Monday, September 21, 2015

Challenges for Testing Mobile Applications

1.Poor Network Quality, High Latency

Mobile networks perform badly compared to regular desktop access. The bandwidth is usually lower, the latency is always significantly higher and there's more packet loss. These network characteristics have a significant impact on the response times for the client and on server capacity. 

2.  Lots of Devices
There are an increasing number of differing devices, each employing one of many operating systems and various screen sizes. Many websites adapt the content to the connected device, and since devices each connect differently to the server they must, therefore, be accounted for during testing if you want realistic results. This challenge only becomes more complex as mobile device use cases proliferate.

3. Lots of Users

Over 100 million smart phone users will belong to the "gigabyte club" (over 1 GB per month) by 2012. A mention in a blog or buzz on a social media site can bring a huge amount of visitors to your site or your app. Is your infrastructure ready for such a load?

No comments:

Post a Comment