Cross-platform development using HTML5, jQuery mobile, and PhoneGap: Realizing a smart meter application

Abstract

With mobile computing devices becoming prevalent, applications for them greatly increased in importance. These apps make devices more versatile. Unfortunately, developing them at the moment means that each plattform has to be addressed separately. Alternatively, Web-based solutions can be used that do not provide a "native" look and feel. To investigate novel methods of multi-platform app development and to review HTML5, we built an app using several up-to-date development frameworks. Our scenario is a smart meter tool, which is an active area of research in itself. We introduce approaches in the field of multi-platform app development and illustrate the technological background. We then give an overview of our development process. Eventually, we evaluate our app and discuss our findings with the aim of providing generalizable results. © 2013 Springer-Verlag.