A Journey: QA to SDET

Slides from my talk about the transition from a manual QA to the SDET role for the London SDET meetup at The Guardian.

Transcript

1. A Journey: From QA to SDET Marc Jones Software Engineer in Test @ The Guardian
2. Why are so few manual testers making the transition to SDET? • Lack of coding skills • No clear learning or training path • Intimidated by development community • Requires time investment
3. Get started • The best way to get started is to get started! • Set short term goals and challenges • Think about your environment • Accept the time commitment
4. Get help • Google, Stack Overflow, online documentation • Talk to developers • Pair programming • Code reviews
5. Research tools • Programming languages • Editors, plugins • Version control
6. Research best practices • Refactor • Style guides, clean code • Keep builds green
7. Get team buy in • Be vocal about what you’re trying to achieve • Team ownership and collaboration • Make developers care when tests are failing
8. Summary • Get started • Get help • Research tools • Learn best practices • Get team buy in
9. Thank you!