You can’t go anywhere today without hearing the term “artificial intelligence” (AI). It is in the vehicles we drive, the flight systems of the commercial aircraft we fly, and the commercial systems we interact with daily. It’s also in the vocabulary of most IT professionals these days. But precisely what is AI? In simplest terms, artificial intelligence is the development of computer systems and software that perform tasks that usually need human intelligence to complete. These tasks could be creating written content, decision-making, or identifying content on a page. You will often see the te ..read more

In the iOS development pipeline, testing is crucial in ensuring your app works as expected and meets user expectations. The larger a project becomes, the more important it is for your team to follow a reliable testing workflow. There are two general types of testing in iOS development: unit testing and integration testing. Unit testing focuses on testing individual code units, such as classes and functions, ensuring they work as expected, whereas integration testing focuses on the interaction between different code units to confirm the application works correctly. Let’s dive into both types of ..read more

As mobile devices become more important to our day-to-day lives, so has their accessibility to all users. Mobile accessibility testing is an important process that ensures people with various disabilities can access and navigate mobile applications and websites. Testing for mobile accessibility requires the use of various tools and techniques to identify and fix barriers to accessibility, such as compatibility issues, assistive technology support, and usability concerns. What is accessibility testing? Accessibility testing is a subset of usability testing. You may find people referring to acce ..read more

Android testing is essential to the dev process for creating reliable, high-quality mobile apps. The testing process calls for verifying functionality works as expected, stability, and a bug-free experience for users. Several types of testing can be performed on Android applications, including unit testing, functional testing, and performance testing. Let’s dive into each type and explore examples of how to implement them. Android unit testing  Unit testing is a basic and reliable form of testing that allows devs to verify individual parts of an app by isolating their functionality and co ..read more

Smartphones have been a part of our lives for 17 years now! Since the first iPhone’s debut in 2007, the underlying technology of smartphones has transformed, with each generation heralding faster chips and more sophisticated sensors. In 2023, more than 1 billion devices were sold worldwide, and if the number of brands and form factors seem overwhelming, consider what users are running on this sea of devices. The app market is booming—Statista reports mobile app revenues exceeded $400 billion in 2022 and will surpass $600 billion by 2027. Smartphones, tablets, and other smart gadgets are centra ..read more

Welcome to a new era of user assistance! Our latest enhancement, the AI Help Assistant, is transformative for your Testim experience. You’ll find it in the bottom-right corner under the “Help” chat widget and it’s your gateway to a vast pool of knowledge. How it enhances product functionality Help Assistant is your ticket to our entire documentation library, full lineup of knowledge base articles, YouTube videos, an arsenal of 100 example tests, and insights gleaned from 1,500 real customer support tickets. It’s more than a chatbot–it’s a guide who delivers content tailored to your technical ..read more

Mobile apps have become so ubiquitous worldwide that the Google Play store had almost 2.5 million apps available for download at the end of 2023. It’s no wonder mobile testing has also increased in importance. But when it comes to testing mobile apps, where should these tests take place? Ideally, we want to test on the actual devices our users will install the application on, but the options are so numerous, this is impractical. Think of the sheer volume of makes and models available to users, then layer on multiple configurations for each model, then throw different operating systems into the ..read more

I’ve been reading many of the articles about trends and predictions within IT for the new year. I have been particularly interested in those talking about DevOps. I noticed that most of them are Developer focused. This is very typical in DevOps – to leave out testing. QA is still an integral part of the “Dev” in DevOps, as well as the overall software release cycle. I decided to make my own list of DevOps trends this year, but I want to include how Quality Assurance might be impacted by these trends. Here is my take on the top five I hope to see: Shift-Left Testing Goes Mainstream Up until now ..read more

Mobile testing is an essential component of every software testing cycle. Every application needs to function flawlessly across thousands of hardware and OS combinations. To make sure this is feasible, mobile testing needs to be planned and carried out with the highest level of care and precision. One type of mobile app testing is interruption testing, which involves testing how well a mobile application responds to, manages, and recovers from unplanned disruptions, such as incoming calls and notifications. The Importance of Interruption Testing for Mobile Apps Mobile devices have become an in ..read more

Here are 5️⃣ lessons I learned or relearned this year in testing: Test design techniques are a great way to find gaps AI in software testing is here to stay Selenium and Playwright are the most popular automation libraries Codeless and low-code tools are valuable The great divide between developers and testers Test design techniques are great for finding gaps Test design techniques are different from test types, test cases, and test scenarios. A test design technique is a standardized method to develop test cases and gain greater coverage of an application. There are many variants and combin ..read more