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Mobile Application Testing (2-Day) Prior Year Content

  • Understand what makes mobile application testing different from standard software testing
  • Learn some of the underlying technologies behind mobile devices and how those technologies affect testing
  • Discover how mobile applications work and different techniques for testing them
  • Explore the different types of mobile applications and how to test for each

Software is becoming more mobile every day, and as tablets, smartphones, and many other devices take a larger portion of the market share, testers will face pressure to test their web applications for mobile devices, as well as their organizations’ native mobile applications. Testing mobile devices in this fast-paced and ever-changing industry means testers must learn to deliver quick, extensive, and successful tests on mobile devices.

Many testers attempt to apply what they know to mobile testing, and while that may work for some functional testing, it often leaves many critical features untested. Critical errors that go untested can mean a swift end to a mobile application. Learning how to identify common issues in mobile applications and how to test the unique aspects of a mobile application is the only way to be truly successful. This course will cover usability across multiple platforms and resolutions, network and security testing, creating application unit tests, mobile UI automation, and performance testing for various devices over various networks and carriers.

Mobile Device RequiredHands-on Exercises
In this workshop you will learn about mobile application testing through hands-on activities, exercises, discussions, and demos. You will explore mobile testing techniques on your mobile device, so a mobile device, smartphone, or tablet is required.

Who Should Attend
This introductory course is appropriate for both novice and experienced software testers who are new to mobile application testing. Technical support, business analysts, and test managers may also find this course helpful. A background of basic software testing principles is required.

2-Day Course Outline

Introduction to Mobile Testing
What is Mobile Testing?
Why is Mobile Testing Important?
What Do You Need to Know to Be a Good Mobile Tester?
Emerging Trends in the Mobile Marketplace
Types of Mobile Applications
Mobile Application SDLC
Mobile Testing Platforms

Special Mobile Testing Considerations
Network Testing
Data Storage Testing
Security Testing
Understanding How the Operating System Affects Testing
Jail-Breaking/Rooting
Testing Special Device Capabilities
Usability Testing for Mobile Devices

Testing Mobile Web Applications
Overview
Application Testing Strategies
Tools for Testing Mobile Web Apps

Testing Native Applications
Overview
Application Testing Strategies
Tools for Testing Native Apps

Testing Hybrid Applications
Overview
Application Testing Strategies
Tools for Testing Hybrid Apps

Exercises
This course includes several hands-on exercises; participants should expect to work on real applications on a smartphone or tablet.

Class Daily Schedule
Sign-In/Registration 7:30-8:30 a.m.
Morning Session 8:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Lunch 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Afternoon Session 1:00-5:00 p.m.
Times represent the typical daily schedule. Please confirm your schedule at registration.

Training Course Fee Includes
• Tuition
• Course notebook
• Continental breakfasts and refreshment breaks
• Lunches
• Letter of completion

Gene Gotimer
Gene Gotimer, Coveros, Inc.

Gene Gotimer is a senior architect at Coveros, Inc., a software company that uses agile methods to accelerate the delivery of secure, reliable software. As a consultant, Gene works with his customers build software better, faster, and more securely by introducing agile development and DevOps practices such as continuous integration, repeatable builds, unit testing, automated functional testing, analysis tools, security scanning, and automated deploys. He has successfully brought these techniques into commercial and government clients, including the US Department of Defense. Gene feels strongly the repeatability, quality, and security are all strongly intertwined; each of them is dependent on the other two, which just makes DevOps that much more crucial to software development.

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