Testing Ecommerce Projects: What to Watch For
summary
Discusses testing challenges for ecommerce platforms: argues that traditional test cases are of limited use and proposes approaches for working with large projects without relying on test cases. Covers payment testing and how to set up test environments to avoid production surprises, running A/B (and multi-variant) experiments, why automation often has negative ROI and whether to attempt it, and testing integration with third-party platforms.
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chapters (10)
- 0:00Ecommerce testing basics
- 1:02Testing as business process
- 2:06Platform tests and caching
- 3:11Changing business logic
- 5:03Discounts and sales testing
- 7:14External service integration
- 10:05Payment systems pitfalls
- 12:54A/B testing nuances
- 15:45Ecommerce automation
- 17:13Q&A
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