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 ...
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 ...
In the last issue on testing the SMAC stack we talked about the social and mobile aspects of testing. We will be referring to them in this article. In this issue part 2, we focus on the Analytics and Cloud aspect. The goal of this article is to understand a simple landscape of analytics and cloud.
LogiGear Magazine, September 2015: Mobile Testing
Drawing from the Greek mythology of the lotus eaters, Anne-Marie Charrett warns testers to be weary of enjoying early success too soon upon finding high impact bugs.
Don’t make the mistake of assuming too many similarities. It is common knowledge that mobile applications don’t function in the same way as their web-based counterparts. The user experience is affected by a few other factors such as device and network capability. If you are building out a performance testing strategy for your mobile website ...
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 ...
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 ...
To ensure the success of an app, QA must be involved in all stages of development. Quality Assurance (QA) plays a vital role in the development of mobile applications, but many overlook the critical nature of this piece of the app development process. To ensure the success of an app, QA must be involved in ...
To start with, we need a Test schedule. The same is created in the process of developing the Test plan. In this schedule, we have to estimate the time required for testing of the entire Data Warehouse system. There are different methodologies available to create a Test schedule. None of them are perfect because the ...
iOS culture, even in many large organizations with skilled engineers, is behind on up-to-date testing practices. Agile development has long been all the rage; indeed, in most modern development shops the great agile methodologies are old hat. If you come from a software background like Ruby on Rails, Python, or certain Java niches, you may–until ...
What you need to know for testing in the new paradigm This two part article analyzes the impact of the Internet of Things (IoT) product development on traditional testing. Part one of this series starts with a wide view on the IoT, embedded systems and device development aspects of testing. Part two, to be published ...
