Testing Module
The testing module encompasses a variety of strategies to validate different aspects
of the e-commerce system. It ensures all components—from login features to order
processing and payment handling—function correctly, securely, and efficiently.
1. Unit Testing
🔹 Objective: To test individual units or components of the application in
isolation.
🔹 Scope:
Ensuring functions and methods work correctly.
Detecting logic errors early in development.
🔹 Examples:
User Authentication: Validate if the login system correctly handles valid
and invalid credentials.
Cart Functionality: Ensure items can be added, removed, and quantities
updated correctly.
Payment Gateway: Check if the payment form validates inputs and
connects to mock payment APIs successfully.
🔹 Tools:
Frontend: Jest (JavaScript/React), Mocha
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Backend: PHPUnit (PHP), JUnit (Java), PyTest (Python)
2. Integration Testing
🔹 Objective: To verify that different modules or services interact correctly when
combined.
🔹 Scope:
Checking data flow between frontend, backend, and database.
Testing end-to-end functionality.
🔹 Examples:
Ensure the "Place Order" feature retrieves cart data, stores the order in the
database, and sends confirmation.
Integration of the payment system with order confirmation and inventory
update.
🔹 Tools:
Postman (for API testing)
Cypress, Selenium (for UI flows that span multiple modules)
3. System Testing
🔹 Objective: To test the entire application as a complete system against the
specified requirements.
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🔹 Scope:
Validating business logic, workflows, and user behavior simulations.
Covers both functional and non-functional testing.
🔹 Examples:
A user logs in, browses products, adds to cart, places an order, receives a
confirmation email, and logs out — all in one seamless flow.
Admin updates product info and checks whether changes reflect on the user
interface.
🔹 Tools:
Selenium, TestComplete, or manual QA with test cases.
4. User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
🔹 Objective: To validate the software from an end-user perspective.
🔹 Scope:
Ensuring the system is intuitive, user-friendly, and meets client expectations.
🔹 Examples:
Real users test the system and provide feedback on:
o Ease of navigation
o Clarity of product info and prices
o Speed of checkout process
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🔹 Method:
UAT scripts based on real scenarios
Surveys and feedback forms
🔹 Participants:
Beta users, stakeholders, non-technical staff
5. Security Testing
🔹 Objective: To identify vulnerabilities and weaknesses in the system to ensure
user data is protected.
🔹 Scope:
Testing against common web vulnerabilities: SQL Injection, XSS, CSRF,
etc.
Validating secure communication (SSL/TLS), password storage (hashing),
and role-based access.
🔹 Examples:
Attempting to bypass login with SQL injection.
Ensuring sessions timeout after inactivity.
Verifying encrypted transmission of payment data.
🔹 Tools:
OWASP ZAP
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Burp Suite
Nessus (for server-side scanning)
6. Performance Testing
🔹 Objective: To evaluate the website’s speed, responsiveness, stability, and
scalability under load.
🔹 Scope:
Identifying bottlenecks in both frontend and backend.
Ensuring the system can handle traffic spikes (e.g., Black Friday sales).
🔹 Examples:
Simulating 1000 users browsing and ordering at once.
Measuring page load time across different devices and networks.
🔹 Types:
Load Testing: Under expected user load.
Stress Testing: Beyond peak traffic to find breaking point.
Soak Testing: Running the system for extended periods to detect memory
leaks or performance degradation.
🔹 Tools:
Apache JMeter
Locust
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Google Lighthouse (for frontend performance)
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✅ Conclusion
Each testing phase plays a critical role in the website development lifecycle:
Unit and Integration Tests catch early bugs.
System and UAT ensure a complete, user-friendly experience.
Security and Performance Testing protect and scale your platform.
Thorough testing leads to a robust, user-trusted e-commerce platform that is
prepared for real-world use.
Test Type Purpose Scope / Examples Tools Used
- Login validation
Test individual
- Cart add/remove Jest, Mocha, PyTest,
Unit Testing components in
functionality JUnit
isolation.
- Payment calculation
Integration Testing Ensure multiple - Order placement Postman, Selenium,
modules work together workflow Cypress
as intended. - Cart + Payment
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integration
Validate the complete - Full order cycle test
System Testing system against - Admin dashboard Selenium, TestComplete
requirements. updates
Get real user feedback - Beta testers browse,
User Acceptance Manual scripts,
to ensure usability and shop, and check out
Testing feedback forms
satisfaction. - Feedback collection
- SQL injection test
Identify and fix
- Password encryption OWASP ZAP, Burp Suite,
Security Testing vulnerabilities in the
check Nessus
system.
- Session hijack attempt
Check speed, - Simulate 1000 users
responsiveness, and - Load/Stress test JMeter, Locust, Google
Performance Testing
scalability under - Mobile vs. desktop Lighthouse
different loads. performance
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