Resumo: É possível notar que, ainda hoje, a computação, por ser uma ciência considerada exigente e de difícil entendimento, é majoritariamente dominada por homens. Isto é reflexo da cultura que considera a mulher inapta para lidar com tarefas complexas. Além disso, é possível observar que o ingresso de minorias sociais em cursos da área, como as mulheres, está em declínio. Este artigo descreve uma pesquisa realizada para explorar questões de gênero em um curso de graduação na área de Computação. A pesquisa mapeou o trajeto de alunas do curso para investigar suas motivações, dificuldades, facilidades e expectativas quanto ao mesmo. Foram realizadas entrevistas e, posteriormente, uma análise qualitativa indicou a necessidade de ações que discutam as questões de gênero e incentivem a participação feminina na área de Computação.
Forma de avaliação: double blind review Esta revista é (e sempre foi) eletrônica para ajudar a proteger o meio ambiente, mas, caso deseje imprimir esse artigo, saiba que ele foi editorado com uma fonte mais ecológica, a Eco Sans, que gasta menos tinta. This journal is (and has always been) electronic in order to be more environmentally friendly. Now, it is desktop edited in a single column to be easier to read on the screen. However, if you wish to print this paper, be aware that it uses Eco Sans, a printing font that reduces the amount of required ink.
XML is a language frequently used for data representation and interchange in Web-based applications. In most cases, the XML documents must conform to a schema that defines the type of data that is accepted by a web application. In this sense, an error in the schema or in the XML document can lead to failures in the application; the use of testing approaches, criteria and specific tools to ensure the reliability of data in the XML format is fundamental. We present a testing approach that helps to reveal faults in XML schemas. The test process involves generating XML documents with some modifications with respect to the original XML document and using queries to these documents to validate the schema. The XML documents and queries are generated according to a set of fault classes defined for the XML schemas. A case study applying the proposed approach is described and the results are presented.
This year, the Agile Manifesto completes seventeen years and, throughout the world, companies and researchers seek to understand their adoption stage, as well as the benefits, barriers, and limitations of agile methods. Although we have some studies and questionnaire data at the global level, we know little about how the Paraguayan software community is adopting agile methods. The present work conducted a research to set up the current stage of adoption, initial concerns and barriers of implementation of agile methods in software development companies in Paraguay. An online survey was sent to representatives of 53 Paraguayan companies. Of these, 9 (17%) companies responded. The concern about adopting more agile methods (44.44% of respondents) was the lack of reliability in product quality if developed using agile methods. The main barrier was the lack of experience (66.66%) of the companies.
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