HikeQA

Outsourced software testing for mobile, web and desktop products

HikeQA is a quality assurance company that tests mobile apps, desktop software and websites, including how a website behaves on different devices. Its stated aim is to check every part of a product so that defects are caught before users meet them. The team combines manual and automated methods, and it describes re-running functional and non-functional tests whenever new code is added, to catch bugs or breaks, as well as penetration testing to find and close security gaps.

Mobile app testing

For mobile apps, the testing engineers examine functional and non-functional behaviour and then look at outside factors that can interfere: the tablet or phone model, the operating system and the browser. The work covers the user interface, finding and fixing errors, checking that an app holds up on different operating systems, and testing under heavy load and stress.

Regression testing after updates

HikeQA explains that software must keep pace with operating system updates, database changes, bug fixes and interface changes without losing existing behaviour. Its regression testing re-checks that an application performs as it did before, backed by an impact analysis of each amendment. Automated testing makes this repeatable, and the company lists both manual and automated user interface testing among its methods.

Performance testing

Performance testing is described as a series of tests that show how a system behaves under different loads. HikeQA says it looks for bottlenecks, investigates the causes of slow speed, and checks whether processor, memory and disk resources are enough for the current and expected load. It recommends running these tests after every update or code change.

Test automation

The company builds automation frameworks in the major programming languages, with an emphasis on reuse and easy maintenance. Its steps are an assessment of automation needs, selection and implementation of tools, and creation of automated and regression test scripts. It also performs automated functional testing against defined specifications, for web and mobile.

QA outsourcing

Many organizations have no test department of their own, and HikeQA offers its team as an independent, remote one that runs their existing tests. It says outsourcing can cut the time and cost of testing, and its related services include risk analysis and mitigation planning, designing or redesigning QA processes, improving testing processes, and reporting on interface performance.