Techniques for
mobile and responsive
cross-browser testing

Jordan Lewis

Front End Developer at Envato



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Goals and Challenges


The ultimate goal is to deliver a consistent experience
to users on a variety of devices and browsers

What to test for?

Does the site look ok?

Are there any bugs?

Does the user interaction feel good?

Is the site optimised for mobile?

How can I test my
mobile/responsive website?


Synchronised Testing

Web-based services

Browser Developer Tools

Remote Debugging

Viewport Resizers

Automated Screenshots

Simulators & Emulators

Open Device Labs

Which devices and browsers
should I test?


Analytics

Research

Survey results


www.google.com/analytics

www.google.com/analytics

http://gs.statcounter.com

Synchronised Testing

Synchronised testing is an efficient way to automatically perform the same action across a variety of browsers and devices simultaneously.

Ghostlab


“synchronizes scrolls, clicks, reloads and form input across all connected clients.”


vanamco.com/ghostlab

Adobe Edge Inspect CC


“Wirelessly pair multiple iOS and Android devices to your computer. With Edge Inspect, you browse in Chrome, and all connected devices will stay in sync.”

html.adobe.com/edge/inspect

Web-based Services



Web-based services offer the ability to test
your site across a massive collection of
mobile OS and browser combinations.

BrowserStack

 
“Live, Web-Based Browser Testing.
Instant access to all desktop and mobile browsers.”

browserstack.com

CrossBrowserTesting.com

“Cross browser test your website in dozens of browsers with instant results”

crossbrowsertesting.com

Browser Developer Tools


Emulate mobile devices

Override device settings

Set viewport

Google Chrome


Firefox

 

Internet Explorer 11


Remote Debugging


How on earth do I inspect my
HTML, CSS and Javascript?

Ghostlab

Vendor Tools




Remote Debugging on Android

(Google Developers)

Viewport Resizers




Source: www.eacsoft.com

Stop resizing that browser!


Bookmarklets

Interactive resizers

Side-by-side comparison

Automated Screenshots


BrowserStack Screenshots

browserstack.com/screenshots

BrowserStack Responsive


browserstack.com/responsive

Casper & PhantomJS


Responsive Screenshots With Casper (tutsplus.com)

Wraith



github.com/bbc-news/wraith

Simulators & Emulators


Whats the difference?

Device Emulators


Desktop application

Emulates mobile device hardware

Emulates mobile device OS



Operating System Emulators


Don’t represent any real device hardware

Respresents OS as a whole

Simulators


Desktop application

Less complex

Simulates some of the behavior of a device

Does not emulate hardware

Does not work on real OS




mobilexweb.com/emulators
Mobile Emulators & Simulators: The Ultimate Guide (By Maximiliano Firtman)

Open Device Labs



Source: coverupaccessories.com

Open Device Labs (ODLs) are a non-profit community driven collection of devices that are open to developers to visit so that they can physically test their work on a broader range of devices.

67 ODLs

22 countries

1073 devices

opendevicelab.com

Conclusion


Many ways to test a responsive/mobile website

All depends on what you want to test

Don't necessarily need physical devices

Plenty of free resources

Ghostlab is amazing!!





More detail:
Techniques for mobile and responsive cross-browser testing: An Envato case study.

Thank you!


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