Social media has seen growth and continues to grow at a tremendous rate. With evolving technology in computers, mobile phones, tablets, and other media devices, access to social media has become easier. To ensure users have a seamless experience, it is important for developers, programmers, and testers to ensure social media integration and applications are tested for quality assurance. In this course, you will learn about social media usage trends, social media app risks and challenges, and social media app development trends. This course also covers social media and mobility testing criteria.
Learning Objectives
Social Media Usage Trends
- start the course
- describe the importance of building and maintaining adequate social media platforms and apps to keep current with social media usage trends
- identify the top social media sites that are frequently used by the users
- describe the growing trend of user demand for more personalized experiences through social media platforms
- describe the growing trend of niche social media platforms
- describe the increased user demand for privacy
- describe the increased user demand for media-rich experiences over more traditional text-based content
Social Media App Risks and Challenges
- describe the social media worm and Trojan threats
- describe the social media phishing threats
- describe the social media data leak threats
- describe how shortened links pose threats via social media platforms
- describe the botnet threats through social media platforms
Social Media App Development Trends
- describe the common app development drivers being influenced by social media trends
- describe the growing requirement to integrate social and mobile commerce functionality in social media apps
- describe the increased demand for app integration with wearable technology
- describe the growing demand for beacon and location-based app integration
- describe the increased need for app performance tracking
Social Media and Mobility Testing Criteria
- distinguish between common security testing techniques for social media and mobility app elements
- distinguish between common functional testing techniques for social media and mobility app elements
- distinguish between common performance testing techniques for social media and mobility app elements
- distinguish between common usability testing techniques for social media and mobility app elements
- identify custom testing techniques for social media apps
- identify custom testing techniques for mobility apps
Practice: Social Media and Mobility Testing
- identify appropriate testing techniques for social media and mobility apps