Software Testing: The Best Practices and Tools for Cross-Browser and Cross-Device Testing

Kingsley Asuamah
Software Testing & QA Wiki
4 min readJan 9, 2024

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Software testing is the process of verifying that a software product meets the requirements and expectations of the users and stakeholders. Software testing can be done at different levels, such as unit testing, integration testing, system testing, and acceptance testing.

One of the challenges of software testing is to ensure that the software product works correctly and consistently across different browsers and devices. This is especially important for web applications, which can be accessed by users using various browsers (such as Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, etc.) and devices (such as desktops, laptops, tablets, smartphones, etc.).

Cross-browser and cross-device testing is the practice of testing the software product on multiple browsers and devices to check its compatibility, functionality, usability, and performance. Cross-browser and cross-device testing can help to identify and fix issues that may affect the user experience and satisfaction, such as layout problems, broken links, slow loading, incorrect rendering, etc.

Some of the best practices for cross-browser and cross-device testing are:

- Define the target browsers and devices: It is not feasible to test the software product on every possible browser…

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Kingsley Asuamah
Software Testing & QA Wiki

Simple guy with a twisted mind. Tech Enthusiast. Software Quality Evangelist (QA). Humour Monger. I have many interests but I write mostly on Technology & Life.