Title :
On migrating a legacy application to the palm platform
Author :
Foss, Andrew ; Wong, Kenny
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Alberta Univ., Canada
Abstract :
Handheld computing devices such as personal digital assistants (PDAs) and the latest mobile phones are becoming widespread, so migrating desktop applications to these platforms is of great interest to developers. However, little information is available to guide the novice especially for the palm OS, the,most popular platform in the PDA and smartphone arena. This paper highlights the migration challenges involved and potential directions in easing this reengineering process. To explore the practical understanding and reengineering issues, a large legacy application was partially migrated to palm OS.
Keywords :
mobile handsets; notebook computers; reverse engineering; systems re-engineering; desktop applications; handheld computing devices; migration challenges; mobile phones; palm OS; personal digital assistants; potential directions; reengineering process; smartphone; Application software; Databases; Environmental economics; Graphical user interfaces; Handheld computers; Mobile handsets; Operating systems; Personal digital assistants; Power generation economics; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Program Comprehension, 2004. Proceedings. 12th IEEE International Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2149-5
DOI :
10.1109/WPC.2004.1311065
