If you live around an automobile design company, you’ve probably been exposed to those strange looking concept cars being taken out for a test drive. You’ll know these are concept cars because the designers go through all kinds of tricks to wrap up the car and disguise it from spying eyes but they still have to take it out for a test to make sure it performs as designed. That’s the same philosophy behind any mobile application testing. Without utilizing proper load testing tools, that application could crash and burn right out of the gate. You only get one shot in the competitive application business and a bad review can sink your idea no matter how many hours you put into the development.

You might be new to the mobile application business with your unique idea but there are certain phases of the mobile application testing process that you can’t avoid. The first phase is typically the performance test which is combined with the stress and load test. This is where those load testing tools come into play. Load testing something like a piece of luggage is easy. You simply put it into a machine that can crush it and see which level of psi it takes to break. With mobile applications the load testing has to do with the capacity for multiple users to download the application off your servers. This is where you might begin to find the initial defects in the programming. Yes, there will be defects. The goal is to catch them in this phase of the mobile application testing before it goes live.

Load testing tools will put an application through its proverbial paces. This is not a time to cut corners even if the early results are showing there are no defects. The company running your mobile application testing should have comprehensive result reports that cover areas such as test planning, test case design, defect management, partitioning and functional decomposition to name a few areas.

As the mobile application testing kicks into high gear, all aspects of the application will be put through the ringer. This capacity testing should be targeting GUI, Transactional and Batch. The GUI or Graphic User Interface is going to be focus on how a potential user will interact with the commands and applications. This will include using those load testing tools to find out if the security, middleware and databases are all functioning within normal parameters. A Transactional application is one that has a level of interaction in terms of making purchases. That’s the heart of any successful application. Even the free applications should open portals to other business that can generate income. Finally, the batch testing covers all those miscellaneous areas where you the client might ask for specific functionality testing.

Keep in mind that a competent mobile application testing service will provide you with a top to bottom review of the results. They should also be in a position to help you manage any corrections and stick with you through the actual launching of the application to monitor the transition. A solid test can make all the difference.

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