Chapter 18. Testing and Debugging Mobile Sites
WHAT'S IN THIS CHAPTER?
Desktop-based techniques for testing and debugging mobile websites
Learning about the various simulators available for mimicking particular mobile device platforms in software
Exploring the options to use on- or off-line test labs to allow you to test your site on real handsets
Much of this book has focused on the process of designing and developing sites, systems, plug-ins, and themes for mobile device access. At some point in the development process, however, the time comes when you need to start testing your results. Ideally, you don't want your real users to be the first people ever to see how your site looks on a given type of handset!
Quality Assurance is an important discipline in all types of software development, and a mobile site is no different. In that respect, you are not looking to replace testing practices that you already use for other projects and for desktop sites; rather, you shall look at those aspects of bringing a mobile site to launch readiness that are particular to the mobile medium.
Of course, you may need to enhance any lower-level testing regimes you already have to cater for the new functionality that the mobile site may bring. For example, if you are doing module-level unit testing, and you have developed a new mobile plug-in for your CMS platform, then naturally its behavior and expected results can be added into that test suite. And if you are doing load, stress, or performance testing, ...
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