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QA and software testers, what exactly are they? What does it matter? it's really stupid.

QA, whose full name is QualityAssurance, is quality assurance, which focuses on the measurement and inspection of quality, as well as improving the process to improve the quality of software, and in turn to guide the release of software.

QA testers, who also have some testing activities, but the focus has gradually shifted to process review and product audit:

Pay attention to the process and steps of software development activities

Product lifecycle management and verification that the software meets defined quality standards and user agreements

It is not to analyze the software to find the problem, but to verify whether the software can work under a given set of conditions.

From the above, QA should be more inclined to the duties of service and supervision.

And software testers, also known as bug division. Mainly from the technology to test the quality of software, in fact, is to find out the BUG. The testing methods are not only manual testing, but also more difficult automated testing, such as using TestWriter to test web and mobile phone, observing and analyzing data to understand the quality of test products. Use selenium to test system functions, browser compatibility, and so on. At the same time, through the analysis of test results, according to customer requirements, improve the test. As a software engineer, what you do is:

Make test plan, design test data and test cases according to software design requirements

Execute test cases effectively and submit test reports

Accurately locate and track the problem and promote the problem to be solved in a timely and reasonable manner

Complete the integration testing and system testing of the product, and test the software function, performance and other aspects of the product.

In fact, for most companies, the position is not strict, many people may be multi-versatile. In this era of rapid change of information, it is good to know more about other positions.

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