Application Testing Best Practices for Mobile Devices

Application Testing Best Practices
for Mobile Devices
Arif Muhammad
DevOps: Continuous Delivery
CA Technologies
Director Product Management
DO3T39T
@DevCenter
#CAWorld

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Abstract
The mobile device market is changing daily. Mobile application testing has been
hard to stabilize and many testers have had to use a “trial and error” approach.
During this session, CA will share the top testing trends and best practices for
accelerating the release of great functioning mobile applications and some of the
key new features for mobility testing in our next release of CA Application Test –
including a review of how we have integrated Appium into the solution.
Arif
Muhammad
CA Technologies

Agenda
MOBILE TEST AUTOMATION CORE PRINCIPLES
MOBILE TEST AUTOMATION CHALLENGES
GOALS OF CA APPLICATION TEST
DEMO - TEST SCRIPT VISUAL EDITING
Q & A
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3
4
5

Mobile devices
Source: IDC, August 2015
• Android dominates by units
• iOS far behind in second
• Everything else is less than 4%

Android Device Fragmentation
http://opensignal.com/reports/2014/android-fragmentation/

Test Automation Challenges
 Complexity is high due to the number and type of devices
 Most enterprise Apps are dependent on backend services to
work properly
 Developers can help by building testable Apps
 But still test automation tends to become a development
project

How Can I Reduce Complexity?
In 2013 Gartner said that hybrid apps, which offer a balance
between HTML5-based web apps and native apps, will be used
in more than 50 percent of mobile apps by 2016.
Which way did you go?
Native vs. HTML5 vs. Hybrid
Source: Gartner Group, April 16, 2013, Press Releases, Gartner Recommends a Hybrid Approach for Business-to-Employee Mobile Apps

Early Decision Point – Native vs. HTML5 vs. Hybrid
 We’ve seen about 50/50 break down of native to mobile
 Companies are transitioning both direction for several reasons
 Hybrid easier to get started – one app to maintain for several platforms.
Smaller support teams without a lot of resources often opt for hybrid
 Native generally faster
 Notable transitions:
– Facebook started with hybrid, but transitioned to native for performance

Where is Your Device?
Emulator Simulator
Desktop
Connected
Real Device
Mobile Lab Cloud

CA Application Test for Mobile – Goals
 Point and click solution, no coding required
 “Write once and execute anywhere” as much as possible
– No modifications to the test suite when retargeting execution
environment
 Make a test run easily anywhere to adopt to your environment
– From emulator, running on developer desktop, in mobile lab or cloud
 Allow same capabilities across on-premise and off-premise
 Data drive Test Automation for maximum coverage

Test Script Visual Editing - Demo

Q & A

Recommended Sessions
SESSION # TITLE DATE/TIME
DO3T20S
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Consensus
11/19/2015 at 1:00 pm
DO3T24S
Accelerate DevTest with Microsoft® Azure™ and Service
Virtualization on Demand
11/19/2015 at 3:00 pm
DO3X114S
Freeing the World from Slow: How Service Virtualization
and the Concept of S.P.E.E.D. Will Steer You Away from
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11/19/2015 at 3:45 pm

Must See Demos
Application
Test Demo
Create Better
Application Tests
Theater 4
DevOps Sim
DevOps Simulation
Experience
Theater 3
Continuous
App Insight
Automate Tests for
Better Apps
Theater 4
Service
Virtualization
Deliver Better Apps
Faster with SV
Theater 3

Follow On Conversations At…
Smart Bar
Theaters 3 & 4
Tech Talks
Theaters 3 & 4

For More Information
To learn more, please visit:
http://cainc.to/Nv2VOe
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