Jimmy Xu

CGI

Jimmy Xu has been in the IT industry for more than sixteen years with various companies including JDA Software/i2, IBM/DWL, and CGI. Jimmy has many years of experience designing, developing, and testing enterprise applications, including web and mobile apps, for government, manufacturing, financial, healthcare, and telecom clients. He has deep technical expertise in Java, Linux, Android, iOS, and other enterprise application platforms and a good mastery of various enterprise software development and testing methodologies. Jimmy holds CISSP, CSSLP, and CSTE certifications; has published an eBook on software security; and has been a conference presenter on software development, testing, security, and performance.

Speaker Presentations

Wednesday, June 5, 2013 - 10:15am

Going Mobile

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.