Quality Factors in Development Best Practices for Mobile Applications

  • Euler Horta Marinho
  • Rodolfo Ferreira Resende
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 7336)

Abstract

Smart mobile devices (hereafter, SMDs) are becoming pervasive and their applications have some particular attributes. Software Engineering deals with quality not only with traditional applications but also with process and product quality of this new application class. Models of software quality can aid to better understand the software characteristics that affect its quality. In this paper, we review some models of software quality factors, the best practices for SMD applications development proposed by UTI and W3C, and we discuss some of their relationships. We also discuss some deficiencies of the development best practices.

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software quality development best practices mobile applications smart mobile devices 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Euler Horta Marinho
    • 1
    • 2
  • Rodolfo Ferreira Resende
    • 1
  1. 1.Computer Science DepartmentUniversidade Federal de Minas GeraisBelo HorizonteBrazil
  2. 2.Department of Exact and Applied SciencesUniversidade Federal de Ouro PretoJoão MonlevadeBrazil

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