Developing for testability: best practices and the opinion and practice of outsystems professionals

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Ribeiro, Fernando Reinaldo
Metrôlho, J.C.M.M.
Salgueiro, Joana

Ribeiro, F. R., Metrôlho, J. C., & Salgueiro, J. (2021). Developing for Testability: Best Practices and the Opinion and Practice of OutSystems Professionals. International Conference on Software Engineering Advances, 81–87.

Developing for testability: best practices and the opinion and practice of outsystems professionals

Low-code platforms
OutSystems
Software quality
Software testing
Test automation

2021-12-03T17:07:01Z
2021-12-03T17:07:01Z
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2021

Implementing best practices during the software development process can significantly influence the test automation process. This is true in all software applications, regardless of the platform or the programming language used, but it is even more important when the software is developed using low-code development platforms. These platforms are commonly used together with agile methodologies, and they are designed to accelerate software development with a minimum of hand-coding. Generally, when using these platforms and methodologies, the focus is on verbal and informal communication rather than documentation. The focus is on getting high-quality source code, adequate test sets, and greater interaction with the end customer. This highlights the need to use best practices in software development to achieve better quality software and facilitate the test automation process. In this work, we analyse the test automation on low-code development platforms and, more specifically, how the best practices for OutSystems development influence the test automation process. A survey on the opinion and practice of OutSystems platform professionals, 27 respondents, is also analysed and discussed. The goal is to understand how they recognise the influence that best development practices have on the testing automation process and how they apply these best practices in their daily activities.
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