Techniques of mobile application development process

Purpose: The purpose of the paper is to present the approaches of developing mobile applications and the technologies used for this process to facilitate the choice of the right programming approach in the initial phase of an IT project. Design/methodology/approach: Taking the right and adequate decision on choosing the proper approach to software development should be preceded by searching for available solutions and a there reliable comparison. The collected and compared information comes from current scientific sources and official conferences, which is the basis for making the right decisions at the start of a new project. Findings: Hybrid approach to the manufacture of mobile applications provide applications to run the most popular mobile operating systems. However, the technologies used in this programming approach are not adopted to the extent they have been in the native approach. Originality/value: The article summarizes and compares the approaches of developing mobile applications. The presented comparison, together with information on the used technologies, helps system architects and programmers in making a decision about the use of a given programming approach based on the given technologies when creating a new project.