Quality rule violations in sharepoint applications: An empirical study in industry

Abstract

In this paper, we focus on source code quality assessment for Share‐ Point applications, which is a powerful framework for developing software by combining imperative and declarative programming. In particular, we present an industrial case study conducted in a software consulting/development company in Netherlands, which aimed at: identifying the most common SharePoint quality rule violations and their severity. The results indicate that the most frequent rule violations are identified in the JavaScript part of the applications, and that the most severe ones are related to correctness, security and deployment. The aforementioned results can be exploited by both researchers and practitioners, in terms of future research directions, and to inform the quality assurance process.