Title :
Refactoring for Usability in Web Applications
Author :
Garrido, Alejandra ; Rossi, Gustavo ; Distante, Damiano
Author_Institution :
Univ. Nac. de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina
Abstract :
Refactoring a Web application´s design structure can improve its usability. Characterizing each refactoring according to the usability factor it improves and the bad usability smells it targets can further clarify its intent.
Keywords :
Internet; software maintenance; software reusability; Web application design structure; Web refactoring; usability factor; Application software; Facebook; HTML; Navigation; Object oriented modeling; Software performance; Software quality; Unified modeling language; Usability; Web and internet services; design tools and techniques. distribution; enhancement. usability testing; maintenance;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2010.114