Software Quality Assurance Testing Guide Tips And Practices

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 availability of low cost yet powerful smartphones and an affordable broadband have encouraged customers to access the internet on their smartphones. This has made businesses to reach customers through the route of mobile apps. Importantly, the usability and ease of access to such apps have led to a shift in customer preferences. The shift has been observed with customers moving towards the use of apps rather than websites. Given the changing dynamics of customer behaviour, businesses are competing with each other to take the application development route often at the cost of quality. The rush to reach out to the customers with fancy apps has increased the number of quality issues present in such apps. This has led to a rising graph of cyber threats and has brought into sharp focus the need to conduct mobile application testing . However, the mobile app testing approach has veered towards the mobile test automation process. The reasons to move away from manual testing ...