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There are now nearly 9 million apps worldwide, and practically all of them run on an internal clock. Financial apps are built on timestamped data. Office apps run on calendars. Social apps are defined by their feeds, timelines and anniversaries. So, as devs, we need to know how to compute date and time. JavaScript, the world’s most popular programming language, has plenty of helpful APIs, but they can throw up complications if you’ve never used them before.

Smartphones literally dominate the world. There are 6.92 billion smartphone users in the world today, which is 85.88% of the world population. That figure is only 49.40% in 2016. Such ubiquity of smartphones demands mobile app developers to deliver high-quality applications at all times to remain competitive and relevant through effective mobile application testing.

Android is the most popular operating system in the world, with over 2.5 billion active users across over 190 countries. As a result, the Android ecosystem consists of more than 3.5 million apps – more than double the 1.6 million apps available on iOS. This means fast and seamless app performance has become critical for success.

Developers striving to learn iOS face a rate of change that’s unprecedented in mobile history. iOS 17 is about to go live, just weeks after Apple released the latest versions of iOS 15 and 16. The latest upgrade will cut off all versions up to the iPhone X (which itself is only six years old) and comes with: If you really want to learn and master iOS app development, you need a blend of learning resources that cover all these topics, as well as all the basics of iOS.

Mobile test automation has become a crucial aspect of software testing due to the increasing popularity of mobile devices. However, the lack of simple and focused toolsets has resulted in a gap in the availability of effective mobile test automation skills in the industry.

We're thrilled to announce enhancements to Xcode test reporting in Bitrise, designed to improve your mobile app debugging workflow. For iOS developers, our new Beta feature allows for better visibility into Xcode test results on the Build Details page.