Blockchain Application Testing: 5 things to look into — VTEST Blog
Blockchain is a new, promising technology that offers applications a long way beyond secure payments. While Blockchain is used in cryptocurrencies and financial services, this technology has a wide array of potential applications. This is the reason why Blockchain-enabled innovations are getting more and more attention.
As it develops into a stage for a digital revolution, Blockchain grants an unsettled and cost-saving option to the current consolidated exchange and record-keeping components that exist in companies across the globe.
As with any new invention, the achievement and reception of Blockchain are asserted upon its versatility. With Blockchain, trust in an agreement is paramount to the probity and consistency of all Blockchain transactions. Therefore, testing Blockchain applications is cardinal.
Let’s discuss the challenges and the factors in Blockchain Application Testing :
- Smart contracts
- Approving the techniques for smart contracts similarly as in API testing.
- Validating the strategies.
- Confirming the boundary value.
- Validating the conditional statement.
- Testing all the APIs for the smart contract independently.
- Security
- Access and authentication
- Authentication of provided data
- Private keys
- A secure hash, a consensus algorithm
- Wallet signature process
- OWAPS guideline for web and mobile application
- Vulnerability evaluation
- Performance
- Performance testing in Blockchain incorporates
- Recognizing execution bottlenecks
- Describing the metrics for framework tuning
- Determining the preparedness for production
- Anticipated transaction size
- Network latency depending on block size
- Node testing
- Autonomous Testing of each heterogeneous node.
- Making a prolific transaction by authenticating the block for its validity.
- Block size
- How does changing block size affect performance?
- By what means will the block be managed?
- What happens when the quantity of new information going into a block surpasses the maximum block size for the Blockchain application?
What tools will you need for Blockchain application testing?
The determination of the correct testing Blockchain Applications tools is also an important step for effective and successful testing. Here is the list that may be considered by those who’ll need to guarantee the Blockchain-based applications are functioning properly:
- Tools for bug and test checking
- Testnet Indexing Tool(For instance, the site ropsten.etherscan.io permits checking the continuous wallet balance and the complete data on any exchange.
- To set up a local node for the given Blockchain. There are different tools with agreeable UI that will efficiently do this.
- API Testing Tools (Ex. soapUI, Postman)
- Encoding and encryption program
- Database Testing Tools
Conclusion
Blockchain application testing is very unique compared to testing customary apps. And in addition to all the typical problem-solving techniques, we need to consider the following questions:
- How our application will function if incidents outside our control influence the system?
- Can individuals front-run our exchanges?
- Will our transactions turn out to be extremely costly, making it impossible to legitimize the presence of our application?
This is only the start of a checklist of potential testing challenges for Blockchain application testing. Actual testing ought to go beyond.
In the real world, a system has to be efficient enough to survive unforeseen events. That is why a software development company should invest more resources in testing its software and engaging specialists from respective fields to test the application’s practical uses in these fields. We should be able to determine the potential challenges faced by end-users in various fields, to make our application competent.
This could be anyone, from engineers to businessmen. The main part is the knowledge of the customer’s needs from the customer’s perspective.
How VTEST can help?
At VTEST, we have experts that have a good grasp of the Blockchain technology and its real-world applications. Our team includes people from various fields who provide valuable inputs related to the applications of this technology in their fields.
You can rest assured that we have got you covered. VTEST it!
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In short, we help in building incredible software.
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