Nishant Verma

Smartphone and tablet adoption has pushed the growth of mobile application in last couple years. People are spending more and more time on these devices and it has slowly replaced any other device as primary means of communication. Compared to web, mobile space is very challenging when comes to testing. Gone are the days when you had enough time on hand to develop a feature and push to production after thorough testing. Even though most of the mobile app has only couple of screens (may be 5 or 6 max if it’s transactional in nature) and very limited input mechanism (mostly dominated by keyboard input or selecting by scroll) then what makes it complex? Most of the mobile app (especially enterprise mobile app) has the need of releasing faster and releasing frequently. This is primarily due to new feature being pushed or user feedback incorporation. It could also be due to UX improvement or changes. So when we are talking about mobile app testing we need to have a strat...

Today I had been to hospital for some check up. After the initial analysis, I was sitting in a hospital and was waiting for my x-ray reports to come. While waiting there, I saw couple of people around and generally I take out my iPhone and get busy in some app. But today I suppressed my urge to take out phone reason being no data signal in basement. Yeah I didn’t wanted to hear music as well ! What I noticed in that hall for next 15 minutes was very different, realistic and special.  People you see around and their expressions. There were people who were looked worried, some were with their kids and running behind them, in a bit lighter mood. Kids certainly add a new dimension to your life I felt. And quite a lot were busy in mobile, may be they had network :) Another thing which I noticed was how ppl come dressed to hospital. Majority of the people came in casual clothing except few ladies who were dressed a little more for the occasion. I am no one to comment on that, h...

Brief Intro:  There was a time when everything was manual, then came automation and now the device farms. I am talking in the context of Mobile app testing. When you change focus from  Web  to  Mobile , one of the thing which ideally should get detailed attention from you is “ device coverage ”. Why device coverage matters:  Let me quote some numbers for Android OS first to give you a rough idea. Below is a snapshot from  OpenSignal . According to the report, android device fragmentation has increased 28% over last year. When it comes to iOS the scene is relatively better. Below is the screenshot of iOS to Android comparison in terms of fragmentation. Probable solutions to device Coverage:   The good news is there are lot of vendors offering device farm and to name the prominent ones: Xamarin Test Cloud Service Cloud Test Lab by Google AWS Device Farm Testdroid But the not so good news is most of these are paid service a...

TestVagrant  is perhaps the first services company to bring in an idea of free POC. We learnt that services for startups need to be different from services for enterprise.  VagrantLab  is our attempt to address the need. At  VagrantLab  , we have created a very  succinct  and pertinent solution offering for startups: Easy to get started (via a free POC) Easy to continue (bare minimum retainer model) and Easy to handover (you own what we code)

There is a sudden surge of startups and most of these startups are in B2C space with a product either on web or mobile or both. Also, most of these startups offer a very little differentiation so there is not much induced stickiness in app and hence consumers have choice to drop one and pick another based on their likeness or product feedback. For example, we have BigBasket, Grofers and PepperTap in grocery space, Fasoos, freshmenu, and spoonjoy in food space and likewise. This post is about why startups need to focus on quality, what are the current challenges and what we think we can help with. Read my complete  blog here  https://goo.gl/URQXlh

This has been a long pending post. This is just a summary of what it takes to register a company In India. I thought this post might help you get a rough idea. This whole process will take close to 20-45 days months. Get Director Identification Number (DIN) online Get a Digital Signature Certificate Reserve the company name with the Registrar of Companies (ROC) - You are requested to submit four names and based on availability you are allotted one of them Pay stamp duties, file all incorporation forms and documents  -  Thereby you obtain the certificate of incorporation Obtain Certificate to Commence Operation Obtain a Permanent Account Number (PAN) from National Securities Depository Services Limited (NSDL) Register with Employees' Provident Fund Organization if your employee strength is more than 15 Register for professional tax If you are selling product then you might have to go for VAT registration.

It’s been a little more than 9 months on this entrepreneurship journey and I thought of sharing the two most important learning of this journey. 9 months back when we started this venture, we looked into the happy side of it and was excited with the answers of these questions - what we could do, what impact we will be able to make, what kind of satisfaction it will give us, how empowered we will feel when we have a group of like minded people working towards one goal and blah blah. Probably if you ever thought of being an entrepreneur you might have got these questions in mind and once you get an answer to these questions you will feel the kick within to go out and try. Read complete blog here ...  https://goo.gl/65NPkR