Editorial - Going Far is a teamwork of the Journal of Computing and Software Engineering (JCSE)
An African proverb says ‘if you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together. The tangible progress made at the Journal of Computing and Software Engineering (JCSE) is teamwork! We have planned, worked, and are ready to go far...

EFFECTIVE APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF A MOBILE-FIRST APPROACH
Tolulope A. Awoniyi and Stephen O. Maitanmi
Developers have a variety of options when it comes to mobile development but it has been exceedingly difficult for developers to figure out the best approach for mobile-first development. This study aimed at effective application development for the implementation of the mobile-first approach. The specific objectives are to analyze the different types of mobile development approaches and identify the most favorable approach from Native App Development, Hybrid App Development, Progressive Web Apps (PWAs), and Mobile Web App Development. Assess Mobile-First, approach in comparison to developing web/desktop applications and identify the effective mobile-first development approach...

INDUCING SOFTWARE SUSTAINABILITY
Opeyemi O. Shokunbi, Stephen O. Maitanmi
Modern societies rely heavily on complex, large-scale, software-intensive systems that are increasingly operating in a continuously available environment, making it hard to adapt to changing stakeholder goals and expectations. Any software system's foundation is its architecture, which provides a mechanism for reasoning about key software quality needs. Their long-term viability — the ability to adapt to changing circumstances – is a major problem in software architecture study and practice...