# Beta Testing

Beta Testing is a time for us to get together and have real users run through our current application and see what the user experience is like. It’s a good time for you and your team to see what a user (who has never used your application before) will experience when they load up your application and use it from the start to finish.

## Overall Plan

- At 5:15PM EST we will all gather in the main zoom room. We will take a second to go over beta testing again and then we'll get started.
- This event will be held science-fair style in two 20-minute sessions:
- **One today, July 15th @ 5:30 PM EST**.
- **One tomorrow, July 16th @ 5:00 PM EST**
- 1 - 2 people per team will be at their "stand" (breakout room) for 10 minutes at a time and swap with their teammates afterward (10 on, 10 off).
- Everyone else not presenting will be "walking around" and checking out other projects.

## Logistics

- There will be 4 breakout rooms today, and 1 - 2 reps from a team for each room. Reps swap with their teammates after 10 minutes, so that everyone gets a chance to check out other teams' projects, and don't have to be at their stand for 20 straight minutes.
- There will be 3 breakout rooms tomorrow with the same logistics as above.
- If you need more breakout rooms, we will have spares.

## Order

**Thursday, July 15th @ 5:30 PM EST**

- Food Deeds
- Voronoi Studio
- Pawsome
- Taste Not Waste

**Friday, July 16th @ 5:00 PM EST**

- Tingle
- Cache-22

## Feedback Option

We have generated a [google form](https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1JLmb_9_4LfevM_NpmMbUvGT-_SMTDaeD5xT9PLzpCgM/edit) for your team to gather feedback while you share your application. Feel free to: create a copy of the form for your team, create a different form for your team, or skip the form altogether and simply take really good notes when demoing your app.

## How do I share my application?

- If you have a web application, please have it hosted, or take a look at [ngrok](https://ngrok.com/) for secure tunneling.
- If you have a mobile application hosted via Expo, you will ask the team that is testing to download the Expo Client app on their phones and then share the QR code. Ensure that your backend is hosted or that your server URL in redux is referencing your IP address.
- If you have a mobile application via Xcode, you can connect to Zoom via your phone and share the screen.

## Courtesy Asks

- Try to stay in a single room for at least 5 minutes so that the presenting dev teams do not need to repeat themselves.
- Give love to all projects; if you notice a room that is not as full as others, please pop in and show some support!
- Don't stay in the same room for the entire session.
- It's going to be a flashy Thursday afternoon! Bring your enthusiasm , your relevant drink of choice, and of course, your application.