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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By : Renu Rajani
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Testing Practitioner Handbook

By: Renu Rajani

Overview of this book

The book is based on the author`s experience in leading and transforming large test engagements and architecting solutions for customer testing requirements/bids/problem areas. It targets the testing practitioner population and provides them with a single go-to place to find perspectives, practices, trends, tools, and solutions to test applications as they face the evolving digital world. This book is divided into five parts where each part explores different aspects of testing in the real world. The first module explains the various testing engagement models. You will then learn how to efficiently test code in different life cycles. The book discusses the different aspects of Quality Analysis consideration while testing social media, mobile, analytics, and the Cloud. In the last module, you will learn about futuristic technologies to test software. By the end of the book, you will understand the latest business and IT trends in digital transformation and learn the best practices to adopt for business assurance.
Table of Contents (56 chapters)
Testing Practitioner Handbook
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgement
About the Reviewer
www.PacktPub.com
Customer Feedback
Preface
Index

Key challenges encountered in testing mobile applications


Lets' discuss the key challenges encountered in the use of mobile applications as well as the challenges in testing these applications. It is required that common challenges faced by mobile app users are addressed during the testing of these applications.

User experience

Success of mobile applications is primarily determined by user experience. User experience includes ease of navigation, speed of response, and defect-free transactions. User experience can be enhanced further with innovative and contextually appropriate experience. It is important to ensure that the existing bugs are addressed and new bugs are not regressed to prevent poor end user experience.

Contextual appropriateness

Context can limit or extend the operation of mobile applications or its functionalities. Types of smartphones denote changed environments and usage patterns that impact context. Contextually appropriate data from the environment can enhance customer experience...