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## [Avoiding App-ocalypse: Why Mobile App Testing is a Must in Retail](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/mobile-app-testing-in-retail)

 by [Mike Wager](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/author/mike-wager), on 1/10/23 [App testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/app-testing)[User Testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/user-testing)[Mobile testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/mobile-testing)[User experience testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/user-experience-testing)[Retail](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/retail)

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Mobile devices are used to shop online and in-store every day. While increasing revenue opportunities for retailers, there is a trade-off. Consumers expect a smooth, consistent, and user-friendly experience regardless …

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 by [Aaron Tavakoli](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/author/aaron-tavakoli), on 10/21/22 [App testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/app-testing)[DevOps](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/devops)[Mobile testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/mobile-testing)[AI in testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/ai-in-testing)[Cloud Computing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/cloud-computing)[KubeCon](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/kubecon)[CNCF](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/cncf)

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KubeCon is the Cloud Native Computing Foundations' premier conference and brings together adopters and technologists from leading cloud native communities in Detroit, MI, October 24-28th, 2022. Keysight is a platinum …

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## [Don’t Wait For an Outage: How to Know When Your App is Signaling SOS](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/dont-wait-for-an-outage-how-to-know-when-your-app-is-signaling-sos)

 by [Eggplant](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/author/eggplant), on 8/27/19 [App testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/app-testing)[Performance testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/performance-testing)[Retail](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/retail)

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On June 18, many Google Calendar users worldwide got an unexpected surprise when logging into the app—an error message. The issue was resolved approximately three hours later but, as anyone …

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## [The Early Bird and Second Mouse — a QA Story](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/early-bird-and-second-mouse-a-qa-story)

 by [Eggplant](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/author/eggplant), on 4/19/18 [App testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/app-testing)[User Testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/user-testing)[Performance testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/performance-testing)[User experience testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/user-experience-testing)

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This week, I'm making what many consider a life-altering, religious change. I’m switching from Android to an iPhone. I had an iPhone 3GS years ago and it worked well enough, …

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## [Six Reasons Why We Need Dedicated, Professional Testers](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/six-reasons-why-we-need-dedicated-professional-testers)

 by [Eggplant](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/author/eggplant), on 11/7/17 [App testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/app-testing)[software testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/software-testing)

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In my last post, I described a test team structure that I've seen several companies (which I think are real thought leaders in testing) successfully implement over the last few …

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## [One Question Test Leaders Struggle to Answer](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/one-question-test-leaders-struggle-to-answer)

 by [Eggplant](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/author/eggplant), on 10/24/17 [App testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/app-testing)[software testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/software-testing)

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How should we structure our test team? This is probably the most common question I hear when talking to test leaders about what's on their minds. What makes this question …

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## ["Only intelligent automation in testing will deliver disruption."](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/only-intelligent-automation-in-testing-will-deliver-disruption)

 by [Eggplant](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/author/eggplant), on 10/18/17 [App testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/app-testing)[Digital Experience](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/digital-experience)[Test automation](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/test-automation)

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We recently commissioned a study of 750 development team leaders in the UK and the U.S. to gauge the extent of the pressure today’s organizations are experiencing with respect to …

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## [Avoid the App Scrap Heap](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/avoid-the-app-scrap-heap)

 by [Eggplant](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/author/eggplant), on 9/25/17 [App testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/app-testing)[Customer Experience](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/customer-experience)[Digital Experience](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/digital-experience)[Test automation](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/test-automation)[UI testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/ui-testing)

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You can find 28 million apps on Google Play and 22 million in Apple’s App Store. Yet, nearly one in four people who download an app use it only once …

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## [Use AI to Power Your Testing and Delight Customers](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/use-ai-to-power-your-testing-and-delight-customers)

 by [Eggplant](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/author/eggplant), on 9/18/17 [App testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/app-testing)[Digital Experience](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/digital-experience)[IoT Testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/iot-testing)[User Testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/user-testing)[User experience testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/user-experience-testing)

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A new study of 600 testers reports that 91 percent of test teams are struggling to meet increased user expectations compared to 12 months ago, and 66 percent said that …

[Read Story **](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/use-ai-to-power-your-testing-and-delight-customers)

## [Gherkin Support in eggPlant Functional v16.1](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/2016/07/19/gherkin-support-in-eggplant-functional-v16-10)

 by [Eggplant](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/author/eggplant), on 7/19/16 [App testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/app-testing)[Test automation](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/test-automation)[Mobile testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/mobile-testing)[software testing](https://blog.eggplantsoftware.com/topic/software-testing)

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TestPlant released eggPlant v16.1 this month, and I’m writing to talk to you about my favorite of the marquee features: support for Gherkin, the language of the Cucumber BDD framework …

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