Code generator framework for smart TV platforms

Abstract

In recent years, smart TVs have become more common, making them need to be included as targets for the software industry. In this study, the authors developed a code generator framework and demonstrated it in an architectural view. The proposed framework converts C# programming language based projects, in a Windows Forms or a Windows Phone Application project, into native smart TV Platform applications. The selected primary smart TV platforms assigned for application conversion were Android TV, Firefox OS, and Tizen OS. The authors enabled developers to generate native codes for all three platforms from a single code base using model to model conversion, as in the model driven architecture approach with the use of the open source Roslyn C# language compiler. The need for creating projects for every single platform to make them run on different platforms will thus be eliminated and development cycles shortened. By doing so, the time required to develop an application for each platform is reduced while keeping the generated applications' quality as high as the original application. To show the functionality, the proposed approach is applied in three case studies. The success of the code conversion is satisfactory and converted applications are functional.

Developing Web-Based Process Management with Automatic Code Generation

“…The metrics of the development process directly affect the effectiveness of the process. The metrics mentioned by Akbulut and Toprak [23] and Possatto and Lucrédio [24] have contributed significantly to the efficiency of this process. In particular, the bug count metric is directly linked to the developer's productivity, and the code size metric reflects the system's performance.…”

A template-based code generator for web applications

“…In 2017 Akbulut et al presented an automatic code generation tool for end user development [19]. A code generator framework that helps the development of Smart TV applications for different Smart TV platforms was introduced by Akbulut and Toprak [8].…”

“…The development time metric is directly related to the efficiency of the development process. In the literature, this metric was used by Akbulut and Toprak [8] and Possatto and Lucrédio [7]. The selection of the test run metric is because of its effect on the development time.…”

“…One of them is increasing the productivity of developers [7]. Another one is improving the quality of code by means of reducing errors [8]. The benefits of using code generators in web application development are listed as follows:…”

“…spent during the implementation Test run Number of test runs performed during the implementation Bug count Number of errors made during the implementation Code sizeLines of code (LOC) count of the generated HTML fileThe development time metric is directly related to the efficiency of the development process. In the literature, this metric was used by Akbulut and Toprak[8] and Possatto and Lucrédio[7]. The selection of the test run metric is because of its effect on the development time.…”