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Developing for Testability: Best Practices and the Opinion and Practice of OutSystems Professionals

Authors:
Fernando Reinaldo Ribeiro
José Carlos Metrôlho
Joana Salgueiro

Keywords: low-code platforms; OutSystems; software quality, software testing; test automation.

Abstract:
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.

Pages: 81 to 87

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2021

Publication date: October 3, 2021

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-61208-894-5

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from October 3, 2021 to October 7, 2021