To those who need to get started with software testing

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Contact Software Testing It has been a while, and these days have experienced many ups and downs, but I have gradually learned more about software testing from these setbacks. For more information about software testing, see:

For a new person who wants to enter the software testing industry, the first thing I need to mention is whether I really like to test this industry, or what other reasons (for example, the old class's "important" after entering the company: Xiao Liu, I will rely on you for testing, and the quality will depend on you) to enter the industry with a hard head; if you are not interested in this, it's not becauseLifeI think that software testing can be used as a stepping stone in the software industry.Technology!), I advise you to read this article.ArticleRun now!

That is to say, it requires a lot of interest to drive the software testing entry. For most people, after some painful and boring testing training (for example, some companies may ask new people to write a large number of test cases, this is actually a wrong method-testing softwareWorkLater, a lot of people started to retreat. At this time, interest is very important. On the other hand, interest is also a necessary condition for doing one thing well. Otherwise, if you hate what you do like your enemies, you will not know what the results will be ......

When you have the necessary conditions, I want to tell you, welcome to join us! Before that, you may have read some information about software testing, or perhaps heard some news about the negative or favorable effects on software testing (nothing more than the sound development of the domestic software testing industry, many companies do not pay attention to software testing, while the other side is that China's software testing industry is in a fast take-off stage ). Maybe you are a little shaken at the beginning. Here, I need to remind you that I believe you have chosen to come in and see it if you are interested. It is not too late to draw a conclusion after reading it. You may find that you are really not suitable for software testing, or software testing is really not suitable for you, but at least put aside the burden of curiosity before you leave. Of course, I believe that more people will firmly believe that they have chosen the right path!

After talking about this, I feel like I still want to talk about something practical. Let's introduce a few books. This is a software test (SoftwareTestingRon Paton), this book has several translations, and I feel pretty good. Another book is "getting started with software testing" ("Introducing software testing" Louise tamres is translated into Chinese by People's post and telecommunications Publishing House version 2004 ).

Let's talk about it here. I hope you will criticize and advise me.