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QA Testing

1. Testing of an app is divided into 4 stages: DEV, SIT, UAT, and PROD. 2. DEV involves unit testing of individual functions by software developers. 3. SIT tests the interfaces between different modules using test cases written by QA engineers. 4. UAT involves clients and testers evaluating the end user experience and identifying bugs using tools like TestFlight and Google Play. 5. PROD is when the app is publicly released and a large user group can find and report unexpected issues using tools like Firebase Crashlytics.

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QA Testing

1. Testing of an app is divided into 4 stages: DEV, SIT, UAT, and PROD. 2. DEV involves unit testing of individual functions by software developers. 3. SIT tests the interfaces between different modules using test cases written by QA engineers. 4. UAT involves clients and testers evaluating the end user experience and identifying bugs using tools like TestFlight and Google Play. 5. PROD is when the app is publicly released and a large user group can find and report unexpected issues using tools like Firebase Crashlytics.

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QA Testing — What is DEV, SIT, UAT &

PROD?

T esting can ensure the quality of app delivered to end user. Different parties share

different responsibilities on testing. At app vendor side, software developers, QA


engineers and project managers have to work together to clearly define the technical
specifications and the corresponding testing protocols. At client side, client can test
on the app features and comment on user experiences if any. Good cooperation
between parties can enhance the overall app quality in long term.

Testing among different parties are generally divided into 4 parts, which will be
discussed in details later:

1. DEV — Development [Software developer]


2. SIT — System Integration Test [Software developer and QA engineer]

3. UAT — User Acceptance Test [Client]

4. PROD — Production [Public user]

Moreover, Apple and Google provides different tools for app owner to issue public
testing app to a small group of registered tester (100 people) before actually
launching the app to Play Store and App Store. They are TestFlight and Google
Play respectively

Details of different Testings

1) DEV — Stands for Development


During the early stage of app development, senior software developers would divide
each app feature into smaller modules and assign them to junior developers. This can
greatly increase the efficiency and productivity.

When individual developers complete their codes, a lot of “function”s are made. Each
“function” is like a black box which takes an input and returns an output. Ideally,
each function is only responsible for only one task. Developer can write Unit Tests to
verify the functionality of their individual function. Unit Test is the most basic testing
of an app and is always the most important part.

2) SIT — Stands for System Integration Test


As mentioned above, a large feature is divided into smaller parts and assigned to
different developers. The testings for interfaces between modules are critical. At this
part, there are usually a team of QA engineer to write test cases (program) for testing
the functionality and stability.

3) UAT — User Acceptance Test


After developers finish developing the app and passes all the internal testings, an
application is sent to client for testing on end-user experience and overall app
functionality.

Client can invite a small group of public users to be internal testers. Both Apple and
Google provides tools to let registered testers to test on pre-launch app to gather user
comments and see if any potential bugs. Tester can open the testing app
through TestFlight for iOS app and Play Store for Android app.
4) PROD — Production

At the final stage of app production, app is distributed to public through official
channels — App Store and Play Store. Public user can use the latest features and
report any issue they encountered.

Google provides an excellent tool — Firebase Crashlytics. It can report issue to


developer and app owner when there are any issues at the end user side. The report
contains lots of user information, such as the where and when the issue happened,
user’s device model and operation system level, etc.

Summary

1. Testing can be separated into 4 different stages — DEV, SIT, UAT and PROD.

2. DEV is a test carried out by the software developers who made the functions.
3. SIT is a test for the interface between different modules which is a small part of a
single feature.

4. UAT is carried out by client and probably a small group of registered tester. Client
can use the TestFlight and Play Store to distribute testing app to register testers
remotely. A lots of feedback on feature and user experience can be gathered at this
stage.

5. PROD is the stage where app has been publicly released. Much larger group of
user can use and test on the new features. Unexpected bugs and issues can be
found and reported by Google tools Crashlytics. UI/UX designer and developers
can enhance the app by these information.

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