• How to install a test app onto your mobile device

  In this post I'll describe how to actually get test versions of the app onto a device. But first let's discuss whether you should test on an actual device or on an emulator. An emulator is a desktop application that mimics the hardware and OS of a mobile device. The developers will generally do their app development on an emulator and you can use them for early stage testing but when it comes to meaningful end to end testing, a device is a must have. There is no other way to get a feel for the performance of the app and how users will use it real life. Of course you will probably need to test on multiple devices as they vary not only by OS (iOS and Android) but also OS version, device make (e.g. Samsung or Motorola), and screen size. We also now have a new OS for iPads called iPadOS. In a future blog post I'll look at device fragmentation and how to handle it. For now let's assume you are only testing on one iOS device and one Android device. Your developers have developed the first version of the app and you want to try it out. How do you get it onto your test device? Native mobile apps are delivered as .apk files for Android and .ipa files for iOS. There are ways to install these file directly onto your device but generally you would use a third party app that links in with your[…]

  9.12.2019 | 12:16 קרא עוד...

• The Little Tester #74

  These are the made up stories of a team working in an Agile environment. Their daily struggles and successes are presented in a comic/parody/satirical way. Click on the image to see it in full size. The team members are: Little, the main character. The team’s tester. Coffee, the team’s Java developer. Mr. Fancy, the team’s UI developer. Senor, the Senior Developer of the team. Kitty, the Scrum Master. Glasses, the Business Analyst. And the manager. Disclaimer This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, places, events, situations presented are either the products of the author’s imagination or used in a fictitious manner. Any resemblance to actual persons or events is purely coincidental. The sole purpose of this comic strip is to be humorous. The drawings are made by hand on paper, by means of pencils and fine liners, except for the outline, by the author. Hence their imperfection.

  8.12.2019 | 10:56 קרא עוד...

• What I Read Last Week (8th December 2019) – Will testing become obsolete?

  I didn’t do a What I Read Last Week post due to illness. Fortunately I’d recovered in time to watch some of the OnlineTestConf talks. I only managed to watch a few, but I plan to watch a few others once the recordings are made available to watch online. I was very intrigued by something that was said during Ana Maria Popa’s talk where she was discussing the 7 modern testing principles. I find the final principle interesting: We expand testing abilities and knowhow across the team; understanding that this may reduce (or eliminate) the need for a dedicated testing specialist. There is often a lot of talk about how the testing role will develop in the future. Will the testing role become obsolete? Or will it evolve into a coaching role? There are a couple of other talks at the OnlineTestConf that cover this topic (Joel Montvelisky – No-nonsense test management, when “Testing is Everyone’s Responsibility” and Michael Bolton – For the New Tester: Future Proofing Your Career) although I wasn’t able to watch either of these. I intend to watch both of these talks once the recordings are available. One of the articles I’ve shared this week discusses the idea that ‘anyone’ could do testing. A scary thought for a software testing professional. I expect many will find this idea a controversial one. Articles and Blog Posts Dirty Testing Secrets: Testing in Half the Time – Karo Stoltzenburg A testers role is to ask questions, communicate and find[…]

  8.12.2019 | 5:28 קרא עוד...

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