Published: 19 Feb 2018
IoT Testing: A Connected Approach for Applications
Last Updated: 04 Aug 2022
Internet of Things (IoT) is taking over the world both in the idea as well as practice by transforming the way industries are working together. IoT has initiated the quicker advancement of ideas that affect our everyday activities. It has also helped in accelerating the technical world’s proficiency to make digital ecosystems of the future an existing reality.
Contents 1. IoT Testing 2. Unique features and requirements of IoT Systems 3. Challenges Impeding IoT Testing 4. 5 Major Types of IoT Testing 5. TestingXperts’ IoT Testing Solution
It has become a reality that the world is ready to consider and leverage for better results. Its acceptance can be accredited to many of its core features such as:
• Increase of various protocols
• Proficient Machine to Machine communication
• Overall smart working and living
• Unification of several embedded devices
Unique features and requirements of IoT systems
Compared to other applications, IoT applications are categorized by several unique factors, such as:
• Combination of sensors, gateways, hardware, connectors, and application software in a single system
• Real-time stream analytics and intricate event processing
• Support for data velocity, volume, variety, and veracity
• Conception of large-scale data
Challenges Impeding IoT Testing
• Security and data privacy: Impending security vulnerabilities across various layers of IoT system
• Real-time complexities: IoT applications can have various, real-time scenarios and its use cases are complex
• Dynamic environment: With millions of sensors and devices in combination with intelligent software, IoT has a dynamic environment, unlike application testing that is performed in a defined environment.
• Expertise to automate: Due to numerous scenarios and dependency on sensors and devices, automation has become a challenging process
• Scalability of the system: Building a test environment to measure functionality along with scalability and consistency is challenging
With the advancement in technology, a whole new level of complexity has been introduced for testing IoT devices. To abridge the complexities involved in IoT testing process, testers can allude to these 5 IoT testing types:
1. Security Testing
2. Performance Testing
3. Compatibility Testing
4. User-Experience Testing
5. Exploratory Testing
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