Visual notations in container orchestrations: an empirical study with Docker Compose

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2022

Autores

Piedade, B (Autor) Outra; Dias, JP (Autor) FEUP; Filipe Figueiredo Correia (Autor) FEUP

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Título: SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS MODELING

Vol. 21

Páginas: 1983-2005

ISSN: 1619-1366

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ID Authenticus: P-00W-Y2N

DOI: 10.1007/s10270-022-01027-8

Abstract (EN): Container orchestration tools supporting infrastructure-as-code allow new forms of collaboration between developers and operatives. Still, their text-based nature permits naive mistakes and is more difficult to read as complexity increases. We can find few examples of low-code approaches for defining the orchestration of containers, and there seems to be a lack of empirical studies showing the benefits and limitations of such approaches. We hypothesize that a complete visual notation for Docker-based orchestrations could reduce the effort, the error rate, and the development time. Therefore, we developed a tool featuring such a visual notation for Docker Compose configurations, and we empirically evaluated it in a controlled experiment with novice developers. The results show a significant reduction in development time and error-proneness when defining Docker Compose files, supporting our hypothesis. The participants also thought the prototype easier to use and useful, and wanted to use it in the future.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 23