I've been in software testing for 8 years and worked as a test leader for 3 years. I can also be a programmer if I'm not a professional

Not a regular , Work 8 Years later, I switched to software testing . This year, 36 year , At present, he is in charge of testing in a leading enterprise in an industry , management 40+ Human testing team .

Muddled 10 year

My major in university is electronic information engineering .

Tell the truth , I haven't had any career plans since I graduated from college , I don't know what career planning is , The teacher didn't teach , Although parents have high school culture , However, there is no good suggestion , It can't help .

I work here 10 I took too many detours in , Please allow me to tell you . I've done four types of work , LED Engineering equipment repair engineer 、 Real estate company administration 、 Personnel matters 、 planning , But every job doesn't last long , Longest 2 year , Less than three months .

Besides salary , No more than 1 w, I once doubted my ability , What about the future ？ Anxious .

Oh , by the way ,2010 The annual work is really not very good , I'm preparing for the postgraduate entrance examination , Catch a cold within a month 3 Time , This year I was slightly depressed , Moved in half a year 4 Second home , Later, I forced myself to go to fitness , Just get better . Then I reported the economics of Nankai University , Because the professional courses are too bad （（ Major courses 79 branch , Advanced Mathematics 140 branch ））, Failure to disembark .

2015 Beginning of the year , I found out that I was 30 Year old , But nothing , I don't think I can go on like this , It's time to make a change . I consult my friends everywhere , Finally, the noble man appeared .

Good people help each other

In fact, I want to talk about noble people , There's really more than one , Let's come one by one .

first , My brother-in-law , Although he didn't teach me to test , But according to my specialty 、 character , And the Internet environment at that time , Gave me good career advice , I am very, very grateful to him .

the second , My brother-in-law's colleagues （ Has returned to his hometown in Guizhou , But now I'm still my best friend and teacher ）, It goes without saying , When I first started, I was given a lot of technical guidance . I believe you should be able to understand , How difficult is it for a programmer who doesn't come from a major to start , I think if it weren't for him , Not as good as I am today , Thank you .

Third , My family , Especially my parents' support for me , Gave me strong backing , Let me, who didn't have a job when I got married , Without hesitation 、 A carefree learning test , Commit to IT industry ;

Finally, talk about your feelings at that time , Life has reached a low point , Actually very helpless , I caught any hope I could , Then go crazy 、 Study without death , Really, only knowledge can change yourself . I vaguely remember that I didn't go out for half a year .

Change careers here 6 year
As of this moment , I'm in the pit 6 Year time , experience 3 Internet companies , A recent job has 3 Years , Currently in charge of testing .

At present, the company I work for is a leading enterprise in an industry , The R & D center is expected to be completed by the end of the year 500+ people , The testing department is currently 30+ people .

That's what I've done for the past six years ：

First of all 、 Study professional knowledge very hard , This is my foundation .

At that time, the most effective way to learn was to watch videos , Keep watching videos , Then carry out practical operation . After I got my first job , The boss only mentioned needs , The implementation method is all you want . At that time, I ran for half an hour after work , Then go back to crazy code , All kinds of information 、 All kinds of debugging 、 Encounter problems Baidu , Over the wall , Ask friends, wait , All in all , Don't stop until you solve the problem .

second 、 Strong sense of responsibility 、 Patience, 、 careful 、 Good communication skills 、 Business understanding , Take the initiative to take on more work , This is an important magic weapon for rapid promotion .

Responsibility comes from parents' words and deeds , Since I was a child, I felt that I wanted to be a responsible person , That's how it should be , That's right .

After work , Especially now , Have a deep understanding . Patience, 、 Take care of these , Maybe it's about character , I'm more introverted 、 Careful 、 Also a little sensitive , This may be quite suitable for programmers .

About communication skills and business understanding , Actually, just like before me （ front 10 year ） Work related to , Plus I 2014 In, he began to force himself to keep fit , After reading , Great improvement , Especially reading , Although it is mainly novels , It really opened a door to my mind , Like San Mao 、 Feng Tang, Wu Xiaobo 、 Tosano kuiwo 、 Wang Shuo, wait .

That's when I found out , It turns out that reading is really cool , Now I sometimes fantasize , If there are conditions in the future , Occasionally I can find a quiet place to read , It's really a pleasure .

Third 、 Think from the perspective of the company's interests . I think bosses are smart people , Employees who are really good to the company 、 Employees who work with the company , Who will not be promoted by the company ？

The most representative is —— Any questions raised by the boss or the director , first time , Think about the solution first , Put forward effective solutions , If you have difficulties or need assistance , Put it forward and let's finish it together , Instead of rejecting the boss or the demand side at the first time , This is my deepest point .

Later I came to understand , If we can always start from the interests of the company , Once there is a problem , The first reaction must be to think of a solution first , Instead of complaining and avoiding .

I feel , I 6 Personal growth in years is more than that of ordinary people 10 Years of time , But before I work 10 Years, detours , But I don't regret it , There is no road in life for nothing ！

Some of my suggestions

As a passer-by , Have a deep understanding of the difficulties in the learning process . So I am keen on collecting and sorting resources , Record the process from stepping on the pit to climbing the pit . I hope I can put what I have learned , Technology used in actual work 、 Self study method 、 Experience and stepped on some pits , recorded .

I hope you want to learn by yourself , Through my sharing, I can take fewer detours , It can form its own system , And applied to practice . Of course , I sincerely hope you will get a promotion and a raise , Perhaps this is the most practical .

If you have similar puzzles , Then the video resources and documents I organize will be your good teachers and friends , Maybe it can bring you some practical help and breakthrough .

Learning route ： Use of test tools ->Python Programming -> The test framework -> Test framework development

One 、 Use of test tools

The first is the use of testing tools , For example, I'm going to web Automation is whether I want to build an automated test environment , Environmental tools . For example, install Python install , These environments are installed .

as for AppUI automation , In addition to some of the above skills, you should also be able to, for example adb The order of ,app Environment ,app Stress tests and so on .

Interface test is also a kind of function test , But it doesn't mean functional testing , Because the interface test is also divided into 1. Interface function test （ You need tools to test ）;2. Interface pressure test ;3. Interface security testing . Moreover, the function test of the interface needs to be completed with the help of tools , There are tools, such as ：Postman、Jmeter; Tools to capture bags fiddler etc. .

Two 、Python programing language

The ability of the programming language will determine the depth of your testing technology , What I learned at that time was Python Language , Anyone who knows programming knows Python Friendly to new people , It will be simpler than other programming languages .

I found a lot of learning materials and learning videos on the Internet , But you will encounter a lot of problems , No one can help me answer , There is also a lot of programming related knowledge , I don't know much about , It's hard to learn by yourself . It's easy to get started and give up

So it's also a learning community looking for that kind of software testing everywhere , I was lucky to meet a technical leader in the testing industry , Into a very good learning and communication group , There are a lot of people who want to be promoted like me , So we all study together , Any problems will be discussed in the group 、 Technical communication , This also greatly improves the learning efficiency .

Python It is the first step of software testing , We need to master Python Programming syntax , Have certain coding ability , Prepare for basic automated testing , Secondly, we should master Python Application in Automation 、 Master the function encapsulation of code 、 Class encapsulation skills .

3、 ... and 、 The test framework

We also need to understand the testing framework ,Selenium,appium,unittest,pytest, These are some open source frameworks. You should know at least one or two of them .

For example, do WebUI In terms of Automation , I want to understand Selenium+python; do AppUI In terms of Automation , I want to understand appium+python.

If it is for interface testing, it must be necessary to build an interface framework , such as ：requests.

? Test framework development

Generally, the birth process of a framework will go through three stages ：

1. Learn how to use

Have a general understanding of the use of the framework , You can look at the official documentation of the framework , Generally, there are detailed introductions , After installation, you can start trying to use it directly as a project .

2. Read the source code

Want to improve their ability 、 Achieve advanced effect , Of course, it can't be limited to the use level of the framework . You need to spend more weeks or even months reading the source code of the framework , This is helpful to deal with and troubleshoot various problems in the process of using the framework .

3. Self research framework

The requirements of self-developed framework are relatively high , Generally, enterprises have high requirements for performance , All open source or commercial frameworks cannot meet the needs of the company before they embark on the road of self-development . We can try to analyze the performance bottleneck of the whole framework , Replace key modules with higher performance languages , Or use to find 、 Research better algorithms to achieve key functions .

If you want to develop performance testing in the automation test engineer stage , There will be more requirements , In fact, performance is also a kind of Automation . So first you have to master a programming language , The second language script , The third indicator , The fourth tuning .

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