MELHORANDO A EXPERIÊNCIA DO USUÁRIO EM MARATONAS DE PROGRAMAÇÃO POR MEIO DE SOFTWARES COMPLEMENTARES AO BOCA

Abstract

BOCA is a programming competition management system widely used in Brazil. This paper describes the development and validation of two open-source software programs complementary to BOCA: BOCADE and BOCA Problems Builder. These systems were designed to improve the user experience (UX) of participants and organizers of programming competitions, respectively. BOCADE is an VS Code extension that offers a specialized development environment for use in programming contests. On the other hand, BOCA Problems Builder is a web application whose purpose is to facilitate the preparation of problems for competitions. The validation of the software was conducted through usability tests, in which different aspects of UX were evaluated, including usability, visual design quality, usefulness, and satisfaction. The results, in general, indicate that both software programs improve the UX of their respective target users. Therefore, it is possible to conclude that this work presents two relevant contributions to the domain of competitive programming software.