Product Hunter: Um framework para desenvolvimento de aplicações móveis com foco na busca e avaliação de produtos de forma colaborativa

Abstract

Every day mobile devices are perfected, gain new features, new sensors, better hardware and, therefore, greater ability to measure information of the medium they are used and to process them properly. Moreover, the tasks of day-to-day have been automated. On that basis, the trend that, in the future, mobile devices will have the ability to perform measurements and replace the need deployment of a fixed infrastructure responsible for collecting certain information, simple tasks - like checking prices - could be extinguished. Based on this, the participatory sensing and applying techniques collaboration systems have been gaining focus, and especially improving the collection information. Many are collaborative applications that inform your users they are wondering and thereby create a collaborative community, able to help with collections and receive information through other users. However, although similar in its base, there are tools capable auxiliary developing these applications more easily; reducing time and effort; saving resources to focus on developing better and finishing applications; enabling the creation of the best ways to encourage users and, consequently, better collection and an active community longer. For these reasons, this work proposes a framework capable of assisting in development of systems that integrate the various concepts shown above, with integration into social networks and aid in application development. To this, they were raised important requirements for application of this area from which the architecture and tool design was created. Furthermore, the paper presents a prototype an application using the framework, in order to serve as proof concept thereof.