Comparison of App Inventor 2 and Java in creating personal applications for Android on example of a Notepad

• Autorzy: Kowalczyk R. , Turczyński Ł. , Żyła K.

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.12913/22998624/64058

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Nowadays, there is a common tendency to seek simpler and faster solutions that could be used in a process of software development. At the same time two other trends can be observed - rapid increase of mobile applications popularity and introducing IT concepts to non-IT specialists. This is why App Inventor 2 is one of the tools that software development community is interested in. The goal of this paper is to verify the possibility of using App Inventor as a tool for creating personal applications and compare it with possibilities given by Java, which is a native environment for Android platform. Comparison was based on application for managing personal text notes which was created in both solutions. The application had the same layout as well as analogical code, and it was the subject of performance tests followed by a survey. Performance test revealed that both implementations provided efficiency which is good enough for everyday use and small size personal applications. Survey participants preferred application built in Java due to its better responsiveness and visual appearance. Concluding, current shape of App Inventor, makes it useless for professionals, but useful for non-IT specialists for creating personal applications.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Java; App Inventor; Android; efficiency comparison; application usability comparison

• Wydawca: Lublin University of Technology ; Polish Society of Ecological Engineering (PTIE), Branch of PTIE in Lublin
• Czasopismo: Advances in Science and Technology. Research Journal
• Rocznik: 2016
• Tom: Vol. 10, nr 31
• Strony: 247--254
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 17 poz., fig., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Kowalczyk R.

• Student of Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36b, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

autor

Turczyński Ł.

• Student of Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36b, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

autor

Żyła K.

• Institute of Computer Science, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science Faculty, Lublin University of Technology, Nadbystrzycka 36b, 20-618 Lublin, Poland

Bibliografia

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Uwagi

Opracowanie ze środków MNiSW w ramach umowy 812/P-DUN/2016 na działalność upowszechniającą naukę.