Diretriz para a aplicação do teste ponta a ponta em uma aplicação web

Abstract

Context: The ES has been through a delicate period regarding ensuring the quality of the product in an effective way. The lack of both academic and informal quality content related to VV&T activities can be directly related to the poor quality of the currently developed software, especially regarding web applications. Objective: To explore activities related to software testing, specifically the so-called end-to-end testing, and to construct a Guideline to support the application of the end-to-end testing in web applications, then carry out a case study with students who have already studied and are studying the VV&T in the ES course in order to identify the difficulties of the beginners in this area, the limitations, and advantages of the approach and if indeed such an approach is effective in the quality assurance of current web applications. Methods: The Goal Question and Metrics (GQM) paradigm was used, in order to define and evolve the objectives using some metrics. Through the GQM, some objectives were defined and the questionnaire was developed to apply in the case study involving ES students to answer the research questions: QP1 What are the obvious difficulties in understanding the end-to-end testing? and QP2 - What are the benefits promoted by the beginner guideline in the end-to-end testing? Results: After the case study, it became clear that the greatest difficulty lies in the lack of knowledge related quality assurance activities and the tools to support the application of the tests. The benefits promoted by the Guideline were: The dissemination of knowledge, both related to the definition of the end-to-end testing, specifically when applying and executing test cases, as well ease of use the cypress tool. Conclusion: After conducting the in-depth study on the activities focused on software quality assurance, the lack of materials related to the subject was even more evident, with this the Guideline was developed with the intention of supporting and facilitating the life of beginners in the area. Of the four expected contributions: 1: Development of the experimental environment to apply the end-to-end test; 2: Replicable empirical assessments of end-to-end practical use, highlighting it’s limitations and advantages; 3: Establishment of a Guideline for application the end-to-end testing. Namely: a workflow containing recommendations; and, 4: Generation of human resources that were involved in the project and the empirical studies. Three were fully attended and the last partially, since there was no publication of works, such contribution will be used as a suggestion for future works.