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Did you know that more than 15% of your developers’ time might be spent on debugging and manual API tests? Such reliance on legacy testing approaches hampers the creation of scalable and high-performance APIs in product ecosystems. These challenges in API testing can be reduced with Qyrus’ comprehensive automation platform.

The Qyrus Low Code/No Code solution enables your team to build API tests in half the time. To start with, our end-to-end platform’s predictive step-building approach ensures faster API process testing. Just type a simple description of desired test step capabilities into a form and select from the available options.

Capabilities like the API importing feature further optimize your integration cycles. It boosts overall development agility and cost-effectiveness.

Reduce the time spent on manual script creation with Qyrus’ advanced test import features. Your team can seamlessly leverage API test automation, aka faster software updates, further increasing the overall efficiency and scalability with Qyrus’ next-generation API process testing capabilities.

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Contact us today to find out more about how you can leverage API process testing features in Qyrus’ comprehensive testing automation platform.

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Welcome to this week’s Feature Friday, where we delve into the world of Rover script building, a groundbreaking feature offered by Qyrus. Today, we have Dan and Joyal from the Qyrus team to shed light on the use cases and benefits of this innovative tool. Rover script building revolutionizes the test-building process, allowing users to visually analyze their mobile application’s user journeys and effortlessly generate test scripts. Say goodbye to manual coding and tedious scripting, as Qyrus simplifies and accelerates the entire test-building experience.

Tell us more about Rover script building offered by Qyrus and its use cases. 

Dan: 
The Rover AI tool explores your mobile application and provides an activity map at the end of all possible user journeys that can take place on the application. Given that activity map, users can then build tests off of it. Simply clicking each node on the map – or each screen – the user can build out a test script for their mobile applications at lightning speeds.

Joyal: 
This feature enables a user to visually analyze any possible test cases that may have been missed in the test building. On top of being a feature built into the Rover tool itself, it is super easy to use and intuitive.

What is this feature’s overall impact on the testing process?

Dan: 
Overall, it has a major impact on test building. Prior to Qyrus, test building was a hassle when it came to automated testing. Learning a coding language, the correlating automated testing library, and actually scripting everything out is a long process. With Qyrus, the amount of time it takes to get from ground zero to test execution is less than half the time.

Joyal: 
And when you add on top of that, Rover and its script-building feature, the time taken to build tests can be cut even further! It also provides important insights into how your application is performing in general. Test coverage is improved through the ability to see the numerous different customer journeys and paths that may have been missed in initial testing.

How might script building using Rover help testers, developers, and business technologists? What value can this feature bring? 

Joyal:
A tester and developer could use Rover to check their test coverage on a specific application. Seeing the bigger picture can sometimes be hard. When it comes to super complex applications, the task becomes even more challenging. And when an organization has multiple complex applications that interconnect and can have business processes that stretch across those multiple applications, that’s when things get really hectic. Understanding every possible user journey seems like an impossible task. But it is one that can be made easier when using Rover.

Dan:
Testers can check out their current test scripts and compare the paths that those take to the possible different paths found on Rover. Some people might find that they are only covering a fraction of their total possible test coverage. Furthermore, the user no longer has to be connected to a device on Qyrus in order to build out a test script. Instead, they just have to have the Rover exploration.

Joyal:
And of course, business technologists can quickly run Rover explorations and build a series of test scripts based on that exploration. It’s super simple, user-friendly, and intuitive. With the Rover script builder, building test scripts is all visual, removing a large majority of the complexity from test building.

Does the same or similar functionality exist without Qyrus, and how do competitors address similar problems? 

Joyal:
Rover is a feature unique to Qyrus. There are no real comparable tools out there to Rover, especially with all the benefits that come along with it. And this is also taking into consideration the benefits that Rover provides outside just the script building.

How do you see this feature impacting day-to-day operations across organizations?

Dan:
Well, as we’ve mentioned, it will drastically change the way that testers build test scripts. It will change the amount of test coverage that a testing team might have. But the script builder is super easy to use and makes things remarkably faster in terms of test building.
Joyal:
Visual representations of your test flows are always helpful, as it creates a new way of looking at your test-building process.  By using both a big-picture and detail-oriented process in the script-building feature, users are able to start with better test coverage.

As we conclude this Feature Friday, we have explored the remarkable impact of Rover script building on the testing landscape. Qyrus’ visionary approach empowers testers, developers, and business technologists to enhance their test coverage, uncover unexplored user journeys, and streamline the test-building process. With Rover’s intuitive visual interface, organizations can achieve better test coverage and improved overall application performance. Qyrus continues to redefine the testing paradigm, providing a cutting-edge solution that brings immense value to the testing community.

Software testing myths are common in many teams. For example, your key stakeholders might feel that software testing is an unnecessary, time-intensive expense. Or your peers may think that tests are required only at the end of the SDLC.

API testing is a case in point. Our recent survey indicates that 78% of businesses consider API testing to be a highly complex process. Such testing myths negatively impact project outcomes and the resultant ROI. The prevalence of such can be a setback for the entire software testing lifecycle. In this e-book, we examine actual software testing facts to dispel such concerns.

Advances like codeless automated testing eliminate the complexities and resource-intensive nature of legacy software testing models. It is possible to reduce test execution times by 40% using the Qyrus codeless test automation platform.

Our e-book presents a detailed overview of the myths and facts of software testing. It also offers takeaways to:

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The use of mobile devices is ubiquitous. Upwards of a billion smartphones were shipped globally in 2022. This massive figure gives you an idea of the extent of the global penetration of mobile devices. This figure is also significant from the testing perspective. If your testing strategy is not configured to test for mobile devices, it will come undone sooner than you think.

Cross-device website testing or cross-device app testing is imperative for rolling out powerful and bug-free websites or apps that deliver a seamless experience. Not doing so means bugs fall through the cracks and will impact mobile users’ ability to maximize the software’s potential. Also, being unable to test on all devices means your software can experience limited adoption, as it won’t work as expected on some mobile devices.

The Importance of a Device Farm in the Testing Ecosystem
The mobile devices landscape is not consistent. It is extremely varied, comprising of multiple types of devices. These devices differ in brand, power, performance, and functionality.

Also, this landscape is evolving rapidly, with newer updates and features rolled out regularly. The expectation is that:

The growing fragmentation in the mobile device ecosystem makes mobile testing complex and time-consuming. You need a reliable way to test your software. This will make sure it works well, no matter what conditions it faces. This is where a device farm enters the picture to facilitate a seamless mobile testing strategy.

Limitations of Existing Device Farm Testing
Testers have the unenviable job of addressing issues like device fragmentation, different screen resolutions, varying upgrade cycles, etc. Also, while testing for performance in the real-world environment, they need to navigate complexities such as testing mobile network bandwidth issues, permission testing, and testing for various geolocation app scenarios.

Manual testing or legacy automation testing cannot address the difficulties arising out of a continuously evolving landscape. These come with their own specific limitations:

The Right Device Infrastructure
Organizations should transition to a cloud device farm that is highly scalable and can offer the latest tools to test their apps and devices on a large number of mobile devices. Such a device farm delivers the right mobile testing environment because it is scalable on demand.

To go beyond the limitation of manual or outdated automated testing in your device infrastructure, your testing strategy must:


A Simple Yet Comprehensive Approach to Mobile Testing
Testing for a mobile environment takes work. Therefore, it is imperative to choose a testing tool that simplifies and accelerates this process for you and, at the same time, facilitates comprehensive testing.

The Qyrus device farm hosts real physical Android and iOS devices on the cloud and supports both manual and automated testing of native and web applications. Developers can go through extensive results available in the form of videos, performance profiling metrics, screenshots, and more to remedy any bug.

Subscribing to a manual process of setting up on-premises device farms increases the possibility of missing out on various features and functionalities. With Qyrus, testers save time setting up and maintaining the devices required for thorough testing.

One of the critical features that Qyrus brings to the table is extensive reporting and enabling testing across not only older Android and iOS versions but also beta versions.

Differentiating advantages of Qyrus’ device farm:

With Qyrus, you adopt a forward-looking approach toward testing for mobile devices and take long strides in making your business more competitive by improving efficiency and accelerating time to market. Qyrus’ mobile testing backed by Qyrus device infrastructure can be a critical driver in your business success over the long term. 

 

Topic: Web Testing using Qyrus
Date: 22nd June 2023
Time: 12 pm Eastern Time

Speaker:

Timothy Miller, Platform Expert and Senior Consultant, Qyrus                                 

High-quality code, faster updates, and shorter development cycles are the norm for today’s Web testers. As if these aren’t enough, trends like shift left testing in SDLCs further increase these pressures.

Comprehensive Web application testing automation platforms are ideal to streamline all your testing needs. Adoption of these solutions is on the rise, with 80% of businesses expected to use AI-augmented testing tools by 2027.

With features right from predictive step building to parallel execution, website test automation delivers multiple benefits. Help your team achieve its time-to-market goals with codeless Web testing using Qyrus.

Watch this 15-minute Lunch and Learn Webinar on Web Testing for a quick overview of the latest website test automation possibilities.

This Webinar will help you understand how to:

  • Simplify testing with end-to-end Web application test automation
  • Optimize user experiences using performance testing
  • Expand testing coverage using Web application test automation
  • Stabilize Web application functionality using AI

Speaker Bio:

Tim Miller is a Platform Expert and Senior Consultant for Qyrus. He is a professional in the field of automated software testing and quality engineering. Tim has developed a deep understanding of various testing methodologies and frameworks. His passion for quality engineering is evident in his meticulous attention to detail and his commitment to delivering robust and reliable software. With a strong analytical mindset, Tim excels in identifying potential defects and vulnerabilities in complex software systems.

Beta Operating System

Welcome to this week’s Feature Friday, where we dive into the world of beta operating systems and the role they play in software testing. Today, we shine the spotlight on Qyrus and its offering of beta operating systems, which are instrumental in ensuring compatibility, performance, and user satisfaction. We have Prajwal and Tim from the Qyrus team here to guide us through the use cases and benefits of leveraging beta operating systems for efficient and effective testing. Get ready to explore how Qyrus is revolutionizing the testing process with its seamless integration of beta operating systems.

Tell us more about beta operating systems offered by Qyrus and the use cases behind testing using beta operating systems.
Prajwal: 
As the world is getting used to more and more frequent application and operating system releases, it’s very important that products adapt to the latest versions in terms of operating systems or the platforms they’re being executed on. Beta operating systems are useful in such cases where the compatibility of the application is tested before the release of any such operating system.

Tim: 
Beta operating systems can be thought of as pre-release versions. These are made public before the final version is released. And the main target of using these beta operating systems is to enable developers or testers to run their applications and find compatibility issues, performance issues, or critical errors.

What is the overall impact this feature has on the testing process? 
Prajwal: 
Well, testing with beta operating systems gives the developers and testers a heads-up to see what happens when their application is tested and ran on newer operating systems.

Tim: 
That being said, this has more to do with test execution and coverage than anything. Testing with beta operating systems allows us to have a wider test coverage than usual and better preparedness.

How might this feature help testers, developers, and business technologists? What value can this feature bring? 
Prajwal: 
For testers and developers, the ability to test on beta operating systems means they can address issues much earlier in the testing cycle. This also enables them to handle these issues prior to new operating system releases, compared to having to wait for the release to see what might be wrong.

Tim: 
Business technologists can run the product with very minimal downtime and issues. This is all thanks to testing earlier on the beta operating system pre-release. Doing so helps to reduce the user impact to provide a seamless user experience despite the operating system version.

Does the same or similar functionality exist without Qyrus, and how do competitors address similar problems? 
Prajwal: 
Well, due to the nature of Qyrus and how seamless and easy it is to get the required infrastructure, we operate a little differently compared to our competitors. The point is that if one requires a beta operating system for testing, all one has to do is add the infrastructure to their plan from their account services. 

Tim: 
Due to this, the turnaround time for allocating these beta operating systems is much faster compared to competitors. And prior to using a platform like Qyrus, a tester would have to install the beta operating system on their own hardware and test it on their own infrastructure. This can be a time-consuming task, acquiring and allocating new infrastructure.

How do you see beta operating system testing impacting day-to-day operations across organizations?
Tim: 
Well, this feature reduces the turnaround time for updating and installing the beta operating system alongside regular testing by the testing team.

Prajwal: 
And the number of issues a developer has to address during a regular release is drastically reduced due to this. Beta operating system testing is an optimal solution for mitigating the issues which regular testing cycles do not foresee. Testing cycles in general are much faster and more organized due to this, and hence the impact on business is huge in terms of application availability and functionality.

As we wrap up this Feature Friday, we have gained valuable insights into the power of beta operating systems and how they contribute to enhancing the testing process. Qyrus’s provision of beta operating systems allows testers, developers, and business technologists to stay one step ahead, enabling them to address compatibility issues, optimize performance, and provide exceptional user experiences. By leveraging Qyrus’s infrastructure and streamlined processes, organizations can navigate the evolving software landscape with confidence and deliver high-quality products to their users.