Do you regret doing automated testing?

Catalog

Preface

Basic theory of testing / Test design capability

professional knowledge

Industry technical knowledge

database

Master the programming language

Get automated testing done

Quality process management

Let's talk about the different level The basic abilities of the test engineer

For a test engineer , What are the core competitiveness ？

Conclusion

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Preface

Regret doing automated testing ？

regret , I really regret ！

Regret not learning earlier .....

Although it's spreading everywhere 35+ Anxiety , Just believe it , Then ask you , If you 30 Year old , So here you are 5 year , Be able to become an expert in a certain field ？ I hope you can calm down and think about your career planning in the era of anxiety . The article may be a little long , Estimated reading time 8 minute , I hope it can arouse your short-term thinking in the era of fragmented knowledge .

First of all, as a test engineer , Their own “ The skill tree ” How to light ：

See these , Can you still say that testing is simple ？

As a qualified test engineer , You need to have the following skills ：

• Basic theory of testing / Test design capability
• professional knowledge
• Industry technical knowledge
• database
• Master the programming language
• Get automated testing done
• Quality process management

Basic theory of testing / Test design capability

for instance , Boundary value analysis 、 Equivalence class division 、 Cause and effect diagram 、 Decision table 、 Orthogonal experimental design, etc , These basic test foundations , Scientific design methods can well regulate our behavior , So as to help us clarify our thinking and improve efficiency . Many people will feel short , Thus ignoring the firmness of the foundation , Often the most basic place , It is most difficult to master .

professional knowledge

This looks very empty , It seems that there are no specific knowledge points , But anyone who has been tested knows , Often this part is very important . If you don't know business knowledge , That is reckless and reckless . As a tester , The most important thing is to think from the perspective of users , Instead of developing , Find the core business and functions , Then prioritize the tests , Grading defect , In addition, it is also very important for Automation . for instance , You can only master the characteristics of business , Only in this way can we use automatic means to cover which scenes first , Invest valuable automation resources in the most important places .

Industry technical knowledge

When it comes to industry knowledge, it's gone . It's not me. We'll do some testing , Will run a script , Use a framework and you're done , Or the test requirements cover a wide range of places , And you have to master . For example, the front-end technology stack 、API Design 、 Back end servers 、 database 、 Service architecture, etc , If all these knowledge can get through , During the interview , The interviewer asks you a question , You can explain it from point to area , It shows that you are definitely an excellent test engineer .

database

Whether you are doing automated or manual testing , Data validation is required ,SQL Language is one of the necessary skills for test engineers , master SQL Language , Then find the required data in the database , This ability is a must .

Master the programming language

Testing does not write code ？ That's not called a test engineer . Especially for test development , Quality control should be carried out from the code layer , So if you master the language , Can let you read the code , It also allows you to directly locate defects , At the same time, we should estimate the risks and difficulties earlier . Another aspect is automated testing , To control the development of various automated test frameworks and use cases .

Get automated testing done

about UI In terms of Automation , master selenium and appium, Very important , Especially on the mobile end appium, Enterprises pay more attention , The basic idea is positioning elements , Then operate on the element , Then get feedback , Finally, use the test framework to manage test cases .

In addition, for interface automation , In terms of input-output ratio , Than UI Automation has many unique advantages , For example, the running speed is high , Low development and maintenance costs , And it can be developed synchronously with the development code . Simply speaking , It is through the simulation browser , Send a request to implement the call of the interface , Compare the return value with the expected value , The verification results .

Quality process management

The last thing to say is quality management , For testers , It's not just testing , But responsible for the quality assurance of the business .

• As DevOps Key characters , Future software testing engineers and quality personnel must have certain development and operation and maintenance capabilities at the same time .
• Testers will be more involved in the development work , adopt “ Test shift left ”, Develop test plans with developers in advance , Drive code reviews 、 Code audit 、 unit testing 、 Automatic smoke test 、 Test precision analysis and R & D self-test to ensure the quality of the R & D stage ;
• in addition , Testers will also participate in configuration deployment , Configure automated test cases into the continuous delivery chain , And pass “ Test move right ”, The whole process monitors the application quality after release .

If you want to be an expert in the testing industry , First, we need to become an advanced test development , You can go on and look down ！

Let's talk about the different level The basic abilities of the test engineer

first ： We call it a tester / Test Engineer

Say it frankly , It's hard work . Benchmarking is Baidu's T3、T4, Ali's P5, Tencent's T1-T2. The main job is demand analysis , Test plan , The test strategy , The test execution , It's all business testing . Of course, you can master some fields of knowledge , For example, you test unmanned vehicles , What is the business of unmanned vehicles , I measure AI,AI What is it? , I'll test big data , What is big data , It measures e-commerce , What is the architecture of e-commerce system , Business knowledge is to understand . Another is to take the outsourcing team , Some outsourcing teams may be handed over to this group of people to take . It is mainly to manage these basic business testing work .

the second ： Test Development Engineer

Now the first level I don't know how to recruit , Most of them are from the second level Start recruit . Once you mention test development , You must know R & D , Understand the test , And have a certain ability to work in depth . From this level Start asking for your programming skills ,Java、Python、shell、SQL, That's the bottom line , Then business testing .

These people will still be responsible for part of the business testing . The boss will according to your ability , Give you a proportion . You are very capable ,80% With the technological ,20% To do business , If you are not strong , It would be 80% To do business ,20% Participate in some technical . If your skills are too low 了 , It would be 100% Do all the business tests . So this time will be divided into reasonable time according to your ability . The requirements here are higher than just now , Client's UI test , Interface test of the server , Performance testing , Basically belong to this category .

During the interview , Performance and non functional testing , It may not be a major pilot , Mainly in automation and programming ability . That is to say, at present, everyone goes out to find a job , The level where you are most likely to get stuck . So here level Inside , Also work , That is, both business testing , Also do technical transformation , And write some automation , But it still focuses on business .

Third ： Senior Test Development Engineer / Test Architect

So to this level, Business testing has been very few , Not even at all , At this time, I am more responsible for the process management of the whole team . Process management system , White box testing system , Development of test tools and test platform , Another is quality control , There is also a quality management . Usually in a team , There will be a test management , add 1-2 A Senior Test Development Engineer , Or call it a test expert . He will build the whole continuous integration system . Continuous integration 、 White box testing 、 And the development of some platforms , These people will be mainly responsible for . Then he'll take 2-3 A test development engineer , These test development engineers follow him to learn , While doing business . Then the rest of the work , Give it to outsourcing companies or school recruiters to do .

For a test engineer , What are the core competitiveness ？

Expertise ： Beyond all doubt , The root of eating is , As your testing technology continues to dig deeper , You will feel that your idea of testing is very simple , It's better to go management first , Even changing jobs , Deep excavation of technology is very important ;

Managerial skills ： Be able to lead the team to operate efficiently , Complete tasks efficiently , Testing core kingcraft , Of course, we should also ensure the harmony of the internal atmosphere of the team , Promote the healthy development of the team . Your skill has reached a certain level , Naturally, I will take some management responsibility .

Learning ability ： The most important part of soft power , Maybe I heard more , But as a past person, I suggest that , Human energy is limited , Focus your limited energy in the most important direction ;

communication skills ： Doesn't that sound like something up there , I can hear the cocoon in my ears , Since ancient times, the routine has won people's hearts , But sincerity never dies ;

influence ： Testing the industry , Upwards , The smaller the circle , Beijing 、 Shenzhen 、 Shanghai 、 Test and development of these products in Hangzhou 、 Architect class , If you have some influence , It's very easy to communicate and learn from each other . Often the more top , The more willing you are to share .

Conclusion

No progress , Just get rid of it ！ This is the six word mantra of the Internet industry , Please remember .