Mobile application testing in industrial contexts: an exploratory multiple case-study

Zein, Samer and Salleh, Norsaremah and Grundy, John (2015) Mobile application testing in industrial contexts: an exploratory multiple case-study. In: 14th International Conference on New Trends in Intelligent Software Methodology, Tools, and Techniques (SoMeT 2015), 15th-17th Nov. 2015, Naples, Italy.

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Abstract

Recent empirical studies in the area of mobile application testing indicate the need for specific testing techniques and methods for mobile applications. This is due to mobile applications being significantly different than traditional web and desktop applications, particularly in terms of the physical constraints of mobile devices and the very different features of their operating systems. In this paper, we presented a multiple case-study involving four software development companies in the area of mobile and smartphones application. We aimed to identify testing techniques currently being applied by developers and challenges that they are facing. Our principle results are that many industrial teams seem to lack sufficient knowledge on how to test mobile applications, particularly in the areas of mobile application life-cycle conformance, context-awareness, and integration testing. We also found that there is no formal testing approach or methodology that can facilitate a development team to systematically test a critical mobile application.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Invited Papers)
Additional Information:	3705/45298
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Software testing, Mobile applications, Case study
Subjects:	Q Science > Q Science (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Computer Science
Depositing User:	Dr Norsaremah Salleh
Date Deposited:	20 Nov 2015 09:51
Last Modified:	21 Sep 2017 20:26
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/45298

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