Week #4 #

Developing and Refining the Prototype through Feedback and Iteration #

External Feedback #

This week, we initiated User Acceptance Testing (UAT) by engaging a select group of peers and fellow students who provided their honest feedback on our prototype. Their insights have been invaluable in assessing the usability and functionality of our platform.

Positive Aspects Noted by Users:

Design: Users praised the intuitive and visually appealing user interface, highlighting ease of navigation and clean design as major strengths.
Transaction Speed: Several users were impressed by the unbelievable speed of transactions, noting the seamless and almost instantaneous processing as a significant advantage.

Areas for Improvement:

Selling Tokens: Some users reported difficulties when trying to sell tokens, mentioning unclear processes and the need for multiple attempts to execute a sale.

Testing #

With a functional prototype in hand, our focus shifted towards rigorous testing to ensure reliability and effectiveness. We conducted a series of tests. These tests helped us identify several bugs related to transaction handling and user session management which were promptly addressed.

Iteration #

Based on the feedback and testing results, we’ve made several iterations to our prototype:

Enhanced the user interface based on user feedback to make it more intuitive and user-friendly.
Improved error handling mechanisms to provide clearer feedback to the user in case of failed transactions.
Refined the data interaction layers to enhance performance and reduce latency.

These changes are instrumental in aligning our prototype more closely with the user’s needs and our initial project vision.

Weekly Progress Report #

Achievements: #

Conducted initial rounds of user acceptance testing.
Identified and fixed multiple bugs in the transaction processing logic.
Improved the overall performance of the application by optimizing backend queries.

Challenges & Solutions: #

Challenge: When selling jettons, an error is thrown and the user doesn’t see it.
- Solution: Improve error handling mechanisms to provide clearer feedback to the user in case of failed transactions.
Challenge: High latency in data retrieval was affecting user experience.
- Solution: Implemented caching mechanisms to improve data retrieval times.

Conclusions & Next Steps #

As we conclude Week 4, we are more aligned with our project’s trajectory towards a robust and user-friendly trading platform. The next steps involve:

Continuing to gather user feedback to refine usability and functionality.
Expanding our testing to cover security aspects and stress testing.
Planning the next set of features to be developed, focusing on advanced analytics tools for traders.