QA Automation

1. Product, Company, Team
— Designing a new product
— Minimum Viable Product (MVP) and its purpose
— MVP Development
— Client Base Application: Version 1
— Requirements for Client Base: Version 1

2. First Days at the Company
— First workday: What is expected of a new colleague
— Daily standup meetings
— Onboarding process
— How to secure an internship

3. Tester Tools
— Bug tracking: Jira
— Test management: TestRail
— Documentation: Confluence
— Video conferencing: Zoom
— Company chat: Slack
— Screen recording: Loom
— Screenshot tools
— File sharing: Dropbox, Google Drive, Box
— Browser tools: Chrome Developer Tools
— API testing and documentation: Postman
— Databases: MongoDB, SQL
— Containerization: Docker
— Cloud services: AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure
— Code repositories: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket
— Code editors: Webstorm, VS Code
— Terminal usage: Command Line Interface (CLI)

4. Testing Theory
— What is testing?
— Testing goals – Parts 1 & 2
— Testing vs. debugging
— Quality Assurance & Quality Control
— Verification & Validation
— Tester psychology
— Seven principles of testing
— Testing lifecycle

5. Software Development Cycles and Models
— Understanding the software development cycle
— Waterfall Model
— V-Model
— Agile Model
— Contextual influence on development cycles

6. Testing Levels
— Unit testing
— Integration testing
— System testing
— Acceptance testing
— Alpha and beta testing

7. Requirements and Test Cases Basics
— What are requirements?
— Drafting requirements
— Test case structure and best practices

8. Creating Test Cases
— Test cases for login forms
— Requirements for registration forms
— Test design techniques
— Test cases for registration forms

9. Defects and Bug Reports
— What are bugs and defects?
— Bug report structure
— Defect lifecycle
— Writing bug reports in Jira

10. Teamwork Principles
— Scrum methodology
— Development team roles

11. CI/CD Methodology
— Understanding CI/CD
— Continuous Integration (CI)
— Continuous Delivery (CD) and testing

12. API Testing
— Web applications and HTTP request basics
— HTTP statuses and headers
— Developer tools (Chrome Developer Tools)

13. Testing Types and Documentation
— Key types of testing
— Comprehensive testing categories
— Testing artifacts and documentation

14. Accessibility Testing
— What is accessibility testing?
— WCAG requirements
— Accessibility testing tools

15. Interviews and Employment
— Hiring processes in companies
— Interview structure and participants
— Receiving a job offer
— Background check process

16. Interview Preparation Questions
— General questions
— Project and company-related questions
— SDLC/STLC questions
— Scrum-related questions
— QA, QC, and testing principles questions
— Testing types and levels questions
— Test case and test design questions
— Defect-related questions
— HTTP protocol questions
— REST API testing questions
— Testing documentation questions

Additional Lectures
Git and GitHub Basics

— Functions
— Variables
— Logical operators. Branching. Comparison
— Strings
— Objects
— Arrays
— Cycles
— Using cycles with numbers
— Using cycles with strings
— Using cycles with arrays
— Using cycles with objects
— Cycle within a cycle
— Mathematical operations
— Recursion

Each topic is reinforced with tasks

— Client, Server, and Database Fundamentals
— Tables and Data Relationships
— Primary and Foreign Keys
— Connecting to a Database
— Remote vs. Local Database Connection
— Using Free Online MySQL Databases
— Connecting with DataGrip
— Database Operations:
— Creating tables with Primary and Foreign Keys
— Inserting rows
— Generating Diagram Structures
— SQL Queries:
— SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY
— Introduction to JOIN
— LEFT JOIN
— LEFT JOIN across multiple tables
— RIGHT JOIN

— Web UI test automation theory
— DevTools tricks
— Selectors theory
— Selectors practice
— WebdriverIO project setup
— Page Object Model (POM)
— First Web UI tests with Webdriver
— IOWeb UI tests practice with Webdriver
— IOMocha hooks and custom commands in Webdriver
— IOCross-browser testing and headless mode
— Integrating WebdriverIO tests with CI/CDCucumber with WebdriverIORunning tests with Selenium Standalone
— Running tests with SelenoidCypress project setup & overview
— Web UI testing interview practice

— Test automation theory
Selectors:
— CSS Selectors (Theory and Practice)
— XPATH Selectors (Theory and Practice)
— Project Setup with Playwright
— First UI Tests (Authentication)
— UI Tests Practice (User Profile)
— Mocha Hooks
— Using Environment Variables
— Page Object Model (POM):
— Page Elements
— Sign-In via API
— Mock Testing with Playwright
— Generating Playwright Reports
— Interview Preparation for Playwright

— Test Automation Theory
Linux Basics:
— Theory and Practice
— Working with SSH Keys
— Test Project Setup
— Syntax for Common Test Runners
Creating API Tests:
— First Tests
— HTTP Client Syntax
— Environment Variables
— Test Runner (Mocha) Hooks
— Wrappers for API Tests
Practice:
— Setting Up a Mock Server
CI/CD Integration:
— Theory
— GitHub Actions
— API Testing Interview Preparation

INTRO
— TCP/IP, HTTP protocol
— What is API
— Different types of APIs: REST, SOAP, GRAPHQL, etc
— What is GRAPHQL
A LITTLE BIT OF THEORY
— CRUD
— DevTools
— How It looks in REST and in GRAPHQL
SSH KEYS
— Let's generate the SSH key
LET'S SETUP OUR PROJECT "THE BOOK OF COMMENTS 1.0.0"
A LITTLE BIT OF THEORY. TEST SCENARIOUS
APOLLO STUDIO. CREATE YOUR PROJECT. GITHUB PRACTICE
— Apollo studio
— Create a new Node.js project
— What is npm?
— Scripts (shortcuts) in npm project, their purpose
— What's the difference between package.json and package-lock.json?
WORKING WITH YOUR PROJECT. GITHUB PRACTICE
— The project structure
— GitHub practice: commonly used commands
"THE BOOK OF COMMENTS 2.0. 0". THE FIRST TEST
— Connect to DB (MongoDB app)
— Create the first specs: createUser, userGetAll
— Positive scenario
PRACTICE. RESPONSE STRUCTURE. ACYNC/AWAIT
— Response structure
— userGetById, updateUser, deleteUser
— async/await
PRACTICE. LET'S UPDATE THE PROJECT. ERRORS
— Let's rewrite our tests. Import, export
— Errors. Negative scenario
PRACTICE. HOOKS. FAKER. NEGATIVE SCENARIO
— Hooks: beforeAll, afterAll, beforeEach, afterEach
— Faker
— Errors. Negative scenario
PRACTICE. PR -> PR REVIEW -> MERGE. FAQ
— PR -> PR review -> Merge. Workflow
— FAQ
PRACTICE. WORKING WITH GIT. RESOLVING THE CONFLICTS
— Working with Git. Resolving the conflicts.
— CRUD Comment.
POSTMAN. AUTHENTICATION, AUTHORISATION
— Creating a collection.
— process.env
— Cookies, Token etc
PRACTICE.
WRAPPING UP. FINAL LESSON
— Interview question

— SQL, Relational Database (RDBMS), Types of DBs, Tables, Columns/Fields, Rows/Records, Primary Key, Foreign Key, Referential Integrity
— SQL Workbench, SQL Syntax, Basic Query, aliases
— Operators (and, or, in, between, like), Where clause, Order by, Top/Limit/Rownum
— SQL=DDL+DML+DQL (select, update, delete, insert, create, drop)
— Create a table from a query.
— Types of Joins: Inner, Left, Right, Full
— Group By and Aggregate Functions (min, max, count, avg, sum), Having Clause, Exists
— Union, Subquery
— Self Join, Information_Schema
— Date/String/Numeric Functions
— Case Statement, Regular Expressions, Advanced Functions
— Data cleansing, working with nulls and dups, distinct records
— SQL Interview Question
— SQL books, SQL tutorials, interactive SQL examples, sample databases
— Practice creating databases and writing queries

Developer Tools:
— Introduction to DevTools
— Network Tab Overview
— Network Waterfall Analysis
— WebStorm Setup:

— Installing and Configuring WebStorm
— First Project: "Hello World"

HTML Basics:
— Main Tags: <!DOCTYPE>, <html>, <head>, <body>
— Structural Tags: <h1>, <h2>, <h3>, <p>
— WebStorm Shortcuts for Efficiency
— Formatting Tags: <strong>, <b>, <i>, <s>, <u>
— Layout Tags: <div>, <span>

Working with Links and Images:
— Adding Links with <a>
— Embedding Images from Remote Sources
— Embedding Images from Local Sources

Tables in HTML:
— Creating and Structuring Tables
— CSS Basics:

— Connecting CSS to HTML
— Basic CSS Styling Example
— Using IDs and Classes for Styling
— CSS Selectors Overview
— Common CSS Properties

Regular Sessions with English-speaking Recruiters:
— Practice behavioral and technical interview scenarios
— Conduct mock interviews with detailed feedback
— Improve self-presentation techniques
Mock Interview Sessions:
— Real-world simulation with technical and HR questions

— Submit your resume for review and receive constructive feedback on improvements

LinkedIn Profile Creation and Optimization:
— Guidance on building a professional LinkedIn profile
— Strategies for networking and gaining recruiter attention

Recruiter Interaction Training:
— How to communicate effectively with recruiters
— Best practices for handling background and reference checks

Interview Preparation:
— Understanding the stages of interviews (screening, technical, behavioral)
— Strategies for answering tough questions

Job Offer and Next Steps:
— How to evaluate and negotiate an offer
— Insights into the "Background Check" and "Reference Check" process

This module is designed to provide hands-on experience and practical knowledge for job applications, from building resumes to acing technical interviews and negotiating offers effectively.