The document discusses the challenges and solutions related to mobile application testing and continuous integration, highlighting issues such as device fragmentation and the need for rapid testing cycles. It presents Tenkod's EZ mobile platform as a proposed solution, emphasizing capabilities like multi-layer testing coverage and shortened development cycles. The presentation culminates with an overview of current offerings in the market and the importance of automated processes for effective integration.

1. Challenges and Solutions for Mobile
Application Testing and Continuous Integration
Agile Testing Day, Den Haag
Asaf Saar, CEO
TenKod Ltd.
February 13, 2014

2. Agenda
§ About
Me
§ Mobile
Development
Market
§ Challenges
of
Mobile
Tes9ng
§ Challenges
of
Con9nuous
Integra9on
§ Analysis
of
current
offerings
§ TenKod
EZ
Mobile
PlaCorm
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3. About me
q Co-­‐Founder
and
CEO
of
TenKod
Ltd.
q Agile
SoCware
trainer,
coacher
and
mentor
q Prior
to
TenKod,
7
years
at
SAP,
last
role
as
APO
of
SoCware
Engineering
q Astronomy
and
fast
cars
are
my
hobbies
@saarasaf
hLp://il.linkedin.com/in/asafsaar
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4. Mobile Development Market
Mobile
Developers
10.4M
Mobile
Testers
Mobile
Development
Managers
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5. Challenges of Mobile Testing
q Fragmented
landscape
of
mobile
devices
q Fragmented
landscape
of
development
environment
q Increased
complexity
of
business
applicaTons
q Strict
release
process
of
the
different
apps
stores
q NaTve,
Web
and
Hybrid
apps
q TesTng
cycle
Tmes
are
very
short
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6. Continuous Integration – Definition
“A
key
soEware
development
prac9ce
where
members
of
a
team
integrate
their
work
frequently”
Mar$n
Fowler,
Con$nuous
Integra$on:
h5p://mar$nfowler.com/ar$cles/con$nuousIntegra$on.html
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7. Continuous Integration – Definition
Con9nuous
Integra9on
is
all
about
reducing
the
risk
by
providing
fast
feedback
to
the
team…
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8. Continuous Integration – Process
Write
Code
Deliver
Run
Tests
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Build
Integrate

9. Challenges of Continuous Integration
q Achieving
a
fully
automated
process
q Execute
IntegraTon
tesTng
aCer
each
submit
q Run
Tests
in
stages
q Provide
instant
transparency
to
the
team
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10. What an outstanding solution shall be?
Considering the challenges of mobile
testing and continuous integration...
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11. What an outstanding solution shall be?
q Support
early
stage
tesTng
q Provide
mulTlayer
tesTng
coverage
q Shorten
the
development
cycles
q Enable
complete
device
coverage
q Boost
producTvity
and
efficiency
q And
of
course
be
easy
to
use…
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12. What an outstanding solution shall be?
So what is available these days?...
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13. Analysis of current offerings
Open
Source
Complete
Mobile
OS
Support
MulTlayer
tesTng
capabiliTes
Common
IDEs
IntegraTon
CI
IntegraTon
Parallel
tesTng
Real
device
tesTng
Cloud
based
devices
OS
TesTng
AgnosTc
Record
&
Playback
Test
AnalyTcs
Jailbreak
/
rooTng
/
instrument
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Commercial

14. What an outstanding solution shall be?
Let’s look at a solution…
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15. TenKod EZ Mobile Platform
Early
Stage
Tes9ng
Shorter
Development
Cycles
User
Sa9sfac9on
Faster
9me
to
market
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Increased
device
coverage
Mul9layer
Tes9ng
Coverage

16. TenKod EZ Mobile Platform demo landscape
1. Develop Android app
Eclipse IDE
Dave Lopper
TenKod Nexus
(Delivery repository)
3. Modify test project
f
ild o
a bu repo
rs
igge
VCS
5. Tr anged
h
the c
TenKod Master
Jenkins
TenKod Jenkins slave 1
(e.g. Tests on Tablet)
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5.1 Distributed
parallel build
VCS
(Version Control System)
TenKod Jenkins slave 2
(e.g. Tests on Phone)

17. Demo
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18. THANK YOU
Asaf
Saar,
CEO
TenKod
Ltd.
asaf.saar@tenkod.com
www.tenkod.com
+972-­‐58-­‐5311773