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Web-tester | Identification and correction of errors

A tester is a specialist who is engaged in testing software in order to identify errors in its work and their subsequent correction. However, there is a slightly different name for this profession – QA, QC Tester (or QA Manager, Engineer), which usually includes a wider range of responsibilities.

A tester is a specialist who is engaged in testing software in order to identify errors in its work and subsequently correct them. However, there is a slightly different name for this profession – QA, QC Tester (or QA Manager, Engineer), which usually includes a wider range of responsibilities. The tester tests the quality of the product after its development, while the task of the QA tester is to ensure product quality at all stages of software development, release and operation.

The tester-programmer Responsibilities

  • Control and analysis

The tester must monitor the quality of developed products, as well as identify and analyze errors and problems that users can experience while working with software products.

  • Testing

At the next stage, the tester simulates situations (develops autotests), performs a regular run and identifies problems that may arise while working with software. All this is necessary to identify errors and improve the quality of the final product.

  • Analysis

The tester analyzes the data that was obtained during the product research process, classifies the detected errors and puts them into the database.

  • Support

The tester himself does not correct the errors: his task is to find them and inform the specialists (for example, developers) who know what to do with it. The tester only regulates the process of their elimination.

  • Documenting the found defects

To conduct the test, as well as fixing its results, the tester must be able to draw up special documents, reports, correctly enter the data in the tables intended for this.

Types of testers

All testers can represent 2 major groups according to their qualifications: Manual QA Engineer and Automation QA Engineer.

Manual QA Engineer or manual tester is an engineer who focuses on software development processes, improves them, prevents defects and problems. All work processes are “manual”: he plans the testing process, writes test cases, identifies problem areas, puts the received data into the database, conducts re-tests of errors after they have been fixed by the developers. Manual QA Engineer analyzes the testing process to optimize it in the future.

Automation QA Engineer is a specialist who uses software tools to create tests and verify results. The main task of the Automation QA Engineer is to create automatic scripts that will test the program based on test cases written by manual QA Engineer. This helps reduce testing time for routine tasks and simplifies the whole process. QA tester junior possesses the skills of a programmer and tester logic at the same time: the junior tester checks the quality of the product at various stages of its development, testing and operation, and he is developing a product that will verify what programmers write.

Industries in which web-testers are in demand

The industries in which the tester will be useful are:

  • games;
  • Information Security;
  • Mobile.

Work examples


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