I have been engaged in software testing for 5 years and have changed jobs for 3 times. I have understood the field of software testing

Software testing is a work that pays off , Maybe many people will say that software testing is to eat youth food , However, other jobs are not ？ No company has a vegetarian diet , Older employees may be dismissed , There are also those who have not been dismissed . Do any profession , Hold the mentality of once and for all , Young and middle-aged people who start to mix in their posts , I should have quit long ago .

Everyone is optimistic about the software testing industry , It's just that on the surface ： More money, less work, less overtime . In fact, this is all for lucky children's shoes . Do things well in different stages at different stages , It's possible to get closer to this goal , As a software tester , Maybe the following is the true portrayal of us .

Test phase I

I changed my profession from other industries , Because the prospects of the industry were poor at that time , I have an interview 20 Several companies , Failure after failure , I began to doubt my ability , Very anxious , Even began to consider whether to run didi , It's delivery , My friend advised me not to “ Emergency medical treatment ”（ Work intensity is too high , In particular, this kind of work is doomed not to last long ）, Think about the next （ occupation ） Direction of development .

During that time , I thought about my expected job ：

① Looking for a high paying job
② The work has certain stability , After all, I'm fast 30 Year old
③ A job for girls , Don't be too tired , Too much overtime
④ There is room for development , Be able to improve your ability

another IT Friends in the industry suggested that I do software testing , Because software testing is also IT industry , The salary is relatively high .

I don't know much about software testing , Then I checked on the Internet , It is quite in line with my expectations , Start learning software testing . At that time, he also bumped into the software testing industry . Eager to understand the industry , Its promotion model , How to pay more . But with the experience of the past , Tell you ： Do the current thing well . Complete every task assigned to you by your boss carefully , Reflect your value as a newcomer to the workplace . New people go in , I don't expect you to make much contribution , I just want to tell you , You don't have to wipe your ass .

First year , If you're positive every day , Eager to complete more tasks , Then you will make the fastest progress this year . An overall sense of functional business logic , Ability to write , Grasp the progress , These will become a solid foundation for your future work . This year , Please lay your foundation , Forget about the automated code tools for a while , You don't have a solid knowledge of software testing industry and some professional terms , You're holding tools in vain .

Test phase II

After the first year of hard work , You already have a solid foundation in software testing , We've done round after round of repeated manual testing , Yes , What should we do at this stage ？ Do you wait for work every day or do something meaningful during this time ？ Beyond all doubt , If you are a positive youth , The answer must be the latter .

Suggestion is ： Take the repeated functional tests you do every day , Use tools to do .

It is not recommended that you touch the code or performance too early , If you're still in your second year , Because you haven't seen much , We can't reach the stage of code writing and performance at all , To be able to write scripts and do performance , You need to have a strong grasp of the whole testing framework and business logic , otherwise , The things you do , It's going to be useless . It's like learning to write code , But I find myself staying in print（“helloworld”） The level of ; You learn performance , But I found that I was always at the level of script recording .

Accessible tools ： Tools /Jmeter etc. , These tools can help you reduce the relative labor force , Use tools to do some repetitive work . Learn how to use it , Next time you get a promotion, a raise or a change of job , Luck won't miss you .

Test phase III

It's finally entering its third year , Congratulations , Also can insist that you have not been eliminated by this industry . After two years of Foundation , If you're not a gangster , Then your foundation will greatly improve your work efficiency , You'll also have more time to do other things , There is no doubt that ： Study .
This is the time , We can try to touch some code and some frameworks , Integrate what you have learned into your own projects . Be able to organize your own projects into a testing framework , So you have a very big role in promoting the work of this company ！

Suggest ： Study ,selenium etc. .

Test phase IV

With the code base , Find your workload simplified again & To optimize the . At this time, we should understand the structure of the website , Code knowledge , knowledge , Network bottleneck , System optimization and other aspects have a more in-depth understanding , We can finally go further ！
This is the time , We suddenly realized that ： Performance testing is not just about recording scripts ！ You need to optimize the script , To design the scene , To get the number of target users , To carry out , To analyze the stress results , After doing this , To comprehensively analyze the performance bottleneck is the database optimization problem , Or is it the bottleneck of the network, or is there a problem with the original architecture ？

The first N year

To be continued …

Some advice to all testers

Last , Come here as , Give some advice to all testers ： A tester , You really shouldn't just be a little bit , As the system changes , For today's testers , It's not about automation or code , It's about automation , Understand the code , Be able to understand the implementation of the system , Has become a necessary skill .

How to learn automated testing ？

Since automated testing is a necessary way to improve manual testing , Although automated testing is not so tall , But it is also essential . As an ideal Tester , How to learn automated testing ？

（1） Position yourself accurately , Clear objectives

Many students realize the importance of automated testing , Just go online to check the information , Or sign up for a training class , But in the end, the more you learn, the more confused you become , Between meeting and not , I don't know how to go ahead ？ What's the reason for this ？
This is because you didn't figure out a few questions before learning automated testing ： What is my real level ？ If you learn a new technology or language , How much energy am I willing to devote ？ Learn from now on , What should be achieved in three months or six months ？ Do I know the type or system of automated testing in the industry ？ Think about these problems before you start learning or training , You must do more with less .

（2） Comprehensive understanding , Choose the right entry point

At present, the direction of automatic testing is about the following ：

• Auxiliary test script direction ： With Shell,Python To simplify repetitive work , Filtering logs, etc ;

• Interface automation test direction ：Python+Unittest+HtmlTestRuner+Jenkins and Java+Httpclient+TestNG+Jenkins, Of course, there are many other frameworks or tools for secondary development , But the core is the same ;

• Page automation direction , There are mainly Python+Webdrver+HtmlTestRunner+Jenkins,Java+Webdriver+TestNG+Jenkins, With
  And other frameworks and tools ;

• App Automation test direction ： With Robotium+Java+TestNG+Jenkins,

• Appium+Java+TestNG+Jenkins,Appium+Python+HtmlTestRunner Mainly .

Of course, the introduction here is simple , The most basic implementation scheme , As an introduction to learning is more appropriate . Other various secondary development frameworks , A scheme with many functions is left for you to improve in the future . Start with these aspects , Choose a language system , It is recommended to enter from the interface automation , Then go to the learning page and app.

（3） Advance gradually and entrench oneself at every step , Don't be greedy

When we are improving ourselves , Found that there are a lot of things to learn , So I was in a hurry , Want to learn many things at the same time , In fact, this is not good . Learning too much is easy to confuse , And it's not easy to digest , If you investigate carefully, you will find that , Many things are connected . The code architecture , Use case management , Execution strategy , The idea of continuous integration can draw inferences from one example , The key is to do it yourself and really implement it , Write use cases on the company's current framework , No matter how much you write , It's no use not knowing the whole structure .

（4） Discard tools , Multi use open source

The industry never seems to lack automated testing tools ,QTP,RealobotFramework,LoadRunner wait , There are countless well-known and unknown . Not to mention how effective these tools are , At present, large companies never use these tools , Everyone uses an open source framework , Tools to customize their own test plan .

So when I first learned automated testing , And don't rely on tools , Using open source Webdriver,Appium,Robotium Build your own automatic test project . Master the working principle of an overall automation engineering , Build your own automation project for the future , Tools , Prepare the platform .

Whether you love automated testing , It's hate , It is a necessary stage from manual testing to test development . Maybe you've learned that automated testing doesn't work , High maintenance cost when implemented , Low execution efficiency and negative information , In fact, this is not a problem of automated testing .

Need to know , It's just a tool , A test scheme , The final effect is determined by the person who implements it . stay 12,13 In the year , use Jenkins Continuous integration is popular , It doesn't seem so hot in the next few years , But in the last two years docker The emergence of Technology , Make again CI,CD Get hot . Should we correct our attitude towards automated testing , Be clear about what you want , Find the right way , Keep improving yourself ？

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 .

A little help

As an automated software tester , Now I'd like to share with you some of these years , I want to sum up the technology , Share your notes on the skills you need to master as an advanced Tester , I hope I can help my friends who want to go all the way to black on the road of technology ！

Let's share this 2021 It may be the most comprehensive development direction of software testing engineers, knowledge architecture diagram .

One 、Linux You're supposed to know

Linux As the most popular software environment system now , It must be mastered , The current recruitment requirements need to have Linux Ability .

Two 、Shell Script

master shell Script , Include shell Foundation and Application 、shell Logic control 、shell Logic functions, etc .

3、 ... and 、 The principles of the Internet

The only way to automation ： Basic knowledge of front-end development and necessary knowledge of Internet network .

Four 、Mysql database

Software test engineer must Mysql Database knowledge , It's not just about basic “ Additions and deletions ”. ​

5、 ... and 、 Caught tools

Fiddler、Wireshark、Sniffer、Tcpdump Various bag capturing tools are suitable for various projects , There's always one for you .

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6、 ... and 、 Interface testing tool

Interface test artifact , Powerful tools you can't get around ：Jmeter. Small and flexible ：Postman.

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7、 ... and 、Web automated testing Java&Pyhton

Understand the purpose of Automation , Have a good command of testng&unittest Automation framework , And assertion and log processing .

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8、 ... and 、 Interface and mobile automation

Professional interface call 、 Test solutions . Build a complete web And interface automation framework ,Appium Overall use .​ ​

Nine 、 Agile testing &TestOps structure

uncover TestOps The veil of mystery , Continuous integration Jenkins The frame is familiar with the heart .

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Ten 、 Performance testing & Security testing

The other side of software testing ： Performance testing and security testing , Select the right direction , Try to climb the pit ！

​ The above is a knowledge architecture diagram of the development direction of software testing engineers that I have sorted out for you . I hope you can follow this system in 3-4 The construction of such a system will be completed in three months . 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 . It's just that it's hard at the beginning , Just take the first step , You're halfway there , When we look back on this journey after it's finished , You're bound to feel a lot .

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