Audience
The course is designed for software testers and test managers wishing to expand and enhance their testing of Web applications to include mobile devices.
Prerequisites
A knowledge of the Web and software testing. Attendance on our Web Software Testing course would be an ideal prerequisite.
Duration
3 days.
Lecture presentations are supported by a number of websites designed for training purposes, which allow reinforcement of learning and hands-on testing.
This course is available on site only. Please call for details.
Course Objectives
The Web has been with us since 1990 and web application development and testing has matured as more organisations have incorporated online trading or information dissemination as part of their business models. However, the proliferation in the use of mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones has increased the number of combinations of hardware and software platforms a Web tester has to take into account. Additionally, development innovations such as responsive design, geolocation, audio and video, etc., allied with the ever-reducing response times expected by users has demanded a more thorough and wide-ranging set of tests to be executed. Finally, the technical knowledge expected of testers - especially in an agile development environment - has increased by an order of magnitude.
This course seeks to help testers and test managers make informed decisions regarding testing which includes mobile devices. The course scope focuses on functional and non-functional testing so that, at the end of the course, attendees will be able to:
- Understand the challenges associated with testing for mobile devices.
- Communicate with network administrators regarding the different kinds of networks in modern use and their individual characteristics.
- Select an appropriate test strategy and test environment.
- Carry out effective and efficient functional testing.
- Demonstrate a knowledge of usability, user experience and how to perform usability testing for mobile devices.
- Specify the requirements for various types of performance testing.
Course Content
Mobile Testing Challenges
Global mobile usage.
Types of devices.
Mobile release cycles.
Test environments.
Functional and non-functional testing.
Cost of testing.
Mobile networks
Device connectivity.
Mobile operators and data networks.
3G, 4G and 5G.
Wireless local area networks.
Bluetooth and NFC.
Compatibility
Mobile platforms and fragmentation.
Grouping mobile devices.
Browsers and browser modes.
Audio and video.
Different viewports.
Testing strategies.
Choosing the test environment.
Functional Testing
Common functional issues for mobile.
Touchscreens.
Testing responsive design.
Forms and validation, the HTML5 Pattern attribute.
Geolocation and Web storage.
Navigation testing.
Interrupt testing.
Usability
General usability and UX.
Usability guidelines.
User base, personas.
Use case analysis.
Mobile usability testing.
Internationalisation and localisation issues.
Performance Testing
Mobile performance testing challenges.
categories of performance tests.
Response time requirements.
Client-side performance testing.
Developing test scripts.
Simulating devices, browsers and network conditions.
Generating the load, server-side testing.
Analysing results.