LogiGear Magazine – December 2012 – Mobile Test Automation
LogiGear Magazine December 2012 – Mobile Test Automation
Month: December 2012
Test Automation Interfaces for Mobile Apps
What you need to know in order to have effective and reliable Test Automation for your mobile apps I realized that Test Automation interfaces are pivotal to effective and efficient Test Automation, yet very few people trying to test their mobile apps seemed to know how their automated tests connected with the apps they wanted …
Letter from the Editor – December 2012
In the November 2011 issue: Mobile Application Testing, I began my column with the statement, “Everything is mobile.” One year later the statement is even more true. More devices, more platforms, more diversity, more apps. It boggles the mind how fast the landscape changes. Blackberry has been kicked to the curb by cooler and slicker …
Mobile Test Automation – Best Practices
Test engineers face a rapidly changing mobile application landscape, making mobile test automation a necessity. We know that mobile apps are becoming increasingly complex along with the technological advances in tablets and smartphones. Test engineers have to address multiple challenges while testing data-centric mobile apps, including the growing diversity of device features, platforms, and technologies. Fortunately, …
Leverage Automation to Make Mobile Testing Manageable
The most significant facet of mobile testing is understanding the mobile ecosystem. Mobile applications are growing in use and sophistication along with the speed of the networks and the increasing power of the devices. To be sure, mobile application testing can be done with minimal automation, but a high level of test automation will help …
Mobile Trends by the Numbers
25% of Americans own a tablet. Up from 11% of U.S. adults in July of 2011 to 18% in January of 2012. – Pew Internet & American Life Project Nigeria has close to 100 million mobile phone lines, making it Africa’s largest telecoms market. – Nigerian Communications Commission Google plans to sell 200 million Android …
Extending Test Automation to Mobile Applications
Organizations need to implement automated testing strategies designed specifically for mobile applications. Mobile device usage continues to gain momentum at increasing speed. Enterprises that delay mobile adoption face the danger of becoming competitively disadvantaged. But, before jumping in headlong, you need to be fully aware of the unique challenges that can arise when developing and implementing …
Glossary: Mobile Test Automation
Platform – A computing platform includes a hardware architecture and a software framework (including application frameworks), where the combination allows software, particularly application software, to run. Typical platforms include a computer architecture, operating system, programming languages, related user interface and tools. For example, Android, the most common mobile platform, is Google’s open and free software …
Android Application Testing Guide
Testing appears to be the least popular topic in Android development circles based on the relatively few books on Android app testing. Most tend to focus on development because, unfortunately (but true), application testing isn’t be something most developers think much about, or if they do, they don’t do it systematically (I’m guilty of this …
