An MDA based widget development framework

Abstract

The paper aims to solve the repeated work problem existing in multi-platform widget development and supply a widget development environment which can support for cross-platform development or cross-standards development. A widget development framework called Model-driven Widget Development Framework (MWDF) is proposed. By using MDA, the MWDF can make developer get a visual programming and model driven development environment, and the generated widget can be deployed on many platforms supported by MWDF. For illustration, the architecture of MWDF and implementation of model driven development module are shown to describe the framework. MWDF abstracts the implement in widget development which saves a lot of time for the developer and increases the expandability of the widget. © 2013 Springer Science+Business Media New York.