# How to build a testing function from scratch

**URL:** <https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-to-build-a-testing-function-from-scratch/78423>\
**Category:** Discussions\
**Tags:** new-team, starting, processes\
**Created:** [17 August 2024 18:10 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-to-build-a-testing-function-from-scratch/78423 "2024-08-17T18:10:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![rosie](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/rosie/32/7719_2.png) [@rosie](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/rosie)\
**Post date:** [17 August 2024 18:10 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-to-build-a-testing-function-from-scratch/78423/1 "2024-08-17T18:10:59Z")

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On LinkedIn @melissafisher [asked](https://www.linkedin.com/posts/melissajanefisher_softwaretesting-activity-7230545624616620033-i6Im?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop):

> A testing friend of mine reached out asking about any advice/words of wisdom on how to build a testing function from scratch. What would your advice / words of wisdom be? I will refer my friend to this post when I catch up with them next week, along with a few thoughts like I absolutely know they can do this 😄 thank you!

It’s a great topic and question and thought it would be valuable to discuss here too.

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**Author:** ![timmacp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@timmacp](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/timmacp)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2024 14:44 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-to-build-a-testing-function-from-scratch/78423/2 "2024-08-19T14:44:05Z")

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Is this about unit testing or integration testing or something else ? interesting topic either way

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**Author:** ![melissafisher](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/melissafisher/32/8020_2.png) [@melissafisher](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/melissafisher)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2024 20:11 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-to-build-a-testing-function-from-scratch/78423/3 "2024-08-19T20:11:40Z")

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all of it. unit/integration/end to end 🙂

I wrote some thoughts on my blog: [Build a QE/Test function from scratch | by Melissa Fisher | Aug, 2024 | Medium](https://fishouthebox.medium.com/build-a-qe-test-function-from-scratch-12c650b8649a)

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**Author:** ![timmacp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@timmacp](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/timmacp)\
**Post date:** [19 August 2024 21:00 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-to-build-a-testing-function-from-scratch/78423/4 "2024-08-19T21:00:15Z")

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Maybe you could mention 1 or 2 of your key points from that link here, and hopefully someone knowledgeable can comment

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**Author:** ![cakehurstryan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/cakehurstryan/32/12934_2.png) [@cakehurstryan](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/cakehurstryan)\
**Post date:** [20 August 2024 09:37 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/how-to-build-a-testing-function-from-scratch/78423/5 "2024-08-20T09:37:46Z")

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Not me having YET ANOTHER blog post to help out on this topic 😂

> **[Setting up Testing at an Engineering Org](https://cakehurstryan.com/2024/07/16/setting-up-testing-at-an-engineering-org/)**
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> Engineering organizations face unique challenges when setting up testing due to their dynamic and technical nature. In this post I discuss some of the challenges I’ve seen and propose some of…

My words of wisdom are to LISTEN initially to see where people are and their pain points around quality. Make people feel heard and show them that testing is here to support them (not tell them off).