Diseño de la arquitectura y mejora de la aplicación móvil “Busity” para la información del transporte público en Quito.

Abstract

This project aimed to analyze, design, and apply an efficient and scalable software architecture for use in mobile and web applications. To do so, the functionalities, functional/non-functional requirements, and a C4 model were defined to describe and document the software architecture. An existing application was refactored to comply with the guidelines of the designed software architecture, which reduced the number of dependencies by 60%, from 48 dependencies to only 19. Additionally, the controllers of all modules were refactored to significantly reduce the complexity of the business logic, reducing the number of lines of code in the main page controller by 59.62% and improving application performance and stability. A prototype of the application's main functionalities was built using the designed architecture, which was tested by a group of users to measure its functionality and ease of use, extracting data through a usability test on the prototype. Positive results were obtained, indicating an intuitive and easy-to-use application that users would be willing to use in the near future to move around with public transport in Quito.