Abstract: A system for generating software applications for a plurality of heterogeneous computing devices. Each computing device has different capabilities. The system outputs device-specific versions of a software application each tailored to the capabilities of the associated computing device in response to receiving device-independent modeling information characterizing the software application. The system includes a framework, a plurality of object types, a modeling tool, and a plurality of device-specific code generators. The framework defines common services on the computing devices. Each object type has a functional relationship to the common services provided by the framework. The modeling tool defines instances of the plurality of object types based on modeling information received as input, outputting a metadata structure describing the behavior and functionality of a software application.

Abstract: An application development system and method for generating applications for computing devices characterized by heterogeneous capabilities such as processing power, memory, resource, display capability, I/O capability, etc.