{"id":10750,"date":"2022-09-01T14:55:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-01T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.softwaretestinghelp.com\/?p=10750"},"modified":"2025-05-09T10:54:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T10:54:28","slug":"responsive-web-design-testing-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.softwaretestinghelp.com\/responsive-web-design-testing-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Responsive Testing: How to Test, Tools and Example"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We have provided an extensive beginner’s guide on responsive web design testing for your benefit. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In today\u2019s times, the use of mobile devices to access the internet has grown immensely and become very popular. Almost everyone uses the mobile version of a particular website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, most websites are not optimized as well as they should be for mobile devices. Testers should perform a mobile responsive test on responsive designs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Traditional software products render essentially the same on all kinds of devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Take Microsoft Office for example, it looks the same on every personal computer. Imagine taking Microsoft Word the exact way it runs on your desktop and viewing it on an iPhone. Either the menu and buttons will appear tiny, or else you’ll only see a corner of the screen and need to use extensive scrollbars. In any way, the application will become essentially unusable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Every designer has this experience when they try to design for the web. The fix for the problem is something called “responsive design”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Responsive design is a technique to have web pages ask the browser what the resolution is, then gracefully re-design the user experience based on the available screen real estate. Suddenly, it is impossible to know exactly how your software will look in production.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That means a test strategy (and an automation strategy) that needs to be capable of experimenting and learning what “looks right” and what doesn’t at different resolutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beginner’s Guide to Testing Responsive Website Designs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When we try to open a website, the server reads \u201cm.sub-domains<\/em>\u201d to identify what kind of mobile device the request originated from. Based on that, it redirects the user to the corresponding mobile version.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To make this 100% effective, each device should have its own design of the website specifically built for it; for example,<\/span> a different specific design for Blackberry, iPhone, iPad, etc. taking into account their screen size and resolution.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, different web versions for every resolution and device is not practical. Ethan Marcotte<\/a> came up with a new approach – Responsive Web Design (RWD<\/a>) – that solves this problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Responsive Web Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

RWD <\/span>targets for websites to react to their device resolution and be able to render and adapt correctly. For example<\/span>,<\/strong> if the user switches from desktop\/ laptop to iPad, then the website should automatically adapt the resolution changes like image size etc. as per the respective device abilities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In short, Responsive Design<\/span> is \u201cOne website for every screen\u201d<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Below is a screen example<\/span> of RWD:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note:<\/strong> A real-time example<\/span> of a responsive website is www.fpl.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In RWD, a website is designed to give a superior user experience through easy navigation, clear and simple user interface, etc. Responsive websites adapt easily and work with all resolutions, browsers, screen sizes, hardware, and Operating Systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n