and their performance compared to alternative approaches on iOS. We specifically cover a feature set of 33 features and measure response times, CPU and memory utilization, geolocation accuracy, and QR code scanning correctness. We developed three benchmark artifacts for the performance analysis: a PWA, a React Native application, and a native iOS application, and conducted automated run-time experiments using the tools Xcode and XCUITest. The performance evaluation shows that native applications performed best in memory and CPU utilization, whereas React Native achieved the shortest response times. The feature evaluation shows that the majority of the features are supported or partially supported for PWAs, and that the support continues to grow. Still, PWAs lack support for crucial mobile features such as push notifications and background synchronization, making PWAs insufficient for advanced mobile application development on iOS. Nevertheless, this study shows that PWAs are well worth considering for applications with low requirements. / Fragmentering av mobilplattformar är en av de största utmaningarna inom mobilutveckling, vilket tvingar utvecklare att utveckla en applikation för varje specific plattform, vilket avsevärt påverkar tid och kostnad för applikationsutveckling och underhåll. Fragmenteringen har gett upphov till plattformsoberoende applikationsutvecklingsverktyg och ramverk, vilka möjliggör utveckling av en enda applikation kompatibel med flertalet plattformar. Det här examensarbetet fokuserar på det webbaserade tillvägagångssättet Progressiva Webb Applikationers (PWAs), som till skillnad från tidigare tillvägagångssätt, riktar sig till både mobila och stationära enheter. Den här studien syftar till att reda ut vilka funktioner som stöds av PWAs, utvärdera PWAs lämplighet för QR-kodskanning och deras prestanda jämfört med alternativa tillvägagångssätt på iOS. Mer specifikt täcker den här stiduen en evaluering av 33 essentiella mobilfunktioner samt en prestandaanalys genom mätning av svarstid, CPU- och minnesanvändning, geolokaliseringsnoggrannhet och QR-kodsskanning korrekthet. Vi utvecklade tre benchmark-artefakter för prestandaanalysen: en PWA, en React Native-applikation och en inbyggd iOS-applikation, och genomförde automatiserade experiment med verktygen Xcode och XCUITest. Prestandautvärderingen visar att inbyggda applikationer presterade bäst i minne och CPU-användning, medan React Native uppnådde de kortaste svarstiderna. Funktionsutvärderingen visar att majoriteten av funktionerna stöds eller delvis stöds för PWAs, och att stödet fortsätter att växa. Ändå saknar PWAs stöd för viktiga mobila funktioner som push-meddelanden och bakgrundssynkronisering, vilket gör PWAs otillräckliga för utveckling av avancerade iOS mobilapplikationer. Däremot är PWAs väl värda att överväga för applikationer med lägre krav.

The growing demand for IT professionals to develop and maintain software is creating huge concerns for organizations looking to keep up and build resilience. The trends show that there is a large shortage compared to the demand. Manufacturing companies are no exception to this, and the adoption of Industry 4.0 technologies will most likely increase this need even further. However, developing software solutions often requires specialized knowledge, and organizations are looking far and wide for the competence. If it is present, it is often found in the organization’s centralized IT departments. Low-code development might offer a solution, by lowering the threshold for employees and individuals to develop, deploy and maintained applications with limited technical expertise. Low-code development is method that enables software applications to be built using graphical user interfaces in so called low-code development platforms. The platforms provide templates, drag-and-drop modules and integration with other systems to reduce the complexity of the application development process. These platforms could offer advantages for manufacturing firms, including quicker development that could aid in responding to new requirements. Other benefits include: cost savings and shorter development cycles, allowing for faster releases which can help enterprises stay more competitive and reduce risk. This thesis probes the factors to consider with low-code platforms, such as the role of citizen developers and the balance between accessibility and control in the context of manufacturing industries. It explores how low-code development could enhance efficiency and presents a case study from the engine assembly facility in Scania Södertälje. Best practices for building an organization around low-code developers are discussed. The insights from this study provide an understanding of the complexities and potential of low-code development, laying the groundwork for further exploration and implementation. Combined, the results and insights offer a clear perspective on how low-code development can assist organizations in the digital age.

<p>Det här examensarbetet är baserat på idéer ur ett uppdrag från företaget Saab Aerotech men är ett eget arbete.</p><p>Målet var att undersöka om det finns behov av ett verktyg som statiskt kan detektera dynamiska minneshanteringsproblem, som till exempel minnesläckage, i applikationer skrivna i C/C++. På grund av att minneshanteringsfel i C/C++ länge har varit ett känt problem undersökte vi detta och de befintliga lösningarna till det.</p><p>Vi fann två metoder till lösningar som de flesta verktyg använde sig av; statisk och dynamisk detektering. De flesta verktyg löste problemet genom att dynamiskt detektera minnesläckor och andra brister som till exempel buffer overflows. Ett verktyg löste dock problemet genom att statisk detektera minneshanteringsfel i källkoden för applikationerna. Eftersom alla befintliga lösningar har någon form av ineffektivitet så har vi undersökt möjligheten att utveckla ett mer effektivt verktyg. Vi har kommit fram till att denna möjlighet finns men det kräver enormt mycket tid och arbete att göra ett komplett verktyg som detekterar minneshanteringsfel statiskt.</p><p>Vår prototyp detekterar dynamiska minneshanteringsproblem i källkoden statiskt. Vi har använt oss av hjälpverktygen Flex och Bison för att utveckla vår prototyp av verktyget. Prototypen kan analysera källkod skriven i programspråken C och C++ och klarar att detektera minnesläckage, felaktiga avallokeringar av minne, dangling pointers, samt läsning från och skrivning till ogiltiga minnesområden. På grund av tidsbrist har vi i nuläget inte implementerat något stöd för klasser och objekt i prototypen.</p> / <p>This bachelor’s project is our own project, but it is based on ideas from an assignment from the Saab Aerotech company.</p><p>The goal was to investigate if there is a need for a tool that statically can detect dynamic memory management errors, such as memory leaks, in applications written in C/C++. Since the problem of memory management errors in the C/C++ languages has been known for a long time, we decided to investigate this and the existing solutions.</p><p>We found that most tools used two methods as solutions; static and dynamic detection. Most of these tools solve the problem by dynamically detecting memory leaks and other deficiencies such as buffer overflows. However, one of these tools used static detection of these deficiencies by scanning the source code of the applications. Since all the existing solutions have some kind of inefficiency, we have investigated the possibility to develop a more efficient tool. We concluded that this is possible but it will take a lot of time and effort to implement a complete tool that statically detects memory management errors.</p><p>Our prototype statically detects dynamic memory management problems in the source code. We have used the tools Flex and Bison to develop our prototype of a static detection tool. The prototype analyzes source code written in the programming languages C and C++ and is capable of detecting memory leaks, invalid deallocations of memory, dangling pointers and reading from and writing to invalid memory areas. Currently, due to lack of time, we have not implemented any support for classes and objects in the prototype.</p>

Requirements are features or attributes which we discover at the initial stage of building a product. Requirements describe the system functionality that satisfies customer needs. An incomplete and inconsistent requirement of the project leads to exceeding cost or devastating the project. So there should be a process for obtaining sufficient, accurate and refining requirements such a process is known as requirement elicitation. Software requirement elicitation process is regarded as one of the most important parts of software development. During this stage it is decided precisely what should be built. There are many requirements elicitation techniques however selecting the appropriate technique according to the nature of the project is important for the successful development of the project. Traditional software development and agile approaches to requirements elicitation are suitable in their own context. With agile approaches a high-level, low formal form of requirement specification is produced and the team is fully prepared to respond unavoidable changes in these requirements. On the other hand in traditional approach project could be done more satisfactory with a plan driven well documented specification. Agile processes introduced their most broadly applicable technique with user stories to express the requirements of the project. A user story is a simple and short written description of desired functionality from the perspective of user or owner. User stories play an effective role on all time constrained projects and a good way to introducing a bit of agility to the projects. Personas can be used to fill the gap of user stories.

Παρόλο που το υπερκείμενο ως τρόπος δόμησης πληροφορίας τυγχάνει ευρείας αποδοχής, μέχρι σήμερα τα Συστήματα Υπερκειμένου (ΣΥ) δεν έχουν καταφέρει να προσφέρουν τη λειτουργικότητά τους στο ευρύ κοινό σε ικανοποιητικό βαθμό. Οι σχεδιαστικές προσεγγίσεις των ΣΥ αλλά και η αδυναμία υποστήριξης των προγραμματιστών ξένων εφαρμογών για τη χρήση των υπηρεσιών υπερκειμένου οδήγησαν σε μία δυσμενή κατάσταση όσο αφορά στην αποδοτική παροχή υπηρεσιών υπερκειμένου. Το πρόβλημα αυτό ανέδειξε την αναγκαιότητα για την επαναπροσέγγιση των σχεδιαστικών αρχών των ΣΥ έχοντας ως βασική προτεραιότητα τη δημιουργία και την εύκολη παροχή υπηρεσιών υπερκειμένου στο ευρύ κοινό. Η παρούσα διατριβή πραγματεύεται τη δημιουργία ενός πλαισίου για την παροχή υπηρεσιών υπερκειμένου σε ξένα συστήματα αλλά και την υποστήριξη της ανάπτυξης εφαρμογών διαδικτύου βασισμένες σε υπηρεσίες υπερκειμένου. Η υιοθέτηση της Αρχιτεκτονικής Προσανατολιζόμενης σε Υπηρεσίες – ΑΠΥ στο σχεδιασμό των ΣΥ αποτέλεσε την προτεινόμενη προσέγγιση της διατριβής. Η ανάπτυξη συστημάτων υπερκειμένου βασισμένα σε αρχές της ΑΠΥ αλλά και η παροχή υπηρεσιών υπερκειμένου στο διαδίκτυο με χρήση παγκοσμίων προτύπων επιχειρούν να διευκολύνουν την εκμετάλλευση της λειτουργικότητας των ΣΥ από χρήστες και από άλλα συστήματα. Έχοντας ως παράδειγμα υπάρχοντα ΑΣΥ αλλά και συστήματα υπερμέσων βασισμένα σε ψηφίδες (ΑΣΥ-ΒΨ) - όπως ο Callimachus - μελετήθηκε και χρησιμοποιήθηκε η τεχνική των Web Services έτσι ώστε να είναι δυνατή η παροχή στο διαδίκτυο υπηρεσιών υπερμέσων διαφόρων λειτουργικών πεδίων (ταξινομίες, χωρική αναπαράσταση, πλοήγηση κ.α.) από υπάρχοντα συστήματα. Σημείο αναφοράς της εφαρμογής της προτεινόμενης τεχνικής υπήρξε το σύστημα Babylon. Το Babylon είναι ένα σύστημα παροχής υπηρεσιών ταξινόμησης, το οποίο σχεδιάστηκε και κατασκευάστηκε ως ψηφίδα του συστήματος Callimachus και κατόπιν μετεξελίχθηκε σε αυτόνομη υπηρεσία παγκόσμιου ιστού (Web Service). Επιπλέον, αναπτύχθηκε ένα σύστημα υποστήριξης συνεργασίας και λήψης αποφάσεων βασισμένο σε τεχνολογίες συστημάτων χωρικού υπερκειμένου και υπερκειμένου υποστήριξης επιχειρηματολογίας. Η ανάπτυξη έγινε εξ’ολοκλήρου βασισμένη στις αρχές της αρχιτεκτονικής προσανατολιζόμενης σε υπηρεσίες και η εκμετάλλευση των υπηρεσιών του είναι δυνατή τόσο μέσω του παγκοσμίου ιστού όσο και από εξωτερικές εφαρμογές χρησιμοποιώντας εξειδικευμένα Web Services. Τέλος, μελετήθηκε η δυνατότητα ανακάλυψης και αναζήτησης των υπηρεσιών υπερμέσων μέσα από ένα ολοκληρωμένο πλαίσιο υποστήριξης ανάπτυξης εφαρμογών που χρησιμοποιούν υπηρεσίες υπερκειμένου. Με την εφαρμογή της προτεινόμενης προσέγγισης και την αξιολόγηση της χρήσης των συστημάτων παράχθηκαν θετικά συμπεράσματα όσο αφορά στην αξιοποίηση των ΑΠΥ σε συστήματα υπερμέσων και με τον τρόπο αυτό τεκμηριώθηκε η χρησιμότητα της συνολικής προσέγγισης. / Although hypertext is considered as a widely accepted mean for information structuring, the provision of hypertext-related services has not yet reached a satisfactory level. Both the design principles of hypertext systems and the lack of developer support for the exploitation of hypermedia services lead to a low level of provision of the hypertext functionality from the world. This problem has highlighted the need for re-approaching the design principles of HSs under a different perspective in which the creation and the provision of a hypermedia service are crucial issues. This thesis focuses on the development of a framework aiming at both the provision of hypermedia service and the web application development support using hypermedia functionality. The adoption of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) in the design of Hypermedia Systems (OHS) constitutes the main approach against the particular issue. The SOA based implementation of HSs together with the the provision of hypermedia services to the Internet through universal standards try to aid the exploitation of the hypermedia functionality from an open set of both users and systems. The OHSs together with the Component Based – OHSs (CB-OHSs) like Callimachus were the leading paradigm in this approach in which the web-service technique was both studied and adopted in order to provide to the Internet hypermedia services based on different hypermedia fields (taxonomic, spatial, navigational etc) provided by existing systems. The case study of this approach regards the Babylon system. It is a hypertext system designed to provide taxonomic services in the context of the entire Callimachus system as a single component. The Babylon system was later transformed to a taxonomic internet based service using the Web Service standards. Furthermore, a collaboration and decision making support tool based on spatial and argumentation support technologies was also implemented. The development was entirely based on SOA thus the provided services are available both from users or applications of the world wide web and 3rd party (external) applications by using the Web Services protocols. Finally, a study which concerns capabilities of discovering and searching of the hypermedia services has also taken place. The evaluation of the proposed approach extracted many positive conclusions regarding the utilization of SOA in the area of hypermedia systems.

Mobilindustrin är under ständig förändring vilket har lett till en fragmenterad marknad somsmåföretag har haft svårt att etablera sig i. Småföretag har haft problem med att utvecklakvalitativa applikationer till olika mobila plattformar. Anledningen är att det varitresurskrävande att utveckla native applikationer till flera plattformar och underhålla flerakodbaser. Till följd av detta har mindre företag oftast valt att utveckla webbapplikationer för attleverera tjänster som når ut till många konsumenter. Hybrida ramverk har på senare år etableratsig som en potentiell lösning för att utveckla mobila applikationer med högre prestanda ochfunktionalitet än webbapplikationer och samtidigt möjliggjort för utvecklare att dela kod mellanolika plattformar. I denna studie intervjuades anställda på tre mindre företag för att identifierakrav som småföretag anser vara viktiga vid val av ramverk för applikationsutveckling. Utifrånkraven jämfördes tre hybrida ramverk för att ta reda på vilket som passar småföretag. Resultatenvisade att småföretag är olika med varierande behov och att det inte finns ett specifikt ramverksom passar alla. Däremot konstaterades det att alla tre hybrida ramverk som jämfördes i studienvar tillräckligt sofistikerade att implementeras som potentiella lösningar. Med det sagt ärhybrida ramverken inte kompromisslösa. Applikationer som utvecklas med hybrida ramverkuppnår ännu inte samma prestanda som native applikationer och är inte plattformsoberoende isamma grad som webbapplikationer. / The mobile industry is constantly changing, which has led to a fragmented market that smallbusinesses have difficulties to successfully establish in. Small businesses have had problemswith developing qualitative applications for different mobile devices. The main reason is theresource intensive process to develop native applications for multiple platforms andmaintaining the different codebases. Thus, smaller companies have usually chosen to developweb applications to deliver services to a more widespread target audience. Hybrid frameworkshave established themselves as a potential solution for developing mobile applications withhigher performance and functionality than web applications, while allowing developers to sharecode between platforms. In this study, employees of three smaller companies were interviewedto identify shared requirements held by small businesses to select a framework for applicationdevelopment. Based on the requirements, three hybrid frameworks were compared with thepurpose to identify which one was most suitable for small businesses. The results showed thatsmall businesses are different with varying needs and that there is no specific framework thatsuits all companies. On the other hand, it was found that all three hybrid frameworks comparedin the study were sufficiently developed to be implemented as potential solutions. With thatsaid, hybrid frameworks are not without flaws. Applications developed with hybrid frameworksdoes not yet achieve the same level of performance as native applications and is not platformindependent to the same extent as web applications.

Det här examensarbetet är baserat på idéer ur ett uppdrag från företaget Saab Aerotech men är ett eget arbete. Målet var att undersöka om det finns behov av ett verktyg som statiskt kan detektera dynamiska minneshanteringsproblem, som till exempel minnesläckage, i applikationer skrivna i C/C++. På grund av att minneshanteringsfel i C/C++ länge har varit ett känt problem undersökte vi detta och de befintliga lösningarna till det. Vi fann två metoder till lösningar som de flesta verktyg använde sig av; statisk och dynamisk detektering. De flesta verktyg löste problemet genom att dynamiskt detektera minnesläckor och andra brister som till exempel buffer overflows. Ett verktyg löste dock problemet genom att statisk detektera minneshanteringsfel i källkoden för applikationerna. Eftersom alla befintliga lösningar har någon form av ineffektivitet så har vi undersökt möjligheten att utveckla ett mer effektivt verktyg. Vi har kommit fram till att denna möjlighet finns men det kräver enormt mycket tid och arbete att göra ett komplett verktyg som detekterar minneshanteringsfel statiskt. Vår prototyp detekterar dynamiska minneshanteringsproblem i källkoden statiskt. Vi har använt oss av hjälpverktygen Flex och Bison för att utveckla vår prototyp av verktyget. Prototypen kan analysera källkod skriven i programspråken C och C++ och klarar att detektera minnesläckage, felaktiga avallokeringar av minne, dangling pointers, samt läsning från och skrivning till ogiltiga minnesområden. På grund av tidsbrist har vi i nuläget inte implementerat något stöd för klasser och objekt i prototypen. / This bachelor’s project is our own project, but it is based on ideas from an assignment from the Saab Aerotech company. The goal was to investigate if there is a need for a tool that statically can detect dynamic memory management errors, such as memory leaks, in applications written in C/C++. Since the problem of memory management errors in the C/C++ languages has been known for a long time, we decided to investigate this and the existing solutions. We found that most tools used two methods as solutions; static and dynamic detection. Most of these tools solve the problem by dynamically detecting memory leaks and other deficiencies such as buffer overflows. However, one of these tools used static detection of these deficiencies by scanning the source code of the applications. Since all the existing solutions have some kind of inefficiency, we have investigated the possibility to develop a more efficient tool. We concluded that this is possible but it will take a lot of time and effort to implement a complete tool that statically detects memory management errors. Our prototype statically detects dynamic memory management problems in the source code. We have used the tools Flex and Bison to develop our prototype of a static detection tool. The prototype analyzes source code written in the programming languages C and C++ and is capable of detecting memory leaks, invalid deallocations of memory, dangling pointers and reading from and writing to invalid memory areas. Currently, due to lack of time, we have not implemented any support for classes and objects in the prototype.

Länge har utvecklare kämpat för att genom kreativa implementationer av gryende teknologi, särskilja och sprida sina applikationer och tjänster i konkurrensen av ett ständigt växande utbud. En av de senaste trenderna för att framkalla ett ökat engagemang och förbättrade prestationer bland användarna är gamification. Detta innebär processen att införa spelliknande moment i applikationer för att öka deras interaktionförmåga och på så sätt möjliggöra för motivation att uppstå inom användaren. Lyckade exempel på gamifierade applikationer har snabbt sprungit om sina konkurrenter både vad gäller användarlojalitet och popularitet vilket får många att fundera på nya användningsområden för tekniken. I detta arbete vill vi besvara frågor kring hur gamification kan användas för att öka engagemang, kunskap och prestation hos användarna i ett av dessa nya områden, försäljning. Genom en empirisk datainsamling och analys av fallet Sponsra.se samt teorier inom gamification, psykologi och försäljning, presenterar och motiverar vi tre riktlinjer för design av gamifierade applikationer inom en försäljningskontext: “social kontext”, “inre motivation” och “beteendeförändring”. / For a long time developers have fought in ever growing competition, to differentiate and spread their applications through creative implemetations of groundbreaking technology.One of the newest trends in trying to produce an increase of commitment and performance in users is gamification. This means the process of introducing game-like elements to applications, in an effort to increase their interactivity and enabling motivation to develop in the user. Successful examples of gamified applications have quickly surpassed their competitors in both user loyalty and popularity, which has made many think about new fields of applications for this thechnology. In this work we want to answer questions about how gamification can be used to increase users commitment, knowledge and performance in one of these new areas, sales. Through an empiric collection of data and analysis of the case Sponsra.se as well as theories from gamification, psychology and sales, we present and give grounds for three guidelines used to design gamified applications in a sales context: “social context”, “intrinsic motivation” and “behavioral change”.