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Automatização de testes de software para OutSystems: a importância das boas práticas no desenvolvimento e sua influência na automatização de testes
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Abstract(s)
As plataformas low-code permitem acelerar o desenvolvimento de software através
da redução de codificação manual, o que tem permitido desenvolver aplicações mais
rapidamente, mas também que profissionais com formações distintas se tornem
software developers. Isto tem possibilitado recrutar mais profissionais para as áreas
das Tecnologias da Informação, requalificando alguns deles de diferentes áreas, mas,
ao mesmo tempo, trazendo também para a área de desenvolvimento de software
profissionais sem formação sólida nesta área. Embora os testes de software devam ser
realizados em todas as aplicações, independentemente da linguagem de programação
ou da plataforma usada, o que antes foi referido reforça, ainda mais, a necessidade de
testar as aplicações desenvolvidas com plataformas de desenvolvimento low-code.
Neste trabalho, estudou-se o processo de automatização de testes na plataforma
OutSystems e o impacto que as boas práticas durante o desenvolvimento têm sobre o
processo de automatização de testes. O foco incidiu nos níveis de teste de
Componentes, Integração/API e Sistema/End-to-End. Os exemplos apresentados
mostram que a implementação de boas práticas durante o processo de
desenvolvimento pode ter uma influência significativa no processo de automatização
de testes. No entanto, é importante avaliar se a carga de trabalho associada à
implementação das boas práticas pode prejudicar alguns dos benefícios normalmente
associados ao uso de uma plataforma low-code. Além disso, é importante considerar
que nem todas as ferramentas de automatização de testes têm o mesmo
comportamento. Assim, para saber se as boas práticas de desenvolvimento têm
impacto na implementação e execução dos testes utilizou-se, como caso de estudo, uma
aplicação desenvolvida em OutSystems para a qual foram elaborados 3 cenários de
teste os quais foram implementados e executados com 3 ferramentas/frameworks de
teste distintas. Para cada cenário foi analisado o processo de teste em termos de
dificuldade, experiência, custo e tipos de testes executados por cada uma das
ferramentas. De forma a validar a discussão resultante da execução dos cenários
apresentados, foram também auscultados profissionais da área das Tecnologias de
Informação, com experiência em desenvolvimento OutSystems, com o objetivo de
analisar a perceção que estes têm sobre a importância dos testes de software no
desenvolvimento low-code e sobre a influência das boas práticas de desenvolvimento
no processo de automatização de testes.
ABSTRACT: Low-code platforms allows software development by reducing manual coding, which has allowed the development of applications faster, but also for professionals with different backgrounds to become software developers. This has made it possible to recruit more professionals for the IT areas, requalifying some of them from different areas, but, at the same time, also brought professionals without solid training in this area to the area of software development. Although software testing must be performed on all applications, independent of the programming language or platform used, the aforementioned further reinforces the need to test applications developed with low-code platforms. In this work, we studied the test automation process in the OutSystems platform and the impact that best practices during development have on the test automation process. The focus was on Unit, Integration/API and System/End to-End testing levels. The examples presented show that implementing best practices during the development process can have a significant influence on the test automation process. However, it is important to assess whether the workload associated with implementing best practices can undermine some of the benefits typically associated with using a low-code platform. Also, it is important to consider that not all test automation tools behave the same. Thus, to find out if the development with the best practices have an impact on the implementation and execution of the tests, an application developed in OutSystems was used as a case study for 3 test scenarios, which were implemented and executed with 3 different test frameworks. For each scenario, the testing process was analyzed in terms of difficulty, experience, cost and types of tests performed by each of the tools. To validate the discussion resulting from the execution of the scenarios presented, professionals in the IT area, with experience in OutSystems development, were also consulted their perception on the importance of software testing in low-code development and on the influence of the best practices on the test automation process.
ABSTRACT: Low-code platforms allows software development by reducing manual coding, which has allowed the development of applications faster, but also for professionals with different backgrounds to become software developers. This has made it possible to recruit more professionals for the IT areas, requalifying some of them from different areas, but, at the same time, also brought professionals without solid training in this area to the area of software development. Although software testing must be performed on all applications, independent of the programming language or platform used, the aforementioned further reinforces the need to test applications developed with low-code platforms. In this work, we studied the test automation process in the OutSystems platform and the impact that best practices during development have on the test automation process. The focus was on Unit, Integration/API and System/End to-End testing levels. The examples presented show that implementing best practices during the development process can have a significant influence on the test automation process. However, it is important to assess whether the workload associated with implementing best practices can undermine some of the benefits typically associated with using a low-code platform. Also, it is important to consider that not all test automation tools behave the same. Thus, to find out if the development with the best practices have an impact on the implementation and execution of the tests, an application developed in OutSystems was used as a case study for 3 test scenarios, which were implemented and executed with 3 different test frameworks. For each scenario, the testing process was analyzed in terms of difficulty, experience, cost and types of tests performed by each of the tools. To validate the discussion resulting from the execution of the scenarios presented, professionals in the IT area, with experience in OutSystems development, were also consulted their perception on the importance of software testing in low-code development and on the influence of the best practices on the test automation process.
Description
Dissertação apresentada à Escola Superior de Tecnologia do Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco para cumprimento dos requisitos necessários à obtenção do grau de Mestre em Desenvolvimento de Software e Sistemas Interativos.
Keywords
OutSystems Plataformas low-code Qualidade de software BDDFramework Ghost Inspector Tricentis Tosca Testes de software Automatização de testes OutSystems Low-code platforms Software quality Software testing BDDFramework Ghost Inspector Tricentis Tosca Test automation