Performance Engineering for mobile apps
Test automation results in huge difference in the stability and quality of any software deployed. Although previously, functional automation testing was carried for computer software, these days with the rampant development and use of mobile applications, testing is carried for mobile applications as well. Through this fictional evaluation, you are assured of the fact that implementing a certain software will meet the requirements of the end users. This has become the most reliable way of testing mobile applications for most companies as the approach and process is swift, efficient and cost-effective.
Performance engineering, also known as application performance engineering (APE) is actually a standard of measurement- it consists of skills, roles, practices, activities, deliverables and tools that are applied for each phase of application, ensuring that the application has been designed, implemented as well as supported operationally in order to meet performance requirements. In short, APE prompts designers to design application performance accordingly; after that the application is tested, measured and tuned continuously. APE may not be applied to all the applications supported by an organization as it is often difficult, coupled with the fact that is consumes scarce resources as well.
The current mobile revolution has prompted a drastic change in the entire scenario surrounding mobile applications. This evolution has demanded the implementation of performance engineering process; however, this implementation is not as simple as it seems. New challenges must be overcome by the process. Since the end users demand superior mobility, greater reliability and other such features, the APE for mobile applications must be competent and guarantee the delivery of performance.
These days, the end-users have so many demands as well as expectations that developers feel stressed to provide proper assessment, testing as well as tuning throughout each of the stages in the lifestyle. Despite proactive approaches, you also need to adopt new activities and tools to tackle the variability of handsets, tasks along with networks. Performance engineers must have perfect balance between the rising demands of end users, resources related to back-end servers, bandwidth, network latency along with third-party components. The manifold stress is relieved with testing automation.
The demand for load generating tools with greater capacity has increased; with that there has been sharp expansion of test monitoring. Complex test scenarios are being called for due to challenges associated with variable bandwidth that supports simulator creations, access patterns, usage, network measurement, etc. In fact, development along with implementation of better practices is demanded not only due to methodology, but also due to the process of network visualization, discovery, analysis and testing as well as optimization; thus proficient technology along with skills are needed which answer in the form of automated tests.
To tackle the development challenges, engineers become innovative and join new trainings. They are also aided by new automated technologies as well as tools. Most of such tools are broad based as well as fast; the integration time is really short. Their robust support empowers the process; more and more engineers are resorting to them. Performance test automations are being used on a wide-scale basis, making isolation, endurance, load, behavior, stress, balancing as well as component testing not only faster but cost effective as well. The focus is on optimizing of performance along with rectification of issues. The tools are apt for hybrid as well as native mobile applications.
There are many drawbacks associated with application test automations as any variation needs awareness of details as well as customized approach so that each change is reflected thoroughly in the automation script. It requires constant adjustments since the bar is set very highly. However, despite the pitfalls, interplay of automated along with manual testing acts as the ultimate solution. For mobile application testings, both time as well as cost is reduced, bug detection is done better, testing is more controlled and coverage wider, making it the most trusted as well as rightly sought after process.
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