Complexity metrics for cascading style sheets

Authors:
Adewole Adewumi;Sanjay Misra;Nicholas Ikhu-Omoregbe
Affiliations:
Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Covenant University, Nigeria;Department of Computer Engineering, Atilim Univeristy, Ankara, Turkey;Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Covenant University, Nigeria
Venue:
ICCSA'12 Proceedings of the 12th international conference on Computational Science and Its Applications - Volume Part IV
Year:
2012

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Abstract

Web applications are becoming important for small and large companies since they are integrated with their business strategies. Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) however are an integral part of contemporary Web applications that are perceived as complex by users and this result in hampering its widespread adoption. The factors responsible for CSS complexity include size, variety in its rule block structures, rule block reuse, cohesion and attribute definition in rule blocks. In this paper, we have proposed relevant metric for each of the complexity factors. The proposed metrics are validated through a practical framework. The outcome shows that the proposed metrics satisfy most of the parameters required by the practical framework hence establishing them as well structured.