Assessing refactorings for usability in e-commerce applications

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Grigera, Julián; Garrido, Alejandra; Panach, Jose Ignacio; Distante, Damiano; Rossi, Gustavo Héctor
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2016
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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.
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Ciencias Informáticas
Refactoring
Quality in use
Usability measurement
Web engineering
Software maintenance and evolution
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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
Ciencias Informáticas
Refactoring
Quality in use
Usability measurement
Web engineering
Software maintenance and evolution
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 Ciencias Informáticas
Refactoring
Quality in use
Usability measurement
Web engineering
Software maintenance and evolution
topic Ciencias Informáticas
Refactoring
Quality in use
Usability measurement
Web engineering
Software maintenance and evolution
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.
Laboratorio de Investigación y Formación en Informática Avanzada
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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