Software Quality Assurance Testing Guide Tips And Practices

Mobile Test Automation Today, every second person seems to have a smartphone teeming with a plethora of apps. These apps may deal with communication (WhatsApp, Facebook, Snapchat, etc.) transport (Uber,) games (PokeMon, Candy Crush, etc.) food and beverages (Swiggy, FoodPanda, etc.) online stores (Amazon, Flipkart, etc.) banking, and many others. It goes without saying that these apps have made lives convenient and easy by helping people carry out a host of activities like paying utility bills, booking products or services, etc.  Additionally, these apps have helped businesses accelerate their digital transformation initiatives as well. However, along with the positives, there is a downside to this growth as well - in the form of defective apps. Given the growing menace of cybercrime, downloading a defective app can spell trouble. It may unleash dangerous bugs in the device leading to the siphoning of sensitive personal information (and money) of the user. So, if your ...

Mobile Testing Mobile applications are leading the way as far as driving the process of digital transformation is concerned. Their increased usage can be attributed to the scale of penetration of smartphones using the latest technologies. In fact, customers have spent around $92.1 billion on mobile apps in 2018 (Source: businessofapps.com.) At the same time, the number of mobile apps seems to have gone through the roof – 2.1 million & 2 million apps on Android and Apple app stores respectively. Also, given the scope of mobile application usage in areas such as vehicles, watches, kitchen appliances etc., customers have become choosy when it comes to any deficiency in the quality standard. The said deficiency can be related to issues like device compatibility, functional defects, and below-par user experience. No wonder mobiletesting has become a critical process in the SDLC, for it is directly linked to revenue generation or the lack of it. The challenge of staying com...

The mobile phone is no longer used as a medium of communication alone, but has been scaled up and transformed as a multipurpose device. With the advent of mobile based applications to carry out a host of functions, customers are spoilt for choice. So, whether it is hiring a cab, shopping, buying a movie, rail or air ticket, or playing games, there is no looking back for the humble smartphone. Moreover, with the humongous spread of the smartphone users across the world, businesses are trying to woo this segment on the go in order to remain competitive. While catering to this highly mobile segment, which majorly influences the marketing trends of the day, businesses are caught between the devil and the deep sea. The challenge is to accelerate the time to market with new applications and also to ensure they remain qualitatively superior as well. In many cases, enterprises are caught between the two imperatives and in the process, choose one at the cost of the other (read quant...