How do novices get started with software testing quickly?

Reprinting a netizen's experience, I hope it will help, our service 3W_ejttp_com.

After graduation, I plunged into Suzhou without thinking about my resume. As a northern woman, I have always been moved by the beauty of "a woman who looks back and smiles on the bluestone road", for nothing else. Afterwards, a friend commented that I was a completely brainless woman-:)

Speaking of Suzhou, I not only saw the beautiful scenery I imagined, but also came to Beijing with a feeling of "incompetence", "ignorance" and "nothing" after looking for a job for 2/3 months, because everyone said that there were many job opportunities in the imperial city and there was a great demand for IT talents. . . Hehe, the university only cares about beautifully dressed love, and learning is just a sideline.

After learning from a painful experience, I finally realized how heavy I was in Suzhou and went straight to Beijing to lower myself. 2 1 1 University IT majors can always find clerks and front desk assistants. Instead, I was busy submitting my resume for an interview. I really couldn't stand it at that time and wanted to die.

That day, I was still reading the recruitment website as usual, and suddenly a position of software testing caught my eye. Now that I think about it, it's really God's arrangement, which surprised me after many vicissitudes. I quickly read some of his requirements and looked up the career prospects of this profession online. I feel the whole person is boiling, and I think this is my job: unlike a professional code farmer, I have to practice my code every day, and at the same time, it's not time yet, you need to learn relevant knowledge quickly before you can go to the interview;

With a goal, I am full of motivation. I got up early the next day and went straight to the library (in other words, the online resources were not so rich in 2006). I found the basic books of software testing art, database principle and C. I went to the library every day for the next month to study, record and imagine, and I had to admire myself at that time. I'm simple, I'm just starting out, and I don't have that much concern. It starts in the second month. I found out that recruitment tests's company is Doha, and I was soon informed of the written test by several big companies. Fortunately, I studied hard for more than a month, and I have answers. I was quickly hired by a big company (where I met the first noble person in my life, my husband, hehe), worked there for less than 1 month, and was also hired by a big bank to do software testing. . .

In September 2006, the bank testing career officially began. 12. During this period, a good friend was dissatisfied with her job in her hometown. After some lobbying, she came all the way to Beijing. At that time, she rented a one-bedroom apartment together, explained the related knowledge of software testing to him after work, and gave her some projects she was working on at that time. Soon, she found a satisfactory job in a large software company.

The above are some of my personal experiences, which I share with you, hoping to bring you some hope and motivation to work hard;

Secondly, I want to talk about how Xiaobai can quickly start software testing. For beginners, the software testing industry is like a besieged city. Many people outside the besieged city want to come in. No one will lead you in. Second, no one will let you in with a ladder. As a layman, it is easy to fall into the dilemma of "widely telling but nowhere to start". If you want to enter the software testing industry, it is still very difficult. As for me, as a student, I hope to provide some practical methods and a set of systematic learning methods for you who want to enter the business but don't know how to start, combined with my 10 years of actual examination experience. This method is only suitable for beginners, please bypass the veteran.

1, proficient in testing theory.

Importance: the theoretical basis seems vague, but if you don't have a thorough understanding of these things and go directly to actual combat, something will happen. Therefore, for the sake of long-term development, I strongly suggest that we should thoroughly understand this part;

Learning methods and approaches: Learn and master every knowledge point through books and online course forums. For important knowledge points, it is suggested to think with life experience, because we may not have exam experience, but we have lived for so many years, and every important knowledge point may be related to a certain scene or an event in life. Combine these life scenes or events, make a popular understanding, try to express it in industry terms, and appreciate it repeatedly after several rounds. Here, it is suggested to output your own knowledge system with brain map.

Understand the basics of testing: What is testing (test definition)? Why test it? What to test (test object) and how to test (design method in test stage, test cases, etc. )? wait for

2. Choose a business direction and practice in actual combat.

With this theoretical foundation, we can use theory to guide practice, choose a small program in the business field we are interested in or familiar with, and experience the fun of using it. If you can find the relevant business needs, it is best. If we can't find the business requirements, we can read the user manual and help documents as the requirements description. Organize a test plan, design test cases, find software defects, submit software defects with excel or word documents, or download an open source defect management tool (such as Zen) to manage defects.

After practicing several small projects, it can be said that you are fully qualified to be a junior tester of functional testing.

3. Give yourself some special effects that will glow-

After completing the above two steps, congratulations, you can start looking for a job, but it is still useful material. Next, we will add special effects to make you stand out in the same level and never be afraid of being asked by the interviewer again.

1)Mysql special effects: the definition of the database, the operation of adding, deleting and checking the database, this part is often written. Without this common sense, it is just like reading a gobbledygook.

2)linux special effects: 1) Install VM virtual machine 2) Some common operating commands of Linux. I won't write this part, but interviewers often ask, do you know Linux? List Linux commands. If you don't know a thing or two about this part, you will look particularly depressed.

Mastering these is enough for interview, written test and initial work. Of course, there is still a long way to go.

4, familiar with a business field

Find an industry or business field that interests you or is hot, such as internet finance, wealth management, e-banking, etc.

Through various channels, such as:

1) wechat search: after so many years of expansion, wechat public platform has precipitated a large number of articles, excluding fine dry goods and some cutting-edge information. Moreover, if you find a good article and pay attention to the official account of WeChat, you can follow the trend and produce a lot of fine content.

2) Zhihu search

On the one hand, there are many real practitioners here, and the answers are emotional, rational and trustworthy. On the other hand, different answers are interpreted from different angles, which gives us a full understanding of the new field. If you can establish contact with a practitioner, it will be more perfect.

3) Books: Needless to say, the information on the Internet is still too fragmented. After all, reading is the best way to learn about a field all year round.

4) Online courses: There are various online courses now, and the cost performance is quite high. It is actually worthwhile to spend some money, omit search and get rid of labor. It is worthwhile to sort out and summarize what you have learned and turn information into knowledge.

Through 3&; The fourth step, you will also be a person with status and status in the testing industry. You know technology and business, and it's a matter of minutes and seconds to find a job.

Find a shortcut to restart software testing.

There are shortcuts to getting started. Of course, the fastest shortcut is absolutely awesome. You don't need to find information yourself, and you don't need to download software all over the street. The teacher will teach you by hand. The shortcut is to sign up for a lesbian to teach you the test.