Paper Info
Title
Mobile Testing: New Challenges and Perceived Difficulties From Developers of the Italian Industry
Abstract
Automated Graphical User Interface (GUI) testing is a fundamental part of the Verification and Validation process of every software, but it is often linked to notable maintenance costs, especially for mobile applications. The literature reports a general lack of automated testing adoption among mobile developers in the industry. In this article, we present the outcome of seven interviews centered on how companies automate the testing process of mobile applications. The interviews confirmed that automated testing is still not widely adopted and rarely formalized by industry, with manual testing being still the primary form of testing. Test fragility and evolution of the user interface are seen as a relevant issue by developers, with a cost of around 30% of the overall maintenance performed on test suites. Some clear shared needs emerged during our interviews that can be considered hints for the added research effort from academia in meeting the needs of industry.
Year
DOI
Venue
2020
10.1109/MITP.2019.2942810
IT Professional
Keywords
DocType
Volume
mobile applications,general lack,automated testing adoption,mobile developers,testing process,manual testing,test suites,mobile testing,italian industry,graphical user interface testing,GUI,notable maintenance costs
Journal
22
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
5
1520-9202
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Riccardo Coppola183.57
Luca Ardito25810.83
Morisio, Maurizio31342119.37
Marco Torchiano4116281.04