Web apps characterization, a first step for usability evaluation

Abstract

The main goal from this article is characterize the web apps developed as grade works, in Systems Engineering's program of Nariño University; as a first step for usability evaluation. This effort was carried out under empiric-analytic approach, of descriptive type. The object population of the study was the web apps developed as a grade works in Systems Engineering's program of Nariño University the years between 2010 and 2017. As a result, web apps were characterized, bearing in mind the variables: quantity, technology, economic sector, development time, involve and current state. Was identified 71 grade works that developed web apps, where PHP is the back-end language used and a high level does not identify the use of front-end frameworks. In intermedium level, the web apps were developed by one student only. In a high level the web apps were to public entities, being the sectors: education, government and service; the most bounties. The work enables us to conclude that the lowest use of web apps, obey to the relation between software architecture and usability. The intermediate use of back-end web frameworks and the low level of use of front-end frameworks, is a factor that decreases the flexibility to implement usability architectonic tactics a web app. Moreover, teamwork has to be encouraged and propitiate, when software is build.