A mobile test strategy example
A few years ago, we were surprised when mass-developed applications did not have web pages; they were developed mobile-first. Today, we would say that mobile applications are the dominant style for new software development. Yet our book doesn’t spend a great deal of time and effort on them. So, before we close, we decided to design a hypothetical test program for a large mobile app. We’ll start with what makes mobile application testing different, describe a system of forces, and then describe a test strategy that addresses those forces.
Let’s start with some bullet points on why mobile application testing is different and challenging:
- Mobile apps have a wider variety of form factors, operating systems, and screen resolutions.
- In the laptop web application market, access to the internet is stable. People do not experience much downtime. When they do, it might be during a thunderstorm when the power is out and everything...