Chapter 13 – Testing

Explains how to find and work with testers of your app to get the quality you need.

• Types of Testing
• Failures of Imagination
• Your Testing Schedule
  • Push for User-Facing Functionality Early
  • Scheduling for Epiphany
  • Avoiding Wasted Testing Effort
  • Publishing Apps to Testers
• Approaching Deadlines
• Your Testing Team
  • Professional Testers
  • The Value of a QA Department
  • Acquiring a QA Department
  • Developers as Testers
  • Forced-Failure Testing
  • Automated Testing
  • External Testers
  • Finding Beta Testers
  • Getting a Range of Devices and Experience
  • Setting Expectations
    • Establish a Feedback Mechanism
    • Document What You Want Them to Do
    • Create Useful Release Notes
    • Consider Sending Out Surveys
• Getting and Incorporating Feedback
  • Feedback Infrastructure
  • Crash Reporting
  • Analytics
  • Log/Console Uploading
  • Bug Tracker
  • End-User Feedback Service
  • Beta Release Cycles
  • Bug Triage
  • Prioritizing Bugs
  • Crash Bugs
  • “Roach Motel” Bugs
  • Data Loss Bugs
  • Data Consistency Bugs
  • Performance Bugs
  • Cosmetic Bugs
  • Niche Bugs
  • Verification of Bugs
• Wrapping Up