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Website Development for Mobile APPs

Website Development for Mobile APPs

Sruthi Gujjarlapudi

Professor Imad Al Saeed

Info Tech & Mobile Application

ITS-537-M53

06/05/2024
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Website Development for Mobile APPs

Website Development for Mobile APPs

Pros and Cons of an Adaptive Website

Adaptive websites usually provide unique features and play a role in organizing

content based on the type of device that is being used to visit a certain site. Adaptive websites

remain beneficial in the sense that they can offer a consistent user experience cutting across

devices, thereby promoting user loyalty and use experience (Sung et al. , 2019). Adaptive

websites for that matter have various versions of the site which are designed for different

types of devices which will in turn mean faster loading of the site alongside effective display

of content. This also helps in maintaining the branding as well consistency on such layouts

and ensuring that the website or application’s layout is seamless on all platforms which is an

essential factor to any user.

But, this is not all there is regarding adaptive websites since they also have their

drawbacks. The creation and management of several iteratives of a website might also be

expensive relative to the dispensable resources particularly to those who undertake the

projects or are in small business. Still, adaptive websites can build challenges in utilizing new

or rare devices when creating them hence perhaps providing unsuitable service to clients

(Silveira et al. , 2019). This approach also presupposes a better appreciation of the clients’

devices tendency that could be insufficient, outdated or misleading.

Pros and Cons of a Dedicated Mobile Website

A dedicated mobile website, on the other hand, is one which is developed for the sole

purpose of the mobile devices and is developed in a manner to deliver the best service when

used on the mobile devices. The first advantage of a mobile website is that it enables the

‘‘mobilization’’ of fast-loading content specially designed and optimized for mobile users.

Elements such as the click-to-call buttons, simplified navigation bar, and touch-friendly
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design help increase the user satisfaction and interaction (Al-Mondhiry et al. , 2022). Another

advantage of having a dedicated mobile site is mobile-specific features that may not be

implemented in the desktop site.

On the same note, creating and managing two websites for mobile and desktop users

can be costly. This involves making copy of the content and regularly synchronizing the

changes which are time consuming and may result to conflicts (Sung et al. , 2019). Secondly,

special sites designed for mobile devices may not optimally leverage the features of the

newest mobile browsers that are able to render demanding web applications, originally

created for desktop and notebook computers. This limitation may lead to a less satisfying

experience for the users who wish to have the same operating system environment as the

desktops on their mobile devices.

Best Approaches to Website Development for Mobile Applications

In this respect several best practices should be followed that focuses on the user

experience of the mobile applications. Responsive design strategy is to create a website

which is first created for mobile devices and then is expanded for the other devices. This way,

the attributes and contents that are important to be prioritized for mobilized users are only

selected and hence enhances the efficiency of the optimized adaptation (Silveira et al. , 2019).

Applying the principle of responsive design enables the website’s appearance to reach out

and fit into all screens sizes and change orientation depending on the screen size of the device

the website is being viewed in making the experience on all the devices to be one and the

same.

There are more areas of importance in mobile web development and some of them

are as follows – Performance optimization techniques are also very useful in the mobile web

development. It is still possible to enhance minutes of mobile websites through several

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techniques such as lazy loading, efficient image compression, and the minimum of JavaScript

and CSS (Al-Mondhiry et al. , 2022). Furthermore, applying some of the PWA features could

further improve the usage of the mobile web by enabling features such as offline mode, push

notifications, and native feel. They do not only enhance users’ experience but help be ranked

higher by search engines since the latter values mobile and easily accessible websites.

Cloud Computing and AI in Mobile Web Development

Cloud computing and artificial intelligence are shaping the mobile web development

through advanced features to offer better user experience. Cloud computing presents

substantial remote solutions that can be utilized for hosting of mobile sites and applications.

Hence, utilizing cloud services would enable the developers to enable availability, reliability,

and scalability of applications in cases of traffic variations. CDNs and mobile websites can

also help the webpages to enhance the loading speed since contents will be also provided

from the servers that the user is closer to (Sung et al. , 2019).

IA is also useful for tailoring and improving the interaction between a user and a

mobile website. Machine learning algorithms are capable to identify the customers’ behaviors

and preferences to enable them to be served with relevant content and recommendation

(Silveira et al. , 2019). For instance, AI may continuously modify the display of the web

interface where by elements most frequently used by the users are located at the front.

Application of artificial intelligence based chatbots and virtual assistants help in instant

support and solutions to users, thereby increasing their loyalty. Cloud computing combined

with AI makes it possible for developers to make efficient and effective mobile websites that

are intelligent, adaptive, and fast with the aim of satisfying user needs.
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Conclusion
In conclusion, it can be stated that the creation of websites for mobile applications

implies closer attention towards the process by the executive structures. Taking into account

the pros and cons of both types, the main goal of this paper is to determine that the decision

of whether to create adaptive or dedicated mobile sites depends on certain factors of the

project. Using such approaches as mobile first, responsive web design, and performance

improvements it is possible to achieve better usability of mobile websites. The, combining of

cloud computing and AI technologies takes the mobile web to the next level by providing

efficiency in terms of scalability and reliability and more information customized on the go.

Thus, these strategies and technologies could be adopted by organizations to create enhanced

mobile websites that would address the expectations of customers and would deliver rich

experience on all the devices.

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