Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applications

Autores
Grigera, Julián; Garrido, Alejandra; Panach, Jose Ignacio; Distante, Damiano; Rossi, Gustavo Héctor
Año de publicación
2016
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inglés
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Refactoring has been reported as a helpful technique to systematically improve non-functional attributes of software. This paper evaluates the relevance of refactoring for improving usability on web applications. We conducted an experiment with two replications at different locations, with subjects of different profiles. Objects chosen for the experiment were two e-commerce applications that exhibit common business processes in today’s web usage. Through the experiment we found that half of the studied refactorings cause a significant improvement in usability. The rest of the refactorings required a post-hoc analysis in which we considered aspects like user expertise in the interaction with web applications or type of application. We conclude that, when improving quality in use, the success of the refactoring process depends on several factors, including the type of software system, context and users. We have analyzed all these aspects, which developers must consider for a better decision support at the time of prioritizing improvements and outweighing effort.
Fil: Grigera, Julián. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Informática. Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada; Argentina
Fil: Garrido, Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Informática. Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada; Argentina
Fil: Panach, Jose Ignacio. Universidad de Valencia; España
Fil: Distante, Damiano. Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; Italia
Fil: Rossi, Gustavo Héctor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Informática. Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada; Argentina
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Quality in Use
Refactoring
Software Maintenance And Evolution
Usability Measurement
Web Engineering
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spelling Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applicationsGrigera, JuliánGarrido, AlejandraPanach, Jose IgnacioDistante, DamianoRossi, Gustavo HéctorQuality in UseRefactoringSoftware Maintenance And EvolutionUsability MeasurementWeb Engineeringhttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.2https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Refactoring has been reported as a helpful technique to systematically improve non-functional attributes of software. This paper evaluates the relevance of refactoring for improving usability on web applications. We conducted an experiment with two replications at different locations, with subjects of different profiles. Objects chosen for the experiment were two e-commerce applications that exhibit common business processes in today’s web usage. Through the experiment we found that half of the studied refactorings cause a significant improvement in usability. The rest of the refactorings required a post-hoc analysis in which we considered aspects like user expertise in the interaction with web applications or type of application. We conclude that, when improving quality in use, the success of the refactoring process depends on several factors, including the type of software system, context and users. We have analyzed all these aspects, which developers must consider for a better decision support at the time of prioritizing improvements and outweighing effort.Fil: Grigera, Julián. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Informática. Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada; ArgentinaFil: Garrido, Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Informática. Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada; ArgentinaFil: Panach, Jose Ignacio. Universidad de Valencia; EspañaFil: Distante, Damiano. Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; ItaliaFil: Rossi, Gustavo Héctor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Informática. Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada; ArgentinaSpringer2016-06info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/54634Grigera, Julián; Garrido, Alejandra; Panach, Jose Ignacio; Distante, Damiano; Rossi, Gustavo Héctor; Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applications; Springer; Empirical Software Engineering; 21; 3; 6-2016; 1224-12711382-3256CONICET DigitalCONICETenginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1007/s10664-015-9384-6info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10664-015-9384-6info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T09:35:54Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/54634instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 09:35:55.11CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applications
title Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applications
spellingShingle Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applications
Grigera, Julián
Quality in Use
Refactoring
Software Maintenance And Evolution
Usability Measurement
Web Engineering
title_short Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applications
title_full Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applications
title_fullStr Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applications
title_full_unstemmed Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applications
title_sort Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applications
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Grigera, Julián
Garrido, Alejandra
Panach, Jose Ignacio
Distante, Damiano
Rossi, Gustavo Héctor
author Grigera, Julián
author_facet Grigera, Julián
Garrido, Alejandra
Panach, Jose Ignacio
Distante, Damiano
Rossi, Gustavo Héctor
author_role author
author2 Garrido, Alejandra
Panach, Jose Ignacio
Distante, Damiano
Rossi, Gustavo Héctor
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Quality in Use
Refactoring
Software Maintenance And Evolution
Usability Measurement
Web Engineering
topic Quality in Use
Refactoring
Software Maintenance And Evolution
Usability Measurement
Web Engineering
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.2
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Refactoring has been reported as a helpful technique to systematically improve non-functional attributes of software. This paper evaluates the relevance of refactoring for improving usability on web applications. We conducted an experiment with two replications at different locations, with subjects of different profiles. Objects chosen for the experiment were two e-commerce applications that exhibit common business processes in today’s web usage. Through the experiment we found that half of the studied refactorings cause a significant improvement in usability. The rest of the refactorings required a post-hoc analysis in which we considered aspects like user expertise in the interaction with web applications or type of application. We conclude that, when improving quality in use, the success of the refactoring process depends on several factors, including the type of software system, context and users. We have analyzed all these aspects, which developers must consider for a better decision support at the time of prioritizing improvements and outweighing effort.
Fil: Grigera, Julián. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Informática. Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada; Argentina
Fil: Garrido, Alejandra. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Informática. Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada; Argentina
Fil: Panach, Jose Ignacio. Universidad de Valencia; España
Fil: Distante, Damiano. Università degli studi di Roma "La Sapienza"; Italia
Fil: Rossi, Gustavo Héctor. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Informática. Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada; Argentina
description Refactoring has been reported as a helpful technique to systematically improve non-functional attributes of software. This paper evaluates the relevance of refactoring for improving usability on web applications. We conducted an experiment with two replications at different locations, with subjects of different profiles. Objects chosen for the experiment were two e-commerce applications that exhibit common business processes in today’s web usage. Through the experiment we found that half of the studied refactorings cause a significant improvement in usability. The rest of the refactorings required a post-hoc analysis in which we considered aspects like user expertise in the interaction with web applications or type of application. We conclude that, when improving quality in use, the success of the refactoring process depends on several factors, including the type of software system, context and users. We have analyzed all these aspects, which developers must consider for a better decision support at the time of prioritizing improvements and outweighing effort.
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