Software testers analyse software and systems to avert risk and prevent issues

As a software tester, you'll be involved in the quality assurance stage of software development and deployment. You'll conduct automated and manual tests to ensure the software created by developers is fit for purpose and any bugs or issues are removed within a product before it

Test E-Commerce applications

E-commerce is one such field of innovations where most of the technical applications are based on the idea of making financial transactions more optimum and easier. In no time from its invention, it became a common phenomenon to use the digital medium and mobile applications for financial tasks.

Just like any other industry, there are two primary elements in the e-commerce industry. The party that buys and the one that sells. Based on these aspects, there are five types of eCommerce software. This classification might help one while strategizing the business plan. It helps in deciding where does the company belong.

B2C

B2C means Business to Customers. Here, the primary focus is directed at customers. The digital aspect of this type of model is online stores and websites that offer goods, and customers buy them.

B2B

B2B means Business to Business. Here, the primary focus is on selling products to other businesses. The digital aspect of this type of model is the websites where goods like computer tables, files, Desks, Chairs, etc., and other services are sold to other businesses.

Executing Social Media integration

In any E-commerce application or website, social media integration is one of the primary factors which affect the reach of the thing. But, remember, the integration must be in alignment with the website’s workflow and design architecture.

A/B testing can be used to test the social media workflow of your application as it will confirm whether the content is working for a certain bunch of consumers or not.

Integration testing will confirm whether social media API is working fine for your website or not and also, if yes, whether it is doing what it is supposed to do.

To summarize the above points in the list of testing methods, we can say any given E-commerce application must be tested using the following methods.

  • Usability testing
  • Database Testing
  • Functional Testing
  • Performance Testing
  • App Testing
  • And, here is a list of 11 prominent features in any given E-commerce application that needs to be tested to authenticate the application.

  • Search button
  • Order From page
  • Account pages
  • Category page
  • Home Page hero image
  • Product details page
  • Payment module
  • Login forms
  • Social media buttons
  • Filter for products