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Usability-Driven Mobile Application Development

Fadwa Yahya^1,2,*, Lassaad Ben Ammar^1,2, Gasmi Karim³

1 Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia
2 University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia
3 Department of Computer Sciences, Faculty of Sciences and Arts in TABARJAL, Jouf University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

* Corresponding Author: Fadwa Yahya. Email:

Computer Systems Science and Engineering 2023, 45(3), 3165-3180. https://doi.org/10.32604/csse.2023.030358

Received 24 March 2022; Accepted 26 April 2022; Issue published 21 December 2022

Abstract

Recently, a specific interest is being taken in the development of mobile application (app) via Model-Based User Interface Development (MBUID) approach. MBUID allows the generation of mobile apps in the target platform(s) from conceptual models. As such it simplified the development process of mobile app. However, the interest is only focused on the functional aspects of the mobile app while neglecting the non-functional aspects, such as usability. The latter is largely considered as the main factor leading to the success or failure of any software system. This paper aims at addressing non-functional aspects of mobile apps generated using MBUID approach. As such, we propose a usability-driven approach for the development of mobile apps. The main stages of the proposed approach are defined in a generic way so that they can be integrated with any MBUID method. A case study is presented, in the paper, with the aim of illustrating the feasibility of this approach.

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