AndGen+ is a framework for bringing RAD to Android development. This presentation was delivered at Java Developer Conference Cairo 2013.

1. AndGen+
Bringing RAD to Android Platform
Presented by:
Ahmed Misbah
@JDC 2013

2. Agenda
• Boring Introduction
• AndGen+
• Demo
• Q&A

3. BORING INTRODUCTION

4. What is the problem?
• Customers
• Managers
• Man days
• Development Velocity (days/story point)

5. Possible Solutions
1. Managerial Solutions
2. Technical Resources

6. Managerial Solutions
(1) Experienced resources !
Experience = Knowledge + Practice
First Time 20 Minutes
Second Time 15 Minutes
Every Time 10 Minutes

7. Managerial Solutions (cont’d)
(2) More resources !
1 Person 10 Minutes
2 Persons 8 Minutes
10+ Persons 8 Minutes

8. Managerial Solution (cont’d)
(2) More resources ! (cont’d)
9 months1 months?

9. Technical Solutions

10. Technical Solutions (cont’d)
(1) Use RAD to generate Mobile Web Pages !
• Not all RAD frameworks generate mobile
pages web pages
• Frameworks such as PhoneGap and Titanium
are not very stable

11. Technical Solutions (cont’d)
(2) Use App generators to generate Native
Mobile Apps!
• Free generators only generate binary
distribution
• Most generators develop on based backends
(RSS)
• Real generators are expensive !

12. A Real Solution !
• Develop a screen generator (+ their source
code) for Android platform using open source
technologies
• AndGen+ !

13. ANDGEN+

14. AndGen+ Overview
AndGen+ Project consists of 3 modules:
1. AndGen+ Engine: An engine for auto-generating
Android screens and their source code
2. AndGen+ Screen Generator: An Eclipse plugin
for generating Data-centric screens from RESTful
Web services
3. AndGen+ Repository: A repository for
uploading/downloading Android screen
generators

15. AndGen+ Engine
Descriptor.xml
Android
Source
Generator
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Engine

16. AndGen+ Screen Generator

17. Generated Code
RESTful WS
Integration Tier
Business Tier
Presentation Tier
JSON
POJOs
POJOs

18. Under the hood
• Eclipse PDE, SWT, and JDT
• Jsonschema2pojo library
• Jackson JSON processor
• Apache Velocity

19. Plan!
• Launch Release 1 on 1st of April
• Release 1 will include the full Eclipse plugin for
AndGen+ Screen Generator
• Release 1.5 will include AndGen+ Engine and its
documentation (1st of May ISA)
• Release 2 will include AndGen+ repository and
new version of the plugin for downloading screen
generators developed with the engine (TBD)

20. Special Thanks!
• Ahmed Gouda (Logo Design)
• Fatma Gouda (Logo Design)
• Muhammed Hussien (Contributor)

21. Thank You! Demo then Q&A
http://code.google.com/p/andgenplus/