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Web applications, especially those commonly used by a vast number of clients, should fulfill high quality standards. In this paper, we discuss evaluation and improvement of quality attributes on the example of web applications that support city cards for public transport in urban areas. Their quality has been assessed with a set of autonomous evaluation tools in terms of usability, findability in Internet (SEO), accessibility, design, content, mobile, and performance. Quality of the applications has been compared to quality of a new prototype developed as a Single Page Application (SPA). An improved prototype has been created that referred to suggestions offered by the tools. The case study has also presented effects of the prototype improvement on its quality attributes, and relevance of the tool usage.
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Derezińska, A., Kwaśnik, K. (2020). Evaluation and Improvement of Web Application Quality – A Case Study. In: Zamojski, W., Mazurkiewicz, J., Sugier, J., Walkowiak, T., Kacprzyk, J. (eds) Theory and Applications of Dependable Computer Systems. DepCoS-RELCOMEX 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1173. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-48256-5_19
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