Mobile Test Automation

Abstract:

The Mobile testing world presents many unique challenges, the biggest being:

• The multiplicity of platforms (Windows Mobile; iPhone; Android; Blackberry; etc)
• Limited resources (slower CPU / less RAM than desktops)
• Connectivity (a variety of connection speeds)

The two “polar positions” of discussion for Mobile Testing usually are:

• Use tools that run on the devices themselves
• Use emulators so that all testing can be run on the same machine

These two approaches mirror each other: the pluses of one are the minuses of the other, and vice versa. Both are inadequate if what you want is a high quality, reliable, and maintainable test automation

This presentation will examine these existing approaches; analyze their advantages and shortcomings; and explore a new alternative method that attempts to resolve the shortcomings of the existing ones. The new approach allows for:

• Running automated tests on the device itself, thus making them reliable.
• Using common tools, thus making it maintainable (the approach is tool-agnostic)
• Supporting all the common platforms, and virtually any platform.

A live demonstration of the method will be provided.

Bio:

Michael Yudanin's area of expertise is software quality assurance and testing. Translated into practice, it means creating life cycle models that fit organizations' needs and constraints, establishing verification and validation activities throughout the software life cycle, off-shoring process and product assurance, logo certification testing, test automation, organizing and managing testing efforts for new development and implementation, designing software processes to fit CMMI^® and ISO requirements, as well as other applications of quality in information technology. Michael is a founder of Conflair – an IT Solutioning Company. IT Solutioning is an operational philosophy that emphasizes development and implementation of custom client-centric solutions rather than provision of a number of well-defined services certain company knows how to do well. Throughout his career Michael worked with a large number of companies, among them: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, United Parcel Service, Sage Accounting, Ceridian, Comverse, Georgia Department of Transportation, Tennessee Valley Authority, The Home Depot. Michael Yudanin is a Certified Software Quality Engineer by the American Society for Quality since 1999.

Location:

CCCi
7000 Central Parkway Suite 1000
Atlanta, GA 30328

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Agenda:

• 6:00PM - 7:00PM Networking

• 7:00PM - 7:05PM Announcements

• 7:05PM - 8:05PM Presentation & Q&A

• 8:05PM - 8:30PM Post Presentation Announcements & Raffle