Grant: Engage Grants Program

Most companies deliver mobile software that runs on multiple operating systems are either using an interpreted framework or a cross compiler. While these solutions enable rapid development, there are a large number of tradeoffs which may not be suitable for professional commercial products. The alternative solution is to develop native applications written using the specific framework of each mobile operating system. However, such an approach requires a significantly larger investment in time and programming expertise, which then needs to be repeated for each operating system. This proposal aims to establish collaboration between Atimi Software Inc. and the Applied Research Lab (ARL) at Trinity Western University that focuses on investigating the development of platform-agnostic software via implementing new versions of the FruitStand Framework that was designed for the iOS, Android, Blackberry 10, and Windows Phone 8 operating systems. The FruitStand Framework supports certain time constrained team sports (soccer, football, hockey, basketball) and this project will involve developing support for new sports paradigms. Atimi has extensive experience in creating mobile software for many professional sports teams. ARL has also accumulated expertise in developing applications for the iPad / iPhone platform for people with accessibility issues. Through this project, these organizations can create a mutually beneficial collaboration which draws on each other's strengths