Treffer: XD-MVC: Support for Cross-Device Development

Cross device applications are still rarely encountered in the wild. In order to facilitate application development we introduce XD MVC an open source cross device framework based on web technologies. XD MVC is lightweight and integrates with MVC frameworks. Most modern browsers are supported and client devices require no installation. XD MVC provides connection management data synchronisation and support for UI distribution based on device types and roles. Developer needs are addressed with defaults for common tasks and powerful customisation mechanisms. If available peer to peer communication is used to achieve fast data synchronisation between devices but a hybrid architecture offers a client server fallback to ensure that a wide range of devices can be supported. As a first evaluation several applications have been built on top of XD MVC using both its JavaScript API and the provided integration with the Polymer MVC framework.