What is Portability Testing
Definition: Portability testing refers to the testing with ease of moving one product or software from one environment to another. One example includes testing of a product which is well functioning in Windows 7 and measuring its behaviour in Windows 8. This is measured in terms of the effort involved in the task.
Description: The main use cases followed in portability testing is when the application is designed in such a way that it is bound to be moved from one hardware platform, operating system or web browser to another. Following are some of the real life use cases:
? Designing software to run on Windows operating system and Mac OS X.
? Developing an application to run on Google¡¯s Android, Apple iOS, and Windows¡¯s operating system.
? Developing an application that is compatible on web browsers viz. Internet Explorer X,Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
The following test attributes are included in portability testing:
Installability: Installation software is basically tested for its ability to successfully install the target software in the desired environment. This includes checking of free space, checking prerequisites, installation procedures, installation interruption, customization, initialization, and/or uninstall.
Co-existence or compatibility: This features the ability of a software to work with other independent softwares in a common environment and share same resources.
Adaptability: This is defined by the ability of the software to be able to adapt to different, specified environment without providing any extra means other than those provided for this purpose.
Replaceability: This is defined in terms of the ability of the software to be used in place of another specified product for the same purpose within the same environment.
Description: The main use cases followed in portability testing is when the application is designed in such a way that it is bound to be moved from one hardware platform, operating system or web browser to another. Following are some of the real life use cases:
? Designing software to run on Windows operating system and Mac OS X.
? Developing an application to run on Google¡¯s Android, Apple iOS, and Windows¡¯s operating system.
? Developing an application that is compatible on web browsers viz. Internet Explorer X,Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.
The following test attributes are included in portability testing:
Installability: Installation software is basically tested for its ability to successfully install the target software in the desired environment. This includes checking of free space, checking prerequisites, installation procedures, installation interruption, customization, initialization, and/or uninstall.
Co-existence or compatibility: This features the ability of a software to work with other independent softwares in a common environment and share same resources.
Adaptability: This is defined by the ability of the software to be able to adapt to different, specified environment without providing any extra means other than those provided for this purpose.
Replaceability: This is defined in terms of the ability of the software to be used in place of another specified product for the same purpose within the same environment.