Abstract: A method for developing platform independent applications comprises integrating an interface into a software development platform, receiving an input indicative of a desired mobile-device type designated to receive an application responsive to the platform independent code, enabling a user to develop an instruction set via the interface, generating a set of platform independent files responsive to the mobile-device type and the instruction set, forwarding the set of platform independent files to a device translator, and generating a device-specific application responsive to the mobile-device type and the platform independent files. A computing device exposes the functions of a software development platform, generates a representation of a set of instructions designated for execution on a mobile device, and transforms the representation. The mobile device receives a device independent representation of an application program designated for operation on the mobile device along with an application program.