Will testers be among the first IT professionals to shift their toolset and workflows from desktops and laptops to tablets and smartphones? As I’m sure you already know, a monumental shift from desktop to mobile is upon us. Not only have consumer applications started leaving the desktop behind, but B2B applications are also starting their ...
In today’s mobile-first world, a good app is important, meaning an effective Mobile Testing strategy is essential.
The outbreak of smartphones and tablets forces us to be digitally available with speed. Keeping pace with communication tool developments, Lindiwe Vinson defines the methods used at Organic, Inc. where she leads her team discovering bugs using various key programs for both PC and Mac platforms.
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 ...
Devices matter. We don’t yet trust the mobile devices like we trust desktops and laptops. In the course of testing traditional web applications, rarely do you have to think about the model of the actual machine. In mobile, however, the behavior of an application can vary from device to device. You can no longer just ...
Mobile is no longer an area that a few UX people specialize in, and we need to start designing and testing everything for smartphones and tablets as well as computers. If you’re new to mobile usability testing, fear not. It is not as hard as you might think but there are some key differences from ...
To help testers gain an edge, here’s a list of free resources Mobile testing is making leaps and bounds of progress in the overall testing space. As this field is highly dynamic, a tester must constantly evolve and improvise his or her knowledge of mobile testing. To help software testers gain an edge, I have compiled the following list ...
LogiGear Magazine December 2012 – Mobile Test Automation
Gal Tunik explains the necessity of test automation in mobile applications, citing the unique challenges that that platform raises, including the intricate differences between mobile and desktop interfaces, and performance test results for applications as well as mobile networks. It is no surprise in this day and age of instant-on gratification that mobile devices are ...
LogiGear_Magazine_December 2016_Riding the New Software Testing Wave
Users aren’t likely to forgive and forget buggy apps. Mobile has big implications for business. The mobile experience is the customer experience, and you don’t get many second chances.
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 ...
