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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

IoT Testing Considerations


There are four key components in an IoT platform: sensors, application, network communication, and backend database. Identifying the testing scope and coverage is the most important element for the formulation of a comprehensive test strategy. The key testing considerations for each of the components of IoT platform is listed in the following table:

IoT Component

What to Test

Sensors

Device hardware

Embedded software

Sensor response time and performance

Error handling mechanism

Application

Application functionality

User friendliness

User roles and access levels

Multiple request handling

Network Communication

Network connectivity

Interaction between devices

Data transmission frequency

Backend Database

Data packets for data losses

Data encryption/decryption

Data consistency and integrity validation

Verification of data values