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RAPPT - A tool for generating Android apps

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RAPPT

RAPPT is a compiler and web application for generating Android apps using a Domain Specific Language.

Repository Structure

rappt-compiler - Source code for the RAPPT compiler written in Java. The compiler can be run as a Jar application and does not require the API or the web application.
rappt-api - Source code for the web API written in Javascript
rappt-web - Source code for the web application written in CoffeeScript
rappt-tool-guide.pdf - A tool guide describing the RAPPT web application
grammar.g4 - The grammar for the App Modelling Language
criteria.md - The criteria used as part of a user evaluation of RAPPT

How it Works? (Roughly)

Describe the app you want to build using the DSL.
A model of your app gets created by RAPPT.
A set of transformation rules get executed to create a new model.
Code gets generated from the new model!

Example Output

App to copy on the left, generated output from RAPPT on the right!

Links for more information

Bootstrapping Mobile App Development: Short easy read link
A Conceptual Model for Architecting Mobile Applications: Theoretical underpinnings for RAPPT link
- Core concepts that you need to know to build a mobile app
A Multi-view Framework for Generating Mobile Apps: Web app for RAPPT link
Thesis: Full details, LONG read link