How to transform functional testing into automated testing?

One 、 Before learning automation , You need to know what automated testing is ？

Automated testing is the process of transforming human test situations into machine execution . As a general rule , After test case design , The tester tests step by step according to the rules described in the test case , The act of getting test results and expected results . In the process here , In order to better save manpower 、 Time or hardware resources , promote Test efficiency , The basic concept of automated testing is added .

Two 、 Automated testing how to learn , What are the categories of automated testing

1. Categories of automated tests

What can be automated ？ Actually a lot of , But it's usually easy to misinterpret this problem .

There are two main categories , Functional and non functional ：

· Functionality ： Test the specific business application of the software .

· Non functional ： Other requirements for testing software （ Such as performance , Security , Data storage, etc ）.

Performance testing mainly uses testing tools ,Loadrunner、Jmeter etc. , Stress testing software 、 The load test 、 Strength test , Because it can't be replaced by hand , Therefore, it must be automated . Automatic function test ： Including unit tests 、 The interface test 、UI test . Mainly writing code 、 Script , Let the software run automatically , Find a flaw , Replace part of the manual test . But usually only large projects need to be automated , Automated testing is not recommended for small and medium-sized projects . At present, enterprises have more and more requirements for automated testing . Testers want better development in the future , We need to master automation technology to increase our competitiveness .

2. The learning circuit of automated testing

Get the performance 、 automated testing , Acquire the ！（ I am also in this period, but I belong to the group with relatively shallow experience , That's why 20k about ）

Let's start with performance testing , There are many misunderstandings and pain points in the industry ：

· It just doesn't work , Unable to provide R & D and operation and maintenance personnel with implementation suggestions

· Can't locate the problem , Lack of clear logic and data to prove value

· Performance testing tools ≠ Performance testing

· Performance testing technology system is backward （loadrunner）, Need to embrace open source software

If you want to solve this problem , That's how you have to learn performance testing ：

Basic concept and process of performance testing ： FAQ analysis 、 Popular special tools 、 Scheme design performance test tool ：jmeter Tool use 、 actual combat ;jmeter multi-protocol 、 Expand and customize ; Distributed pressure measurement and task scheduling ; Performance monitoring ： Performance monitoring system and monitoring data acquisition performance implementation ： Distributed service pressure measurement , Scene design 、 Scene execution ; Correlation analysis of test results ,TPS、 response time 、 Thread correlation analysis , Stress and resource utilization correlation analysis performance analysis and reporting ：jvm Debugging and system debugging ; Performance bottleneck analysis .

Performance testing you can get to this level ,15k That's all right , If you can grasp the following automated test learning content , That would have a direct impact on the monthly salary 25k！

Get it done Python perhaps Java Language , It is suggested to start from Python Starting with , Study first Python Basic grammar of .

web End of the automation test ：selenium install 、 Recording 、 Handle ;web Control 、JavaScript Script 、PO Pattern ; Mobile APP automated testing ：appium Use 、 Recording 、 Element positioning method ;APP Control positioning 、 Interaction , Parameterized use cases ;appium Problem location analysis 、 Source code analysis 、 Secondary packaging ; Automatic test of server interface ： Interface automation test framework request; Interface request construction 、 Assertion ;json/xml request 、 Response assertion ;headcookie Handle 、 Certification system .

3、 ... and 、 Automated test learning resources

· Interface automation testing

There are usually two ways to implement interface testing , One is realized by special tools ; The other is implemented by code , Special tools do more debugging , Most Internet companies do interface testing through code . Test of special tools , Usually easy to use , in the light of “0” For basic people , It is the first choice for getting started , The amount of code is limited , As long as you are familiar with the test process , Can skillfully use special tools to complete basic interface testing , But poor flexibility , The degree of automation is not as high as code , Common interface testing tools on the market are postman、Jmeter etc. . Code implementation , Mainly through python.

·web automated testing

web Automated testing is mainly implemented through code . For example, common applications are ：Python/Java+selenium. First , You still need to be proficient in a language , Very proficient in using at least one programming language . On the other hand , Need to learn web Test process steps , Because it is based on the default manual operation of the page , Therefore, it is necessary to have a certain foundation for page composition , for example ：HTML+JavaScript+CSS, Understand the positioning of page elements , And the use of common positioning methods . If there is a foundation for interface automation , Study like that web Automation is relatively easy . also , Through some relatively complete projects to practice training , Only in this way can we learn and master web Automation skills , Through repeated project training, we can gradually achieve the ideal effect .

· Mobile automation test

Mobile automation testing is mainly realized through special tools and code . For example, common Python/Java+appium.

In addition to mastering a programming language, mobile automation , You also need to learn the process steps of mobile testing , Mobile basic functions and web The basic category of the end . But more need to test some non functional applications , Need to learn and use some mobile phone simulators （ Such as ：mumu）、 Third party special tools （ Such as ：GT Special tools ）、adb command 、monkey Etc , Learn to use more special tools , And it needs to be used in conjunction with code , This requires a wider range of knowledge , Start with the use of special tools . in addition ： The application of mobile terminal also needs to carry out exception test , For network problems in use 、 Design of abnormal scenarios such as information interruption , According to the scenes in the use of the mobile phone itself, combined with the actual project training and learning .

Four 、 ***

Generally speaking, automated testing is a broadening of testing ideas , Provides a test engineer with “ Tentacles ”, The situation can be regarded as a special tool , But in essence, automated testing is still a kind of idea .

By the way , In a narrow sense, automated testing refers to testing based on GUI Automated testing , And unit testing is like API test , Have you ever thought about how to do it by hand without any special tools ？ Therefore, they naturally belong to the category of test automation .

The real advantage of automation is —— Work is easy to find ： There's a test engineer （ It's not me ） Find an interesting phenomenon , Almost all the testing positions she applied for , Automation testing experience is needed in recruitment . But when she started working , I found that such companies are trying to do automated testing , But most of the results are not very . however , Even though she's involved in some cupping projects , But she can always pack this cup into a washing tool for the next interview .

Opportunity favors only those who are prepared , This is a society that relies on real skills . occasionally , The reason why you don't develop well , It's not because there's no opportunity , It's because you're not ready , Cause the opportunity to pass you by . If you want to learn , It's not too late to start , Instead of looking forward to the future , You just have to do your best , Leave the rest to time ！

After reading this article , Believe in the following two things , It will also be helpful to your self-improvement ：

1、 give the thumbs-up , Let more people see , At the same time, your recognition will encourage me to create more high-quality content .

2、 Make yourself stronger ： Think , If you want to do it in the testing industry for a long time , Your work experience and testing skills are definitely not enough , You need to improve , You need to enrich your technology stack ！ What are we waiting for? ！

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