How do you test your app before you release?

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Manually? 
Or do you use any tool to automate the testing?

Accepted Answer

And Friends and family of course.
It is important to test on different devices, different browsers, location etc

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@nomoreconfig honestly speaking we are now preparing for our first release. I guess, the following releases will be easier and faster to prepare to (:

Ruben Wolff · Answer

If you test your app yourself, you can see if something needs to be fixed but you won't get more opinions about your product. I'd recommend to gather beta testers instead (either through a mailing list or through a query on the social media you and your community are using)

Devon Ray · Answer

Hi Andras.

A combination of both automated and manual testing would be your best bet. Depending on the language and framework you are using there should be an automated testing library that can help reduce bugs across releases.

Always test new features manually as well, and then throw in a full system test to be sure. A good thing to do is keep a checklist of all the thinks you've tested, then you can run through and retest before each release and make sure you've not forgotten anything.

Gleb Braverman · Answer

@nomoreconfig our dev team is overlooking automated testing, manual is done by QA + all of our team

Gleb Braverman · Answer

We do both automated testing and manual QA

Chandramouli Dorai · Answer

@nomoreconfig : To check the newly added UI text and design changes. I work for a security product (password manager) and should be double sure always :)

Chandramouli Dorai · Answer

Hi Andras!

We generally list down top 20-30 - key features (depending on the product) and test them manually before every release. When we could afford more resources - we went with automated testing. However, manual testing is still mandatory after every minor/major release.

Ruben Wolff · Answer

@nomoreconfig I think it's recommended to do it manually for extra safety (like to be sure) :)

Andras Szabo · Answer

@cn__katie Thanks for your answer. How often do you release a new version?

Andras Szabo · Answer

@chandru19902008 Ok, then it totally makes sense :)

Andras Szabo · Answer

@devon_ray Thanks. I agree. What tools do you use to automate the testing?

Ms khan · Answer

If you test your app yourself, you can see if something needs to be fixed but you won't get more opinions about your product

Andras Szabo · Answer

@gleb_braverman Thanks for your answer. How do you combine manual and automated testing?

How do you test your app before you release?

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