A Full Stack Quality Engineers (a.k.a. Testers) is the opposite of a traditional black box tester. In contrary, a Full Stack Tester, creates business value by giving fast feedback loops on all layers of a technical process. Full Stack Testers can provide the information about the software quality faster by automating the testing activities of each layer. They are adaptive, collaborative, responsive and culturally fit in as an agile team member.
Full Stack QEs are professionals, or “nerds”, with knowledge of operating systems, databases, web servers, server side codes, browsers and client side code. These skills and flexibility allow the tester to deliver quickly and efficient.
Full Stack Testers also go deeper and specialize in automated testing with usage of different tools e.g. Tosca, Selenium, more examples. Therefore, a base knowledge in programming languages like Java is very normal within this chapter.
Their focus is on building quality in the software rather. They gave priority to Defect Prevention over Defect detection.
How to become a Full Stack Tester:
- Continuous Learning – Reading, Conferences, Sharing
- Continuous Practicing – Practice new techniques
- Continuous improvement – retrospect your practices, process being followed at set intervals and Seek for better solutions.
REMEMBER: Being technical is not enough. Understanding the need for Continuous Delivery, Continuous Integration, Continuous Testing, Its about using the right skills at right time. Technical skills can be gained easily, but change in mindset and ownership are the difficult things to adopt.
In upcoming posts, we will learn in detail about – Skills required for Full Stack Quality Engineer and How to become a Full Stack Quality Engineer.
References:
https://www.valori.nl
https://www.slideshare.net/kmstechnology/
https://www.slideshare.net/NalinGoonawardana/