Introduction to Software Testing Duration: 3 Month
- What is Software Testing?
- Importance and Benefits of Testing
- Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
- Types of Testing: Manual vs Automated
- Levels of Testing: Unit, Integration, System, Acceptance
- Testing Roles & Responsibilities
- Test Artifacts: Test Plan, Test Case, Test Script, Bug Report
Manual Testing Fundamentals
- Requirement Analysis and Test Planning
- Writing Test Scenarios & Test Cases
- Test Execution & Defect Life Cycle
- Bug Tracking Tools: JIRA / Bugzilla
- Exploratory Testing
- Smoke, Sanity, Regression, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Hands-on Practice: Test Case Creation & Defect Reporting
Basics of Automation Testing
- What is Automation Testing?
- Benefits vs Limitations of Automation
- Automation Testing Life Cycle
- Manual vs Automation Testing Comparison
- Overview of Automation Tools (Selenium, QTP/UFT, Cypress, TestNG)
Selenium WebDriver (Automation Tool)
- Introduction to Selenium & WebDriver
- Selenium Architecture
- Setting up Selenium with Java/Python
- Locators: ID, Name, ClassName, XPath, CSS Selector
- Handling Web Elements: Buttons, Checkboxes, Drop-downs
- Actions: Click, Type, Mouse Hover, Drag & Drop
- Synchronization: Implicit & Explicit Waits
- Handling Alerts, Frames, Windows
- Hands-on: Automate a Web Application
Test Automation Frameworks
- What is a Test Automation Framework?
- Types of Frameworks: Linear / Scripted
- Modular
- Data-Driven
- Keyword-Driven
- Hybrid Framework
- Behavior Driven Development (BDD) – Cucumber
- Designing a Robust Automation Framework
- Integrating Selenium with TestNG / JUnit
- Parameterization & Data-Driven Testing
API Testing & Automation
- What is API Testing?
- REST vs SOAP Web Services
- HTTP Methods: GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
- Status Codes & Response Validation
- Tools for API Testing: Postman, Rest-Assured
- Automating API Tests using Postman & Rest-Assured
- Hands-on: API Automation Project
Continuous Integration (CI) & DevOps in Testing
- Introduction to CI/CD & DevOps
- Importance of CI in Automation
- Jenkins Overview: Installing & Configuring
- Integrating Selenium/Automation Scripts with Jenkins
- Running Scheduled Test Jobs
- Generating Test Reports & Notifications
Performance Testing Basics
- Introduction to Performance Testing
- Load, Stress, Spike, and Endurance Testing
- Tools Overview: JMeter / LoadRunner
- Creating a Test Plan in JMeter
- Analyzing Performance Test Results
Advanced Automation Topics
- Page Object Model (POM) Design Pattern
- Handling Dynamic Web Elements
- Cross-Browser Testing with Selenium Grid
- Automation of File Upload/Download, Screenshots
- Logging & Reporting with Extent Reports / Allure
Cloud & Mobile Testing (Optional Advanced)
- Introduction to Mobile App Testing
- Appium Overview & Setup
- Automating Android/iOS Apps
- Cross-Device Testing & Cloud Platforms (BrowserStack / Sauce Labs)
Mini Projects:
- Automate Login & Registration Forms
- Automate E-Commerce Shopping Cart Flow
- API Testing Automation for a Sample App
Capstone Projects:
- End-to-End Automation Framework (Selenium + TestNG + Maven + Jenkins)
- Automated Regression Suite for Web Application
- CI/CD Pipeline with Automated Test Execution
Career Preparation & Certifications
- Resume Building for QA/Automation Roles
- Preparing for Interviews (Manual + Automation + API + CI/CD)
- Popular Automation Testing Certifications: ISTQB Foundation Level
- Certified Selenium Professional
- Certified Test Automation Engineer
- Postman / API Testing Certification
Learning Outcomes After completing this course, learners will be able to:
- Understand SDLC & STLC and perform manual testing efficiently
- Write detailed test cases and report defects
- Automate web and API tests using Selenium & Postman
- Design and implement automation frameworks
- Integrate automation with CI/CD pipelines
- Be job-ready for QA Analyst / Automation Tester / SDET roles
