TestBash Mobile

Description

Web automation frameworks have evolved over time and have become very mature over the years. But the same is not true for mobile apps.

Did you want to kick start your journey into mobile test automation? Or have you found it harder to choose the right one for your team? Let's get started!

Why these 4? The frameworks I have chosen have been used in high profile projects that I’ve worked on with so many challenges. So I’m speaking from real experience, rather than just the theory behind it.

Also, all 4 frameworks I’ll be showcasing are well-documented and well-supported open-source code-based solutions, something that you can use in a software development team right away without any blockers (like money, approvals, etc).

Framework #1: Appium (iOS and android)

We will be using the same workflow for all the test framework demos. We will write a UI test using appium for the chosen workflow.

Appium is a very commonly used test automation framework in the mobile space. It is a very good tool to get started on your own to create UI tests for mobile. These tests can be written in a number of different languages including Java, Ruby, Python, PHP, JavaScript, and C#.

Takeaways

What does it take to write an appium based UI test for android and iOS?
In what scenarios should you use appium?
When not to use appium?
What type of teams can benefit in choosing a framework like appium?
What level of skill set is required to write a test using appium (so you can go and prepare yourself for it).

Speaker

Jaswanth Manigundan

Staff Quality Coach, Culture Amp

I’m Jas from Melbourne. I currently work at Culture Amp as a Staff Quality Coach, specialising in test automation and testability. I have worked in the mobile app development space for almost a decade, where I saw mobile devices and operating systems get better and better by the day. My fascination towards mobile devices made me start my professional career as a mobile app developer. But my quest to build better apps and write code that is much more testable lead me to transition into a test automation engineer specialising in mobile. Since then, I’ve gradually explored a wide variety of test automation frameworks and have consulted for some of the leading software teams in Australia to build efficient test automation suites for both mobile and web apps. I have spoken about my test automation journey in a variety of testing conferences like the Ministry of Testing’s Testbashes, Automation Guild (by TestGuild) and Saucelabs’ Saucecon. I now work at Culture Amp alongside the legendary Anne-Marie Charrett helping build a passionate quality enablement team. I currently work with test automation frameworks (functionality, contract and load) for APIs, web apps, micro-services and event sourced systems. Latest obsession… Observability within test frameworks.

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A push notification is a short message that appears as a pop-up on your desktop browser, mobile home screen, or in your device notification centre from a mobile app.

Testing pushing notifications rightly will not only help you retain your user base but will also be a blessing in disguise out-beating your competitor in various aspects like ROI, User Engagement, and Lead Generation.

In this power pack talk, we will also discuss how you need to be cautious while designing the testing strategy for your push notifications so that you retain your loyal user base.

Takeaways

Understanding push notification
Type of Push notifications
Use cases of push notification
Push notification scenarios

Speaker

Saif Siddiqui

Senior Automation Test Engineer ( Mobile)

Saif Siddiqui is a Senior Automation Tester (Mobile) having Scrum Master ITIL,Prince2 and ISTQB certification, managing multiple consumer and customer-facing applications. He is an experienced and certified Mobile Apps and IoT application tester some including iBeacon Sensors, Drones, Smart Watches, etc. He is experienced in leading and managing Mobile functional, Automation, and Digital testing. Taking pride in playing key roles In delivering some of the" Highest rated Apps" in Europe, India, and other APAC regions with more than a million downloads in different App stores.

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Have you ever wanted to refactor mercilessly but didn't want to break the fragile tower? Or have you ever pushed to production only to spend the next few days cleaning up the regressions?

You need end-to-end tests, and Cypress is a great, fast way to build them.

With a simple JavaScript or TypeScript interface, you can automate browsers to hit those critical functions in your app to prove it works as expected -- this time and every time.

Join us to dive into building Cypress tests and leave with the confidence to refactor your way to greatness.

Takeaways

What is Cypress and why do I care?
What other tools are in this space and when would I use them?
How do I get started with Cypress?
How do I level-up to interact with the page and handle DOM events?
How do I intercept network requests and replace responses with fixtures?
What are best practices when building E2E tests?

Speaker

Rob Richardson

Developer

Rob Richardson is a software craftsman building web properties in ASP.NET and Node, React and Vue. He’s a Microsoft MVP, published author, frequent speaker at conferences, user groups, and community events, and a diligent teacher and student of high quality software development. You can find this and other talks on https://robrich.org/presentations and follow him on twitter at @rob_rich.

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Now that everyone has a smartphone and access to many free and paid apps, users and customers expect a certain level of professional and polished behaviour on their mobile devices. They know what to expect, what their devices are capable of, and expect to be delighted in terms of user experience, stability and interactions.

In the starting phase of the app development, we may not have access to all possible real devices given the different OS versions available in the market on iOS & Android.

We have multiple options on how to QA for Mobile app testing. We can test the apps with Emulators / Simulators, Real Devices & Cloud-based device farms.

You have to have the right balance between real devices and emulators/simulators to get accurate results in the shortest time possible.
This talk will give you insights on what to choose and when to choose - a kind of strategy for selecting between Emulator/simulator & the real device.

Takeaways

Pros & Cons of Emulator/Simulator & Real Devices
Basic distinction between the Emulator/Simulator & Real Devices
When to choose Emulator/Simulator & Real Devices

Speaker

Vaishali Megharaj Desarda

Hi, I am Vaishali Desarda. I am interested in Quality and I care about it. I have 10+ years of experience in the Testing field while I worked with Fintech, Core banking, Open banking, Utilities, Mobile apps, APIs in India & UK. I regularly write on practical matters related to testing. My 22+ articles are available here & at LinkedIn. I am an active Testing Community member and have begun speaking at online conferences.

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Description

Web automation frameworks have evolved over time and have become very mature over the years. But the same is not true for mobile apps.

Did you want to kick start your journey into mobile test automation? Or have you found it harder to choose the right one for your team? Let's get started!

Why these 4? The frameworks I have chosen have been used in high profile projects that I’ve worked on with so many challenges. So I’m speaking from real experience, rather than just the theory behind it.

Also, all 4 frameworks I’ll be showcasing are well-documented and well-supported open-source code-based solutions, something that you can use in a software development team right away without any blockers (like money, approvals, etc).

Framework #2: XCUI test (iOS)

We will be using the same workflow for all the test framework demos. We will write a UI test using XCUI tests for the chosen workflow.

XCUI testing is the native UI testing framework that comes out of the box and is supported by Apple. Test can be written and managed within xcode itself which provides you greater control over the app code itself. Tests are written using Swift.

Takeaways

What does it take to write an XCUI Test based UI test for iOS?
In what scenarios should you use XCUI Test?
When not to use XCUI Test?
What type of teams can benefit in choosing a framework like XCUI Test?
What level of skill set is required to write a test using XCUI Test (so you can go and prep yourself for it).

Speaker

Jaswanth Manigundan

Staff Quality Coach, Culture Amp

I’m Jas from Melbourne. I currently work at Culture Amp as a Staff Quality Coach, specialising in test automation and testability. I have worked in the mobile app development space for almost a decade, where I saw mobile devices and operating systems get better and better by the day. My fascination towards mobile devices made me start my professional career as a mobile app developer. But my quest to build better apps and write code that is much more testable lead me to transition into a test automation engineer specialising in mobile. Since then, I’ve gradually explored a wide variety of test automation frameworks and have consulted for some of the leading software teams in Australia to build efficient test automation suites for both mobile and web apps. I have spoken about my test automation journey in a variety of testing conferences like the Ministry of Testing’s Testbashes, Automation Guild (by TestGuild) and Saucelabs’ Saucecon. I now work at Culture Amp alongside the legendary Anne-Marie Charrett helping build a passionate quality enablement team. I currently work with test automation frameworks (functionality, contract and load) for APIs, web apps, micro-services and event sourced systems. Latest obsession… Observability within test frameworks.

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In this session, our host Laveena Ramchandani, a Software Testing Leader herself, will be joined by three other experts in this session, who'll be able to answer questions live from our attendees.

Piotr Wicherski is an Expert Mobile QA Engineer in Warsaw, Poland. Piotr has 13 years of expertise in Mobile technologies and has done more than 50 talks and workshops throughout his career. And if you're a football fan, come and say hi to Piotr as he works for UEFA!

Julia Pottinger is a Head of Training and Development, a YouTuber, Instructor and Blogger from Kingston, Jamaica, Julia is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience with the testing community. Julia has written and done a lot of research on Mobile Testing and is very much looking forward to sharing her tips for Mobile App Testing!

Vikrant Maniar is currently an Engineering Manager of quality and automation for all client platforms, in San Francisco, USA. Vikrant has great experience in leading test automation and release efforts for iOS and Android mobile apps, responsible for everything and anything that touches mobile apps. He's super excited to join TestBash Mobile!

Speakers

Piotr Wicherski

Expert Mobile QA Engineer

Expert Mobile QA Engineer at UEFA. 13+ years of expertise in Mobile technologies. Co-author of ISTQB MAT - Mobile Application Testing. Done more than 50 talks and workshops around Mobile QA. Speaker, conference organizer and university lecturer for mobile applications testing.

Julia Pottinger

Head of Training and Development at QualityWorks

Julia Pottinger is the Head of Training and Development at QualityWorks with expertise in manual, automated and API testing and training which has helped companies enhance the quality of their software through improved test coverage, faster time to market, increased process efficiency and optimized use of resources.

Julia is passionate about sharing her knowledge and experience and contributes to the testing community through writing articles, and delivering testing content on Test Automation University as well as her Youtube Channel and blog. She also conducts testing bootcamps for persons interested in entering the field of QA.

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Youtube Channel

Blog Website

Vikrant Maniar

Engineering Manager, Quality and Automation

I like automating stuff and reducing toil. I am driven by a passion to help accelerate the speed to market for ideas. Like to fail fast and learn from mistakes to iteratively improve. I work at Pinterest with an extraordinarily talented group of individuals and leaders.

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Autify is an advanced AI-powered automation testing platform for Web and Mobile applications that creates, manages, executes, and reports on tests with a self-healing AI that shortens release cycles and increases your team’s productivity.

You will learn in 20 minutes how Autify works, and we will talk about our roadmap and upcoming features.

Speaker

Sam Ostrom

Lead Customer Success Engineer at Autify

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#heuristics

Description

We have been using heuristics and mnemonics (knowingly or unknowingly) since our childhood. In software testing, heuristics and mnemonics are used to design and select the tests. Heuristics are highly valuable for a particular context, especially if people use them wisely. While testing, we can use these techniques to remember important elements. There are loads of heuristics in software testing and it can be a bit difficult to identify which one to use.

However, you can start reflecting on it by answering the following questions:

What things do you consider when starting to test a new application?
What are your actions during and after each testing session?

Are you curious about how can we use these in mobile application testing? In this workshop, we’ll learn about various heuristics and mnemonics and how can we use them to generate test ideas for the mobile app.

Takeaways

Understand what is heuristics and mnemonics?
Identify various heuristics and mnemonics available for mobile apps testing?
How to apply them to generate test ideas?

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Suman Bala

Test Architect

Suman Bala is a Test Architect with a passion for improvement in quality processes and is a strong believer in Test Automation. She feels proud of how people’s perspective has changed regarding testing throughout her career. She is striving to instil the idea that quality is everyone’s responsibility as opposed to merely laying it at the feet of QA. She is a co-organiser for the Ministry of Testing Bucks meet-up. She is a mentor and coach at work and within the wider testing community. She is co-designing and delivering the “Software Testing Bootcamp” sponsored by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority.

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Description

Web automation frameworks have evolved over time and have become very mature over the years. But the same is not true for mobile apps.

Did you want to kick start your journey into mobile test automation? Or have you found it harder to choose the right one for your team? Let's get started!

Why these 4? The frameworks I have chosen have been used in high profile projects that I’ve worked on with so many challenges. So I’m speaking from real experience, rather than just the theory behind it.

Also, all 4 frameworks I’ll be showcasing are well-documented and well-supported open-source code-based solutions, something that you can use in a software development team right away without any blockers (like money, approvals, etc).

Framework #3: Espresso (Android)

We will be using the same workflow for all the test framework demos. We will write a UI test using appium for the chosen workflow.

imilar to XCUI tests, Espresso is the native test automation framework that comes with Android and can be maintained within Android Studio. Tests can be written using Kotlin or Java.

Takeaways

What does it take to write an Espresso based UI test for android?
In what scenarios should you use Espresso?
When not to use Espresso?
What type of teams can benefit in choosing a framework like Espresso?
What level of skill set is required to write a test using Espresso (so you can go and prep yourself for it).

Speaker

Jaswanth Manigundan

Staff Quality Coach, Culture Amp

I’m Jas from Melbourne. I currently work at Culture Amp as a Staff Quality Coach, specialising in test automation and testability. I have worked in the mobile app development space for almost a decade, where I saw mobile devices and operating systems get better and better by the day. My fascination towards mobile devices made me start my professional career as a mobile app developer. But my quest to build better apps and write code that is much more testable lead me to transition into a test automation engineer specialising in mobile. Since then, I’ve gradually explored a wide variety of test automation frameworks and have consulted for some of the leading software teams in Australia to build efficient test automation suites for both mobile and web apps. I have spoken about my test automation journey in a variety of testing conferences like the Ministry of Testing’s Testbashes, Automation Guild (by TestGuild) and Saucelabs’ Saucecon. I now work at Culture Amp alongside the legendary Anne-Marie Charrett helping build a passionate quality enablement team. I currently work with test automation frameworks (functionality, contract and load) for APIs, web apps, micro-services and event sourced systems. Latest obsession… Observability within test frameworks.

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In this session, our fantastic host Tristan Lombard is joined by the one and only Maaike Brinkhof in this Ask Me Anything, where she'll be able to answer questions about native mobile app testing.

Maaike lives in Utrecht, Netherlands and is an independent mobile tester and iOS developer. She loves testing because there are so many ways to add value to a team, be it by thinking critically about the product, working on the team dynamics, working to clarify the specs and testability of the product, getting the whole team to test with Exploratory Testing…the options are almost endless! She likes to help teams who are not sure where or what to test. During ‘analogue time’ Maaike likes to practice powerlifting, reading books and drinking different kinds of craft beer.

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Maaike Brinkhof

Tester & iOS Developer

Maaike is an independent mobile tester and iOS developer. She loves testing because there are so many ways to add value to a team, be it by thinking critically about the product, working on the team dynamics, working to clarify the specs and testability of the product, getting the whole team to test with Exploratory Testing…the options are almost endless! She likes to help teams who are not sure where or what to test. During ‘analogue time’ Maaike likes to practice powerlifting, reading books and drinking different kinds of craft beer.

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#accessibility

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In 2020, a global pandemic forced everyone to change their habits in acquiring products, lifelines and staying in touch with friends and family.

With the challenges stay-at-home orders presented, a light shined on the absolute necessity to create accessible technology.

The challenge for app developers became “how can you weave accessibility into your user experience when it wasn’t a consideration from the start?”.

How do you know where to go when your experiences and knowledge in accessibility are limited?

Together let’s take a look at some tools and best practices to help you make progress on your accessibility journey.

Takeaways

Actionable steps to start fixing (then preventing) issues within your applications accessibility
Focus on iOS and Android

Speaker

Kim Arnett

Native Mobile Team Lead

Kim is the Mobile Team Lead at Deque with a background in iOS development. She cares about diversity, inclusion, accessibility and making tech a better home for all. In her spare time she collects plants and dogs, and enjoys activities in nature such as hiking and kayaking.

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Description

Web automation frameworks have evolved over time and have become very mature over the years. But the same is not true for mobile apps.

Did you want to kick start your journey into mobile test automation? Or have you found it harder to choose the right one for your team? Let's get started!

Why these 4? The frameworks I have chosen have been used in high profile projects that I’ve worked on with so many challenges. So I’m speaking from real experience, rather than just the theory behind it.

Also, all 4 frameworks I’ll be showcasing are well-documented and well-supported open-source code-based solutions, something that you can use in a software development team right away without any blockers (like money, approvals, etc).

Framework #4: Detox (React Native)

We will be using the same workflow for all the test framework demos. We will write a UI test using appium for the chosen workflow.

Detox is an open-source framework specifically built for react native apps. You can run the same test on both Android and iOS without having to change anything, given the app is also written using react-native.

Takeaways

What does it take to write an Detox based UI test for android and iOS?
In what scenarios should you use Detox?
When not to use Detox?
What type of teams can benefit in choosing a framework like detox?
What level of skill set is required to write a test using Detox (so you can go and prep yourself for it).

Speaker

Jaswanth Manigundan

Staff Quality Coach, Culture Amp

I’m Jas from Melbourne. I currently work at Culture Amp as a Staff Quality Coach, specialising in test automation and testability. I have worked in the mobile app development space for almost a decade, where I saw mobile devices and operating systems get better and better by the day. My fascination towards mobile devices made me start my professional career as a mobile app developer. But my quest to build better apps and write code that is much more testable lead me to transition into a test automation engineer specialising in mobile. Since then, I’ve gradually explored a wide variety of test automation frameworks and have consulted for some of the leading software teams in Australia to build efficient test automation suites for both mobile and web apps. I have spoken about my test automation journey in a variety of testing conferences like the Ministry of Testing’s Testbashes, Automation Guild (by TestGuild) and Saucelabs’ Saucecon. I now work at Culture Amp alongside the legendary Anne-Marie Charrett helping build a passionate quality enablement team. I currently work with test automation frameworks (functionality, contract and load) for APIs, web apps, micro-services and event sourced systems. Latest obsession… Observability within test frameworks.

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For years, mobile developers and QA teams have had to struggle with a difficult choice: speed or quality.

By shifting testing left, engineering teams can better partner with QA to ensure that application releases are done on time and without bugs that break critical functionality.

Takeaways

The benefits of using the shift-left mentality
How to leverage continuous end-to-end testing
Making QA efforts more impactful and efficient with the shift-left process

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99 Second Talks

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