If you could give one piece of advice to a beginner in QA automation, what would it be

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Get the most out of asking a question.

If you could give one piece of advice to a beginner in QA automation, what would it be

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I would advise focusing on a single tool at a time.
Learn it and apply your knowledge by building a small project.

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Wow just one? :thinking:…
Make sure you understand “why” to automate, then “what” to automate, then worry about “how” to automate.

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There is nothing as 100% automation in the market.

Focus on basics of testing… without testing skill tools will be of no help.

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If I were going to give only one piece of advice, I would say, if you are stuck with a programming problem, it would be to ask chatGPT for a solution before you ask a developer for help. You will learn from the answers that chatGPT gives. chat GPT may solve your problem and if it doesn’t, you will sound more informed if you ask a developer for help.

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Learn the theory, not the tool.

What are the levels of test, when do you use them and what do they give you?

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I 'm doing same before asking to developer

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Any/all learning builds on itself.

  • If you pick an automation framework, anything you learn can be transferred to another framework.
  • Writing test cases can be the base for your automation so learn how to write good test cases and build automation based on those.
  • Learn one thing and share it. You’ll get feedback which will test your knowledge and increase your skillset.
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Automation is basically development. Nothing else.
Therefore you can use this skill also for many other things.