Improve Efficiency And Productivity With Test Automation

Testing and quality assurance (QA) is an essential part of any development lifecycle, more so for the mobile platforms.

In various ways, testing of mobile apps is difficult than the desktop or web programs, because of the diversity of its target platforms, various options of the system specs, and the added complexity of the interface and input mechanisms like touch, keyboard, trackballs,  track pad,  etc.

Having said that, it is very important the process is executed with rigor, since these products are subject to a very personal interaction with the users, and hence can frustrate them very fast if they don’t meet their expectations.

Testing mobile apps are far more complicated and large than testing web applications. In this, cost optimization and market readiness remain a top priority, as apps require to support various devices, OS platforms, software, and networks.

Inadequate reporting of bugs:

Due to miscommunication, inadequate information or time constraints related to release deadlines, the testers are not able to transfer a full report of all the repetitive and critical bus which hampers an app's working and consequently the developer team is not able to solve all the problems cropped up at the time of testing. As a result, the app is delivered into the market replete with bugs.

·         First, find out where your users will be accessing your application. Build a geographic profile of your user base based on historical data.

·         Communicate to your marketing members to get a better knowledge of where they plan on promoting the application – a predictor of where the load will be coming from in the future.

Add to this the fast pace of OS updates; the generation of new devices and the consumer expectation of new features need additional test cycles.  Mobile Testing covers:

• Periodic test-run across new OS updates, new devices, partner tie-ups
• Manage competitiveness & differentiation with timely updates, bug fixes, and new features
• Test across regions, networks, and connectivity
• Test across multiple permutations and combinations for OSs, devices, and compliances
• Type of app – Native, Hybrid or web

The complexity of mobile testing can be approached by a test plan that combines and automates these elements with deep domain expertise for effective testing. 

 Why Automation testing has already won the race against manual testing:-

Value Addition:

Employees released from the responsibility of carrying out repeated manual testing can profitably divert their creative energies towards creating more robust test cases with even more innovative features.

This will clearly lead to companies reaping the twin advantages of ameliorated quality in products as well as skill up gradation of its testers.

Efficiency Across Different Platforms:

With every new release of say a mobile application, its quality and ease of working must be replicated consistently over various hardware arrangements. This will require the source code to be changed and a consequent test run repeated every time.

Manually performing these tasks for all development cycles would be cumbersome and hurt performance across all variants, for example, upgrading WhatsApp from Android devices to blackberry.

Sharpened Potency Of Test Cases:

As test effectiveness is bluntly defined as the rate at which the mobile applicationtesting services identifie errors in the development cycle of the application. This enhanced effectiveness results in a profoundly better quality of end product, thereby building on the all-important consumer satisfaction and development of a loyal user base.

One Mistake And We Are Back To Square

Now, mobile applications are made upon such feature sets. Each and every fortnight or so, each one of us is flooded with requests to update our apps from the Google play store. As the refinement of daily apps escalates, the demand for new test cases increases with the same frequency.