Thursday, 3 July 2014

Why Testing is Crucial for Mobile Apps



There is an unexpected increase in the number and variety of enterprise mobile applications which has grown rapidly over the last few years. And testing of these mobile apps is an integral and crucial part of mobile application development. However, it is an expensive and time-consuming procedure; it is done with utmost importance to ensure that consumers get a positive experience when they use their mobile applications. Mobile companies work hard to make it sure that consumer experience should be enriching throughout, starting with the very first time.

Mobile application development companies invest heavily for robust mobile testing because a small flaw in testing may result in losing a good customer base. Nowadays, with a lot of influx of mobile apps in the market, customers have lot of options available to switch their loyalties. When they find a fault in an application, they simply do not come back or report the problem. This makes the job of the testing team difficult and challenging. 

In today’s mobile application testing environment, testing teams face many different challenges such as multiple devices and platform diversity, short release cycles, lack of advanced testing tools and the variety of network connectivity options, which result in heavy cost burdens and missed timelines for these testing experts. A comprehensive mobile testing strategy is that which includes device and network infrastructure, optimized selection of target devices, and an effective combination of manual and automated testing tools to encompass both functional and non-functional testing.

Thus, it is vital for the companies to create systematic testing strategies in order to have their mobile applications hit the market on time and remain within their budget.  

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