Thursday, November 7, 2013

Revision/ Iteration/ Repetition

Whats comes to your mind when you hear the word Revision ?? For me it reminds me of an Engineering friend who used to revise at-least 3 times for external examination :P
So what is the connection between revision and testing ?
Before that, how many times do you test a build?? or to say how many iteration /repetition?? Do you try all combinations ? If you answer is 'till i am satisfied' and 'yes' then you need not continue reading.

Oh you cannot resist reading ? :P great, here you go. I always believe in iteration. Maybe that's why i find a lot of bugs in software. I test the same screen again and again and have a goal to find at-least 5 bugs in the screen. I try different combination, change orientation immediately after a button is tapped and so on. When I start with testing i make sure that i test the whole screen and not just a part of the screen. So when you test, keep in mind to test the application again and again until you confident that you have found all the defects. Dont be a lazy bugger. As Anne Frank quotes "Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction"

Summarizing
1) Test the build thoroughly at-least n number of times until you are satisfied with the result
2) Try different combinations i.e try going to every returnable screen and check if proper contents are displayed.
3) Most important one: Test the whole screen and not just a part of screen.

If you find yourself bored with testing check my other post
http://qualitytesting1.blogspot.in/2013/08/things-to-do-if-you-feel-you-are-bored.html

Happy Testing :)

Steps for installing application through test flight.

Following are the steps for installing application through test flight.

- Visit www.testflightapp.com through Safari in iPad/iPhone
- Tap on Sign up button which is present in top right corner of the screen
- Enter all the fields and then turn off the Developer options 
- Tap on Sign Up button. 
- Connect device page is displayed. Tap on Connect Device button
- This will take you to Setting screen to install profile
- Tap on Install button
- Tap on "Install Now" button in pop up
- Installing process will take place. Wait for sometime
- After profile gets installed tap on Done button
- Takes you back to Safari page
- Tap on View All Apps or tap on Menu button present in top left corner of the screen and then tap on 'Apps' to access applications which is sent to you.
- Your app would be listing in the App page
- Tap on Install button 
- This will take you to device Home screen and app will get installed.
- A Test flight bookmark would be added automatically to Home screen if you want to access the test fight website again