Testing your app’s functionality and performance

Building is fun; testing, not so much. However, it is as important as building. After all, you are building something to solve people’s problems, not to bring them more.

Testing involves running through various areas of your application to ensure it functions as intended. The goal is to spot problems and fix them before they get into the hands of your customers. Let’s explore a few strategies and tools for testing your app’s functionality and performance.

Manual testing

The simpler way to run a quick test on your app is by doing it yourself – that is, opening the application in preview mode and acting as a user. You don’t need much to do this – you can do it yourself, and this already allows you to spot errors that need to be fixed. You can also create a new account and act as if you were a person – a specific type of user with a goal in mind trying to use the app. Does...