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    Stop Coding
    Stop Coding
    Stop Coding
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    Stop Coding

    By Ajamo Adams

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    The world is changing, A few short years ago a manual tester would run tests against software to check that the requirements had been satisfied. Fast forward to today and businesses want fast test execution, Continuous Integration with little to no human intervention.

    Stop Coding is a step-by-step guide into the new way of automated testing, using ground-breaking tools like Katalon Studio, a tool that allows you to test automate without coding.

    Easy-to-follow, eye-opening and comprehensive, Stop Coding will let you in on the processes and frameworks you should master, useful tips to make you the most eligible candidate in a job interview and all the little details that will lead you to the automation testing job.

    Get first-hand experience from Ajamo Adams who entered the automation arena by curbing the coding challenge and delve into the mysteries of pro standard testing WITHOUT coding!

    With free katalon studio training courses, intеrviеw рrераrаtiоnѕ and аdviсе, including information on what уоu should and ѕhоuldn‘t do in the interview process. Rеѕоurсеѕ on working in an agile environment, real intеrviеw ԛuеѕtiоnѕ with answers and everything else needed to get that automation testing job.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAjamo Adams
    Release dateMar 5, 2018
    ISBN9781540132727
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      Stop Coding - Ajamo Adams

      INTRODUCTION

      You may be new to this, but I just want you to know I understand. I understand how challenging it can be looking into a career in software testing and test automation. My hopes are for my experiences to help guide you in what you do.

      My journey started over ten years ago. Working on a service desk in IT marked the start of my career. It involved answering calls and directly connecting with the customer. Over the years, I have taken up a lot of roles in the industry, everything from telephone communications to operating Citrix systems to data backup services.

      After taking up several roles in the industry for up to seven years, I still wasn’t familiar with coding. My interests have always tilted towards the building of applications and websites, so  I began to learn HTML coding. Although this was really basic, when I began to build several websites for family and friends, I loved it. 

      However with the demand coming in, there was much more needed to support all these websites. Hence, I moved over to dream weaver. This was a life saver; indeed a perfect choice. Everything was kept in one place and it was very easy to manage.

      Everything was just fine until template website building sites started popping up. When they did, I took the time to tell all my customers (family and friends) to use them because maintenance and adding content was so easy.

      With that experience, I knew the one thing I always enjoyed was checking my websites for bugs before I release them. I loved the idea of having to think like the end user and interact with the site from a different perspective. I knew at that time this was something I would enjoy as a career.

      At that time, I was an administrator for a backup system. In order to get the knowledge I needed, I began conversing with test professionals in some of the most prominent software testing communities, getting their advice on what to do.

      They all said the same thing -start with manual testing, that way you’ll understand how things work. This was solid advice, but I still had a little confusion on where to start from. I didn’t stop there. I decided to search the internet and see what would come up. The results confused me even more because there’s no clear path with software testing. Now, what do I mean by the term no clear path?

      Usually, an average student gets a degree in computer science, comes out of the university and gets a job. Or, someone gets out of college and gets a job as a helpdesk operator and keeps pushing her/his way up to management. However, when it comes to software testing, there is no clear path.

      So here are the key questions: Where do you start? How do you start? What are the necessary things you need to learn to provide you the needed knowledge and edge in the industry? Those were the kind of questions that kept crossing my mind for a long time until I found the   International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) qualification. This is the qualification that gives you the basic knowledge needed for doing software testing. I spoke to some of the competent software testers I know, but they were not quite familiar with it. However, we could agree on one thing: to go for it if I was sure it would be helpful.

      That was all I needed to hear. After a couple weeks of research, it was clear to me that most companies recommend at least a year of industry experience before doing this course. But with the certainty of exceling at whatever I put my mind to, my search for courses online  which could be helpful began. There were many good ones, but I ended up sticking with one on a website called www.guru99.com. There are possibly a lot more courses now, but back then, guru99 was perfect.

      The first thing to do was to sign up to their newsletter and software testing course. It was a thirty-day course. For every single day, they will send course work that you need to get through.

      Thirty days and I would be a certified software tester I had thought to myself. However, that wasn’t exactly the case. There was more to it.

      As I started to go through the course material I noticed it was extensive and the learning curve was much bigger than I anticipated. There were a few different types of testing like Integration testing, Functional testing, Systems testing, Stress testing, Performance testing etc. and the list went on and on.

      At that time I thought there was no way I was going to learn all of it in thirty days, so I took my time and studied. Five months had passed before I felt comfortable with the processes.

      To think of it, my time scale was a bit optimistic. Maybe if it were the industry in which I worked, it would be less. But coming in totally new, it was indeed a challenge.

      Within the time spent understanding software testing I also began doing past exam questions for the ISTQB examination. Using mobile Apps like TestCompetence ISTQB and ISTQB Sample Papers really assisted this process.

      All of these resources including others which can be found on the stop coding website were tremendously helpful in my studies at the time.

      Just after the five month mark, after coming to the realization that I might just be ready for it, I went on to book the exam while preparing hard.  Peace within and relaxation defined my mood all day, until I arrived at the exam centre.  On stepping into the classroom, my heart was beating so fast I could almost hear it.

      We are prepared for this I whispered to myself under my breath. The real problem was realizing the fact that all my hard work and preparations all through the five months have come down to this one moment; the determining moment. After a few deep breaths, I took a seat and started. Although the questions’ structure wasn’t the same as my exam practice questions, it was the same general concept. Taking my time, I carefully went through each one of them, submitted my answer booklet and walked out of the examination hall. 

      The examination supervisor had my results immediately after and to my absolute joy, I passed.

      The relief was incredible. It felt like I’ve just won a marathon, it took five months of so much dedication and sacrifice to get this. It involved coming home from work and studying for three hours a night and even more hours on the weekend, but it was worth it!

      I sat on a bench outside the examination room letting it sink in before I made my way home. I believe the reason I was so nervous and anxious was because usually every professional move I had ever made (within my IT career) came in the form of a training course from my employer on something I know or something I was working on. This was the first time I really made a personal move for my professional development. For the first time, I had funded and studied something very different from what I do on a daily basis. This made me keep asking myself, Are you sure you can do this with no experience?

      After officially being certified a software tester, I thought to myself, What is the next step?

      After a thorough online research, it seemed everyone was talking about a new way to test. They called it automation.

      At that time, I had no idea what this automation was and more importantly, I wondered if the last five months were merely wasted ones. I knew that I needed to do

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