Humans are always striving to do better in all fields of life and build something new to help humanity do better in every part of the world. The technology is evolving and moving towards betterment with each passing day. Blockchain is yet another gift of progressive technology and we have seen the whole world benefits from it. It has become a part of almost every software and application as it is capable of providing an ultimate data structure giving the apps the power to exist in multiple locations at the same time.
Apart from becoming a part of the entertainment apps and software, Blockchain has claimed an important position in the field of software testing. The role of Blockchain in test case management tools has started to overshadow the other techniques used in software testing. These testing techniques and tools help the applications having a pinch of Blockchain get tested to perfection as well. Here are some of the testing techniques used to test and make amendments in the Blockchain applications and software.
Automation Testing
Automation is taking over the world like anything. It has even taken over the world of testing and we see automation testing doing wonders in the world of software. That is where most of the test case management tools produced in the market are used. These tools having knowledge of Blockchain can do better work in the field of throughput, security, chain size, cryptography, data science, data propagation, and data integrity. These are the most used features of any smart application of today so these tools used in automation testing are doing great for the software testing companies.
Functional Testing
Functional testing is yet another famous type of testing used in the market for the testing of the majority of the applications and software. The metrics designed for the applications used for this sort of testing do significantly different and better from a regular application used in the testing process. Therefore providing the results the software testing industry is always striving for.
API Testing
API testing is a relatively new yet very famous and widely used type of software testing. Since a lot of the applications of the modern-day makes use of the API for transferring the data and linking two or more applications, testing APIs has become important too. Blockchain used in the testing tools designed to use Application Programming Interface tests and addresses the issues present in the process of interaction between applications. These tools check and ensure that all of the API requests and replies are formatted and handled in a proper way to ensure proper working of the application.
Performance Testing
Performance testing has been gaining a lot of importance from all of the software testing companies all over the globe. The reason behind this sudden fame is that it improves the overall performance of the applications. The majority of the applications launched in the market are lacking good performance most of the times so the tools designed to test the performance of the applications and software uncover all of the major and minor issues. In the end, these tools fine-tune the system and provide reviews if the application should be launched in the market or needs some more working.
Node Testing
This is a very new sort of testing and a lot of people are still unaware of its uses and benefits. This falls under the network testing and all of us are aware of the fact that the whole world is connected through a web of networks that go from one end to the other. Node testing and the test case management tools embedded with Blockchain ensures that all heterogeneous nodes on the network are tested in a perfect way. These nodes are tested separately and even in connection with each other to ensure smooth cooperation and connection in the overall network. This is relatively a new concept so it is taking some time to propagate well in the market. However, we can see that in a few years, the whole market of the software testing will be making use of this new type of testing.
The Summary
In the end, we would like to share our view on the Blockchain and its uses in the software testing industry. We believe that Blockchain is no less than AI and ML in the market. It has opened the gates of betterment and improvement for the overall industry so it is better for the software testing houses to start using the tools to gain better results in less time.
