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Cloud Test Lab by Google

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Cloud Test Lab Google - Adventures in QA

Google is going to launch a new product called Cloud Test Lab which will be available this summer for developers and testers within the Google Play Developer Console. Google will provide the twenty most popular Android devices from around the world that can be used to test your app on real devices. Besides that, there … Read more

Reading Recommendations # 18

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Reading Recommendations - Adventures in QA

The 18th issue of my software testing reading recommendations contains 7 blog posts. There are posts dealing with the following topics. A post about Kolb’s testing cycle, how to improve your test language for automation, 5 qualities to avoid, a tester’s life from Lisa Crispin, a pair testing article from Katrina Clokie, how to provide a native experience with web technologies and a post from Jurgen Appelo about Backlogs are not waste.

I highly recommend to read the article from Chris about “Improving Your Test Language – Automation“, this is a really good one.

Enjoy reading the posts.

Reading Recommendations Daniel KnottKolb’s Testing Cycle
Source: https://enquiretst.wordpress.com/2015/05/11/kolbs-testing-cycle/
Author: Berenvd

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Printed Edition of Hands-On Mobile App Testing

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Hands-On Mobile App Testing - Adventures in QAMy book Hands-On Mobile App Testing is now available in the printed copy edition in all online and offline bookstores. If you visit the book landing page http://handsonmobileapptesting.com/ you get further information about the book as well as a free chapter.

If you are interested in some more details about each chapter you can have a look at the rough cuts on safari books online.

I am very happy and proud that I was able to write this book. While writing the book I improved some of my personal skills. For example, I improved my english writing skills (at least I hope so :)). I learned that it is very important to be focused on a certain topic instead of jumping through chapters. I improved my organizational skills, I learned to be patient, critical to myself and to be tenacious.

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My Mobile Apps

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My Mobile Apps - Adventures in QA

In one of my last posts I was writing about my software testing tools that I am using on a daily basis during work. After writing the post about the software testing tools, this post about my mobile apps came to my mind. I am always asking other people what kind of apps they are using and I get this question from time to time as well.

Therefore, I wanted to provide you with an overview of the apps I am using on a daily basis on my Nexus 5.

My Mobile Apps

Blogging/ Files

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Mobile A/B Testing Tools

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Mobile A/B Testing Tools - Adventures in QA

This post is dealing with A/B testing tools for mobile apps. A/B testing is nothing new and is a common instrument in the Marketing, Business Intelligence as well as in the software development industry. A/B testing is often used in Web based applications to test which version or variant of the Website is performing better in terms of revenue or click rates compared to the original one. The Smashing Magazine published a nice guide about A/B testing including Do’s and Dont’s.

A couple of weeks ago I thought about A/B testing in the mobile app world. In my last projects we were always performing usability tests with customers in order to get a feeling for the app and how features are working. We never thought about A/B testing. I started a little research and found the great overview about mobile A/B testing tools from the company autosend.io.

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