An important part of IT firms with the utmost significance is ‘Software Testing’. To conduce the following, let me start by putting forth a simple statement,’ Software Testing is like an abstract bridge between the consumer and the service provider’. ‘How? ‘, you may ask. Software testing is basically an informative and investigative study of the software product along with finding bugs or any other shortcomings that might not be in the consumer’s favor.
Hence it checks the authenticity of the software and provides feedback to make it more reliable. I called it the ‘abstract bridge’, Why? Because consumers asking for the software may not have proper knowledge initially to check it’s reliability and that’s where software testing comes into play. The needs prescribed by the customers should be met and that sums the main agenda of software testing.
Need for Software Testing |Confluence with Pandemic 2020
Now going through the content above we all may have realized one thing by now. Innovation and Testing go hand in hand. A perfect software model cannot be achieved without testing it first. Do you directly go to an interview without testing your skills? Do you directly take exams without testing your ability? Do you directly buy software without knowing it’s shortcomings? The answer to all these questions is a straight NO.
Our era, especially this time, the COVID affected world, is completely dominated by science, innovation, and technologies. Interaction with one other is only feasible by electronic gadgets because social meets have to be limited. Digital is slowly becoming the new normal and wherever there is digital, there is the software behind it.
It is not surprising that the IT industry is the least hit industry by the pandemic. Technologies and knowledge are all that the employees need to continue their work. Henceforth all the upcoming technologies will be nurtured and provided digitally and a huge wave of Software Testing inflow will be needed.
Scope Of Software Testing In India| Liabilities, and Advantages
India is a brewing hub of many IT industries and the future is a coral of technologies, predicted way back. It companies are always in the search of a good Software Tester. Software Tester must have in-depth knowledge about all the aspects of programming so that trying and testing for finding bugs is feasible.
Software Testers have to keep in mind the customer’s demand and encounter such situations where the requested software can provide results even if adversity is encountered.
Software Testing can be done both manually and by various tools available. All you will be needing to become an expert tester is the proficient knowledge of the tools bestowed.
The pandemic situation has actually opened a gate comprising a lot of scope in the IT field, especially Software development and testing. For limiting the actual meet and carrying forth the normal work many software are being developed. These Softwares are then tried and tested to get the needful outcome.
An up-to-date system(PC, Laptop) and some high-end testing tools are required by a software tester to carry on its work. Some of the tools are Selenium, HPE-UFT, Katalon Studio, Ranorex, Appium, EggPlant, etc.
Software testing doesn’t have any concurrence with software development. But a good software developer can always become a proficient software tester because of his thorough background of programming.
The job of the software tester is to find bugs and match company standards. They rigorously exploit the loopholes in the software and find the faults. These are needed to provide reliability, security, and meet the business requirements of the customers.
Now, who doesn’t want these tryouts before buying the actual product? Everyone does of course! Hence software testing is a never-fading job that will continue to grow and expand its scope in the coming years.
The job comes with its own challenges and no two projects could be the same. These things make the job of a software tester more interesting and hence is a reliable career option at any given situation.
Software Testing Companies| Demands and Duties
Many IT giants deploy software testers to test their products. Almost every IT firm has its own team of software testers to test brewing technologies.
A fresher can expect a salary in the range of 3lpa to 4lpa, however, depending on the firm and requirement these are subjected to change.
Some of the famous companies in this field are, TestMatick, TestingXperts, Sogeti, QA Mentor, Quality Logic, Fleek IT Solutions, etc.
Since all the companies have their own needs and requirements according to the customer’s profile and work, they end up imparting training to the freshers before making them work on actual projects. Hence a wide scope of learning is available and you get paid while learning too!