Software Testing, Agile Development and Product Management by Daniel Knott
While attending the first CMAP (Certified Mobile App Professional) course in germany, I stumbled up on “I SLICED UP FUN” by Jonathan Kohl. Jonathan created a mnemonic for mobile app testing and named it “I SLICED UP FUN”. This mnemonic should help you to generate test ideas especially for mobile apps.
Here is a short look at the mnemonic.
This week I found the nice github page from Stephane Nicolas named Quality Tools for Android. He provided a sample Android app using several test frameworks, to see how to use them.
Today, I found a really nice library extension for Robotium. The name of the library is ExtSolo and stands for Extension Solo. The name stands for itself, it extends the known solo object provided by Robotium.
The library is developed by the guys from bitbar, the company behind testdroid.
If you check the provided API documentation, you find some really useful methods to integrate them into your Android test automation framework. There are methods like:
changeDeviceLanguage(java.util.Locale locale)fail(java.lang.String name, java.lang.Object e)setGPSMockLocation(double latitude, double longitude, double altitude)turnWifi(boolean enabled)The International Software Quality Institute (iSQI) announced a new certification for mobile app professionals – CMAP© Mobile App Testing – Foundation Level.
The first three pilot courses will take place in February and March in UK and Germany. After the pilot courses, there are already some providers offering the
training to get certified.
(Source: https://www.isqi.org/tl_files/data/images/SIG/CMAP_Pilot%20Courses%20.png)
The syllabus contains the following topics:
This week, the company Díaz & Hilterscheid GmbH announced a really cool event for 2014. The Software Testing World Cup 2014 (Website).
The Software Testing World Cup (STWC) is an event for testing practitioners to show off their skills and compete with other testing professionals. It brings the testing craft into the spotlight and gives the profession a competitive event on a global scale.