After 8 years of industry thinking, the test director has a deeper understanding of test thinking

Have been in the testing industry for so long , I've always wanted to write an article about the experience sharing of software testing , But because of my work, I have not written yet . Recently, I finally have some spare time , So I decided to record my mental journey and what I feel and want , I would like to share with you .

Self orientation

In the first few years of entering the software testing industry , Many testers will fall into a period of confusion , It's mainly because I'm not clear about the direction of career development . There are many articles on the Internet about the career development direction and core competitiveness of software testers , It can really provide good suggestions for your testing colleagues . As a software testing practitioner , I was confused , To be exact, until 2016 It took me years to really find my self orientation , Here on “ Self orientation ” Talk about your own views on this topic .

Bloggers have contacted many testing peers , Occasionally, I hear testers complain that they have not been recognized as they deserve , Mainly reflected in the following aspects ：

• People feel that the testing work has no technical content , Comparative development , Testing is more like a manual job .
• Testers lack relevant technical background , Gradually formed a working mode of looking for development when something happens .
• Most testers only focus on the completion of the work , Lack of deeper thinking and summary , For example, how to improve the efficiency of testing 、 How to make a coherent summary of the business .

Three points above , Mentioned two keywords ,“ technology ” and “ Business ”. combination 《google The way of software testing 》 And views , The positioning of testers is distinguished as follows .

A functional test ： In theory, , The testers of this positioning should be the group with the most thorough understanding of business requirements , Focus on user perspective testing , Organize overall quality practices , Analyze the test run results , Drive test execution . Of course, in addition to strong business skills , Common testing tools must also be mastered .

The development track of functional testers in the next stage is generally the post of test manager , Because test managers in many companies do not require strong technical skills , The test manager pays more attention to coordination and communication 、 Overall planning 、 Management by objectives 、 Executive management and other capabilities .

Performance testing ： Compared with functional testers , Performance testers have relatively less in-depth understanding of the business , It is more inclined to the application of technology and data analysis , The purpose is to find out the system bottleneck . Performance testing is a post with a large gap , The biggest reason is the high requirements for testers , There are relatively few outstanding talents in the market . We might as well take a look at the pull hook 、 Liepin 、boss Common requirements of recruitment websites such as direct employment for performance testers .

1、 Pay special attention to experience , General requirements 3 More than years of performance testing experience .

2、 Master the mainstream performance testing tools ,Jmeter、LR etc. .

3、 Master the operating system 、 database 、 Network knowledge, etc .

4、 Be able to plan and organize performance tests independently , Build a performance test environment ; Be able to design performance test scenarios , Analyze performance issues , Positioning system bottlenecks .

Security testing ： Mention this position , It is estimated that many children's shoes are only free from “ Security ” The literal understanding of two words . But what I want to say is , Security testing is extremely complex , A professional security testing expert is, to some extent, a full stack engineer , The following professional qualities are required （ Part of the content refers to 《 Why not recommend to be a safety test engineer 》《 To test colleagues ： Let's do the safety test together 》）.

1、 Use a unique perspective to look at the software that needs to be tested .

2、 To change the objects simulated in the test .

3、 Use special test tools .

4、 Understand the principle of security vulnerabilities .

5、 Understand the testing methods and prevention knowledge of security vulnerabilities .

6、 Master the above figure “ Main skills of performance testing ” Knowledge about .

After all, the author is not engaged in safety testing , The above understanding may also be biased , Welcome relevant leaders to make corrections .

Test Development ： The focus of work is on testability and general testing infrastructure , Write unit test framework and automated test framework , Focus on quality improvement and test coverage , Continuous integration implementation . In addition to having business skills , Different posts have different technical requirements .

Combined with their own work experience and research , The author sorts out the skills required for test development , Welcome colleagues to clap bricks .

Test Architect ： It can be said that this position belongs to the top of the tester's career development pyramid , This is also the direction of my efforts . About the professional qualities required by test architects , Interested children's shoes can read 《 Experience of a test architect 》 This article . To make a long story short , Ten thousand Zhang tall buildings rise from the ground , As a software tester , Just keep learning 、 The accumulation of , To get to the top of the pyramid .

in addition , In addition to the development orientation described above , After years of thinking , I realized a set of tester value theory , Upwards , The greater the value , Of course, the higher the income , Hope to be helpful to the development of peers .

1、 Basic skills , Write a case , Find out bug etc. . Every software tester must have , Beyond all doubt .

2、 Identify blind spots , Find deep problems . This level pays more attention to personal experience and way of thinking , Work 1 Years and work 5 There must be a gap in the depth and breadth of testers' understanding of the same demand in .

3、 Find the pain , Improve team efficiency . This level is more able to think from a team perspective , By analyzing the pain points of the team , Integrate resources to improve team working mode , Improve test efficiency . In the article 《 How to use Jmeter Improve the efficiency of interface testing 》 The working method mentioned in is from the perspective of improving team efficiency .

4、 Two day cross test should be done later in the test

Cross test , Two test engineers , Test items under mutual exchange . There are many advantages to doing so .

1. Good for finding out bug, Test engineers have been testing their projects for a long time , Easily form blindness . Yes, some. Bug Look at for a long time but not to see anything .

2. Facilitate knowledge and business sharing , Avoid turnover , Ask for leave , Cause no one to test .

3. Different test ideas , We can find many problems with each other

5、 I do 5 Years of working experience , It's still an experience 5 year ？

Are you honed through this career , Formed their own irreplaceable ability , Or the ability to replace it at a high cost .

Wide but not precise , Failed to form a knowledge system

Many testers like to write on their resumes that they are proficient in various testing tools , such as Jmeter、selenium、robot framework etc. , As a result, during the interview , But I can only drift away from the basic use of tool framework , Didn't go deep into the essence of tools , This is what we call broad but not precise .

In the final analysis, the use of all tools is to improve efficiency and ensure quality , The testing industry advocates automated testing , The following is to jmeter For example , To explain how to establish a knowledge system .

Before starting this topic , Let's talk about the famous GROW Model , The author's knowledge system is also based on this model .

G(Goal setting)： The goal is .

R(Reality Check)： Analysis of current situation .

O(Options)： Solution .

W(Way Forward)： A plan of action .

16 After job hopping to a new company in , I set a goal , That is to establish an integrated test management system in the test team （ automated testing + Defect management + Case management integration ）.

Through the work content of the test group （ Background interface test ） And how it works （ Traditional manual testing ） Analysis of , In contrast postman、jmeter、soupui Wait for the advantages and disadvantages of interface testing tools , Finally finalized for use jmeter As an automated testing tool for the test team , The main reason is Jmeter Support the outside jar Method call of package , And I happen to have a certain Python Basics . Depend on jmeter Provided csv data config function , We adopt the mode of data-driven testing , But I soon encountered a problem , That's it jmeter The view result tree is presented separately for each request , If hundreds of test cases are executed at the same time , The inspection result is undoubtedly a nightmare for testers , therefore , The author is committed to solving this problem , And put Jmter+jira+Testlink To integrate , Finally, we formed the following test system .

【 Automatic test engineer learning route 】

One 、Python Introduction to programming to mastery

Two 、 Interface automation testing

3、 ... and 、Web automated testing

Four 、app automated testing

5、 ... and 、 Front end web programming language

6、 ... and 、 Test Development DevOps system

7、 ... and 、 Resume production of first-line large factories , Interview skills

8、 ... and 、CI/CD Continuous integration of special technologies

Nine 、RobotFramework The framework and HttpRunner

According to this learning architecture route , Constantly explore and improve , Break through the bottleneck of technology , so to speak , It's a process that's going to kill you , But as long as you get through it . Life will be much easier in the future . I've come a long way , To get more high paying jobs , It pays off , It can also be regarded as a recognition of my ability , Really proved their value . At least after tax 30+ My salary is satisfactory in my current state .

Software test interview questions collection

Our advanced study of automated testing must be to find a well paid job , The following interview questions are from Ali 、 tencent 、 The latest interview materials of big Internet companies such as byte , And a byte boss gave an authoritative answer , After brushing this set of interview materials, I believe everyone can find a satisfactory job .

Outline of interview questions

summary

I've seen a lot of leader During the interview , When you meet an older programmer in a confused period , Older than the interviewer . These people have something in common ： Probably worked for years , More exaggerated 5、6 The repeatability of work content in is relatively high , There's no technical work .

Everything should be done as soon as possible , Especially in the technology industry , We must improve our technical skills , Rich practical experience in Automation , This is for your career planning for the next few years , And the depth of testing techniques is very helpful .

During my tenure, I was also learning to consolidate the knowledge of automated testing , I have sorted out a set of learning resources and interview questions for all friends who want to learn or understand Tekai , Because the length of the article is limited , Larger files , You can pay attention to the public at the bottom of the building ️ Card No ️️️️️ Programmers can check the specific content by themselves ！