Microservice Testing Trends for 2018

                       Microservice Testing Trends for 2018

Automation	API Testing	Mobile Application Testing	Cloud-based Application Testing
Quality teams are taking measures to adopt automation to address deployment velocity requirements and the need to ensure the most complete coverage possible. To address this need, every testing area—from compatibility and usability to performance and efficiency is going to require enhanced and improved automation	In years past, APIs – and the teams that built them – were largely viewed as peripheral concerns for the IT organization. That couldn’t be further from the truth now. Because APIs have become such strategic enterprise resources, it’s now very common for business users to get involved very early in the process and participate on an ongoing basis. These line-of-business leaders aren’t along just for the ride: they expect the APIs that you’re certifying to be high quality and offer performance in compliance with strict service level agreements.	With the growing usage of mobile devices and app downloads, the trend of mobile application testing is gaining ground in software testing domain. According to Gartner, almost 300 billion mobile applications will be downloaded next year. Since mobile application testing assists in enhancing end-user experience, the number of enterprises practicing mobile application testing is rising significantly every year. According to industry experts, 92percent of organizations are planning to emphasize on mobile application testing. The only challenge for executing mobile application testing is finding the appropriate tools, strategies, infrastructure along with the right capabilities.	Clouds form an essential aspect of Development cycle for several organizations. The World Quality Report states that cloud testing went up from 4 percent in the year 2015 to 24 percent in 2016. The IT industry puts a major emphasis on cloud testing by adhering to a specific methodology for analyzing cloud-based services. According to industry experts, the ever-increasing implementation of cloud solutions will result in the significant adoption of cloud-based testing in 2018. Unlike other complex and costly test environments which are quite troublesome to maintain, cloud infrastructure is flexible and offers an easy solution.

 

Internet of Things (IoT)	Crowd Sourced Software Testing	Testing Centre of Excellence (TCoE)	Context-driven Software Testing
In the current age of digital information, Internet of Things (IoT) has been experiencing constant growth. It is another major advancement that is gradually transforming how enterprises interact with their employees, associates and consumers. Digital innovation combined with machine-to-machine connectivity in the IoT industry is facilitating the smooth connectivity between multiple systems via various sophisticated platforms.	This is yet another trend in software testing that is gaining recognition worldwide. Crowd Sourced Software Testing helps enterprises manage their budget for developing sophisticated software. It is particularly helpful in difficult situations when testing teams may not have access to all the resources for testing the software in different circumstances. Crowd sourced software testing is a procedure under which software applications are made available to several end-users so that they can identify the flaws and bugs. Such testing services are generally controlled by organizations ‘as a service’	This trend has been undergoing a significant boom in the testing domain since the year 2011, and will continue to maintain its steady growth in the coming years. That said, it is imperative for TCoEs to embrace a more dynamic methodology so as to adopt up-and-coming trends such as DevOps, Mobile, Agile and Digital Transformation. TCoEs must constantly propel testing by implementing service virtualization, integration, and life-cycle automation..	Context-driven testing is another new trend that is emerging slowly but steadily. When it comes to software applications testing, a one-size fits all approach cannot be considered reliable. Diversity and robust integration of devices make it complicated for QA teams to set up a steady testing strategy. The necessity of being adjustable to any context changes has resulted in the popularity of context-based testing. Testers that are capable of acclimatizing to specific contexts thrive whereas the one-size fits all approach becomes irrelevant.

 

Agile and Uninterrupted Delivery

Comprehensive Security Testing

A large number of businesses today are solely dependent on mobile apps. As delivery cycles are getting shorter, conventional models of development are taking a backseat at the moment. Agile Dev cycles, uninterrupted delivery, and continuous deployment play an instrumental role in the success of any mobile app strategy. Thus, testing tools will focus more on integrations with IDE (Integrated Development Environments) and similar tools that will assist in continuous delivery

The increasing adoption of mobile, cloud computing, and IoT platforms in the IT industry has given rise to increased demand for security testing, thus, making it one of the vital priorities for IT leaders. Storing sensitive data such as credit card/debit card details, bank account details, and other confidential data on mobile phones makes them vulnerable to online theft. Thus, testers will continue focusing on renewed security by putting comprehensive security into practice