Chapter 9Programming 101

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Not everyone getting into automated testing is going to be an expert computer programmer. But the good news is you don’t have to be. In this chapter you’ll get a crash course on programming and on the thought patterns programmers use daily to write great code.

Testers, you are going to be writing a lot of automated tests in code. This will be a good chapter for you to learn some of the basics around programming structure and to think about code.

Developers, there shouldn’t be any surprises in this chapter for you, other than that occasionally reflecting on our craft can be good for helping us explain what it is we do ...

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