After reading the 00 that came out of a byte, I saw what it means to be "proficient in automated testing"

Two days ago, I saw a post written by a brother of Byte, mentioning the skills that senior test engineers must master, among which he clearly proposed "proficient in automated testing".

Why is automated testing so important for testers?

First : No matter which company you go to interview, automated testing is a must, and automated testing is widely used, and it cannot be avoided anyway;

Second: The deeper you master automated testing, the more things you can do, and the higher the corresponding salary.

• Web Application Testing: As web applications become more popular, testing them is becoming more and more important. Automated testing can help testers execute test cases faster, improve test coverage and test quality.

• Mobile application testing: Mobile applications have become an indispensable part of people's daily life and work. Automated testing can help testers better test mobile applications in terms of functionality, performance, and security.

• Database testing: For enterprise-level application systems, the database is an important part, and testers need to ensure the correctness, integrity and security of the database through automated testing.

• API testing: API testing can help testers test a large number of interfaces in the shortest possible time to ensure their correctness, stability and efficiency.

• Automated security testing: Automated security testing can help testers better detect and discover security vulnerabilities and risks in web applications and mobile applications.

The above are the main business areas that need to use automated testing. Of course, there are other areas that need to use automated testing, which need to be judged according to different business needs.

I often see some programmers write "proficient in automated testing" during interviews, but most people have certain misunderstandings about proficiency.

Proficiency in automated testing may also have the following pitfalls:

1. Technology Superstition: Some people believe that all testing problems can be solved by using the latest and greatest technology. However, in the actual testing process, different projects, scenarios, and business requirements are different, and appropriate technologies and tools need to be selected according to specific situations.

2. Not paying attention to test quality: Some people think that as long as automated testing is carried out, the test efficiency will become higher, but the test quality cannot be guaranteed. Automated testing requires good test design and use case writing to ensure test coverage and accuracy of test results.

3. Difficult to handle complex scenarios: automated testing can only execute tests according to pre-written scripts, and it is difficult to handle some more complex scenarios, such as exploratory testing or compatibility testing in manual testing.

4. Ignoring test environment and data management: In automated testing, the management of the test environment and test data is very important, but sometimes it may be overlooked. The test environment needs to be as close as possible to the real environment, and the test data also requires certain planning and management.

5. Lack of communication and collaboration: Automated testing requires close cooperation with teams in other fields, including development, operation and maintenance, products, etc. Lack of communication and collaboration may lead to poor test results.

The above are some misunderstandings that may exist in proficiency in automated testing, and we need to pay attention to and correct them in actual work.

I also had this problem 3 years before I entered the industry, and I read a lot of sharing by big names. To sum up, the system of any technology is complex. If you want to really master it, you need to understand the underlying logic, so that you can adapt to all changes with the same.

Using automated testing to improve testing efficiency and reduce testing costs is already a necessary skill for test engineers, and it is also one of the criteria for measuring a tester's ability and salary

Careful netizens will find that there are a lot of information about automated testing on the Internet, but there is no systematic learning method, so your editor (Lei Feng) has not been idle this week to organize this learning notes about automated testing

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My road to automated testing is inseparable from the planning of each stage along the way, because I like planning and summarizing, so my friends and I spent a period of time organizing and writing the following "Automated Testing Engineer Learning Route " , Also sorted out a lot of [network disk resources] , friends who need it can get the network disk link . Hope that will bring you help and direction.

[Automated testing learning route]

1. Essential Python programming content for automated testing

2. Basic content of Web UI automated testing

3. Web UI automated testing content

4. Basic content of APP UI automation testing

5. Practical content of APP UI automation testing

6. Basic content of API interface automated testing

7. Practical content of API interface automated testing 

8. CI/CD continuous integration special technology

9. Practical technology of automated testing framework

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