How to Break Your Apps Before I Do

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1. How to Break Your Apps Before I Do Monday, September 9, 13
2. Nick Arnott @noir Monday, September 9, 13
3. Elements Launch Center Pro Screens 3 Perfect Weather Vesper Fantastical Justin Williams is Lazy Resolve Monday, September 9, 13
4. What is QA? Monday, September 9, 13
5. Monday, September 9, 13
6. •Challenging •You missed a •Prove it doesn’t work Monday, September 9, 13
7. Shifting Your Thinking •Challenging •You missed a •Prove it doesn’t work Monday, September 9, 13
8. Often Missed Scenarios Monday, September 9, 13
9. Extended Status Bar Monday, September 9, 13
10. Poor Network Conditions Monday, September 9, 13
11. Poor Network Conditions Monday, September 9, 13
12. Poor Network Conditions Monday, September 9, 13
13. Poor Network Conditions Monday, September 9, 13
14. No Configured Accounts Monday, September 9, 13
15. Insufficient Permission Monday, September 9, 13
16. Restrictions Monday, September 9, 13
17. Security • Use TLS/SSL •No self-signed certificates •Users can still tamper with traffic Network Monday, September 9, 13
18. Security • Use TLS/SSL •No self-signed certificates •Users can still tamper with traffic Network Device Data •Secure sensitive user data •Users can tamper with data •Don’t leave your goodies exposed Monday, September 9, 13
19. Sounds easy, let’s go! Monday, September 9, 13
20. Sounds easy, let’s go! Sounds easy, let’s go! Not so fast. Monday, September 9, 13
21. If not me, then who? Monday, September 9, 13
22. Finding Testers •Ask publicly •Having a screening process •Talk to other developers •Quality assurance, not Monday, September 9, 13
23. Keeping testers engaged Monday, September 9, 13
24. Strategic Releases •Timely releases - don’t be too •Communicate your timeframe •Release candidate? Monday, September 9, 13
25. Release Notes •Known •Fixed issues •Major changes •Complete features •Incomplete features •Focus areas •Clear and concise Monday, September 9, 13
26. Don’t Discourage Bugs Monday, September 9, 13
27. When Feedback Drops Off (Don’t Monday, September 9, 13
28. Collaboration Building a beta Monday, September 9, 13
29. Bug Tracking Monday, September 9, 13
30. Show Your Appreciation Monday, September 9, 13
31. What Comes After Shipping Hint: QA isn’t •Crash •App Store •Support •Retrospective •On to the next Monday, September 9, 13
32. Final Thoughts •Having a good testing mentality •Identifying missed scenarios Monday, September 9, 13
33. Thank you Nick Arnott @noir nick@neglectedpotential.com bit.ly/360iDevQA Monday, September 9, 13
34. Monday, September 9, 13