Mobile Application Testing: Challenges and Best Practices

With the rapid rise of mobile devices including smartphones and tablets, many organizations are rolling out mobile apps to extend the reach of their traditional web applications. Although the methodology for mobile application testing is fundamentally the same as that of traditional web and desktop application testing, mobile apps testing presents some unique challenges and issues including coverage of a myriad of mobile devices, usability testing, integration of mobile testing with web interface testing, mobile app performance, and security issues. Jimmy Xu describes these issues and current best practices for solving them. Jimmy introduces the latest technologies and tools in mobile application test automation, mobile application usability, performance, and security testing. In a non-technical and easy-to-understand approach that does not require previous mobile app testing or development experience, Jimmy  uses a real world mobile app project to illustrate the challenges—and solutions—of mobile app testing.