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App The World Turns: My i-Phone App Testing Experience
09:55, September 8, 2010
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"Wisdom is offspring of success and failure"My experience with testing apps and mobile websites on an i-Phone came as a unique opportunity. The testing process for the aforementioned apps/sites allowed for a tremendous degree of flexibility. My task day-in and day-out was to acquire the device, install the app, test, document findings. Lame!
Here's where I got the chance to turn it around:
To begin with, learning the device was a fun task. I had the opportunity to learn the nuances of the OS, the device display, the interaction of the app with the browser, and everything else of particular relevance.
Then came testing. Initially, the testing process was just to see that the app works. Again, lame! Because routine is not in my nature, I wanted to kick the testing up a notch (or two). I researched some sites and read a ton of blogs and articles, and I came up with the following testing paradigm:
- test the app as it relates to the html site counterpart (if it does it on the website, it ought to do it the same way on the app)
- test in a variety of conditions, anticipating network traffic and other scenarios encountered by a user
- test the app in a way that makes the most sense (you'd be surprised the amount of complaints a user submits that we, as testers, cannot recreate)
- be thorough in the testing process, but have fun and be creative (otherwise, testing is monotonous and tedious...which leads to errors)
Device testing is an absolute MUST for anyone who developed an app or mobile website, but is only testing in Firefox (using a User Agent Switcher to emulate the device). While the testing can be boring at times, remember...only boring people get bored.
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