Manual QA + Automation + Internship Course

Description

Manual QA + Automation Internship Course.

Course begins February, 2025

Course lasts XV Weeks

This course contains the following sections:

• Manual QA
• JAVA Basics for Automation
• Automation Framework Setup
• Writing Auto Tests
• Internship at a SaaS Company
• Career Mentoring

PREREQUISITE: English B1 (Intermediate). Classes will be held in English.

Next cohort start date: February, 2025

Tentative Schedule: MON – FRI 5pm – 8pm Mountain Standard Time (MST) (Denver, CO).

• Course Schedule:
  • I week:  
    • Mon (2 h): Asxat 
      • Group Intro; Class Intro; Intentions; Course Requirements; Company Intro; 
    • Tue (2 h): Asxat
      • CPB Setup; Shopify Hosting Infrastructure; Tools / Apps Used in a SaaS; Jira / Youtrack / Zendesk / Shopify / Google Cloud Platform; Gitlab
    • Wed (2 h): Asxat
      • Workflow; Team Roles; SDLC; Documentation; User Guides; Wikis; Changelog; Terminal; Git
    • Thur (2 h): Vlad 
      • Internship Onboarding;
    • Fri:
      • Internship + Homework
  • II week: 
    • Mon (3 h): Eugene
      • ABC of testing. 
      • QA VS Testing. 
      • What is a bug? 
      • Triaging. 
      • Jira
    • Tue (3 h): Eugene
      • Lifetime of a bug. 
      • Types of testing. Testing tours 
      • White/Gray/Black box testing.
    • Wed (3 h): Eugene
      • Advanced testing techniques. 
      • Dev tools. 
      • Cookies.
    • Thur (2 h): Natalia S
      • Tester Job Essentials. 
      • Career Planning.
    • Fri: 
      • Internship + Homework
  • III week:
    • Mon ( 2 h)
      
      • UX/UI Introduction. Concepts. Basics. Simple Figma Layout Desktop
    • Tue ( 2 h)
      
      • UX/UI Introduction II. Concepts. Basics. Simple Figma Layout Mobile
    • Wed ( 3 h): Artur
      • Version Control/Git: Understanding the basics of version control using Git, a system for tracking changes in source code during software development. Workshop.
    • Thur ( 3 h): Artur
      • Web Hosting and Deployment: Learning how to publish a website on the internet. Gitlab > Linux Server via terminal.
    • Fri:
      • Internship + Homework
  • IV week:  
    • Mon (2 h): Eugene
      • Homework Session
    • Tue (2 h): Eugene
      • Homework Session
    • Wed (3 h):  Artur:
      • HTML / CSS I: Desktop Development. Xpath. Selectors. Id Injections. Relative path. Absolute Path.  
    • Thu (3 h):  Artur:
      • HTML / CSS II :  Mobile.
    • Fri: 
      • Internship + Homework
      • No code tool. Flutterflow Overview. Self Study.

   

  • V week: 
    • Mon (3 h): Artur
      • JavaScript I: Learning the basics of JavaScript, a programming language that makes web pages interactive.
    • Tue (3 h): Artur 
      • JavaScript II: Learning the basics of JavaScript, a programming language that makes web pages interactive.
    • Wed (3 h): Natalia V
      • Portfolio Page Cross testing. Filing bugs in Jira.
    • Thur 3 h:  Natalia V
      • SQL1: Basics. CRUD. 
      • E2E:FrontEnd(WordPress) and BackEnd(SQL) testing approach
    • Fri: 
      • Internship + Homework
  • VI week:
    • Mon (3 h): Natalia V
      • SQL2: Joins / NoSQL databases
    • Tue (2 h): Natalia V
      • Postman. One big lecture. CRUD. API testing. Swagger. Gray box testing. Tests in postman
    • Wed (2 h): Natalia V
      • JMeter. Basics of performance testing.
    • Thu (2h): Natalia V
      • Charles Proxy. Android studio. Browserstack. Testflight. Advanced mobile testing techniques 
    • Fri:
      • Internship + Homework
  • VII week: 
    • Mon (3h): Natalia V
      • Homework session
    • Tue (3h):  Eugene
      • Introduction to Web Automation and Java. Selenium Webdriver
    • Wed (2.5h): Eugene
      • First tests: Different Locators, Assertions
    • Thu: Natalia S
      • Resume + Career
    • Fri:
      • Internship + Homework
  • VIII week:  
    • Mon:  Eugene
      • Intermediate tests: Alerts. Modals, pop-up, Annotations (2/2)
    • Tue (2 h): Natalia S
      • Career Planning in IT 
    • Wed (3 h): Eugene 
      • Advanced tests: DOM. Different types of auth, Data provider. Dynamic content.
    • Thu (2 h): Eugene
      • Shopify/CPB test cases(Manual>Automation). Homework. Java. iFrame
    • Fri:
      • Internship + Homework
  • IX week:  
    • Mon (2 h): Eugene
      • Shopify/CPB test cases(Manual>Automation). Homework recap lecture. Java. DRY > (reusable methods and classes)
  • Tue (3 h): Eugene
    • Shopify/CPB test cases(Manual>Automation) Java. SDLC. Agile. Kanban. Helpful tools: Chat GPT, SelectorHUB, SelectorGadget
  • Wed (2 h): Eugene
    • Shopify/CPB test cases. Homework review. Q/A session.
  • Thur (2 h): Natalia S
    • Career Planning in IT 
  • Fri:
    • Internship + Homework
  • X Week:
    • Mon (2h): Eugene
      • Setting up a testing framework I
    • Tue (3h): Natalia S
      • Career Planning in IT
      • Mock Interviews
    • Wed (3h):  Eugene
      • Setting up a testing framework II
    • Thu (2h): Eugene
      • Setting up a testing framework III
    • Fri:
      • Internship + Homework
  • XI Week:
    • Mon (2h): Eugene
      • Alternative Frameworks: Cucumber / Cypress
    • Tue (3h): Asxat
      • Cybersecurity Basics
    • Wed (3h):  Asxat
      • Emerging Technologies & AI
    • Thu (2h):  
      • Career thoughts from CEO perspective
    • Fri:
      • Internship + Homework
  • XII Week:
    
    • Mon – Thur (2h): Natalia S 
      • Career Planning in IT
      • Mock Interviews
  • XIII Week:
    
    • Mon – Thur (2h): Natalia S / Anastasia
      • Career Planning in IT
      • Mock Interviews
      • Job Hunting with Anastasia States
  • XIV Week: Individual Work
    • Wed (3h):  Eugene
      • Revision of Automation Framework. Homework review
  • XV Week: Individual Work
    • Wed (3h):  Eugene
      • Revision of Automation Framework. Homework review

Automation Part Highlights:

• QA Automation course
• Main ideas: What/ When and how to automate. Test pyramid. Ideas and conceptions.
• Introduction of Java for Quality Assurance engineers. Selenium with Java.
• Selenium – Interface which defines set of methods / Webdriver – API.
• The Must: How to find an element: Locators. Ids / CSS Selectors / XPath etc
• What we can do with elements: Actions with elements / Javascript actions. (different examples)
• First tests: tests for the most common functionality. (Login/ Menus/ Buttons etc)
• Advance test structure: Annotations / Assertions
• Tools for Automation testing: JUnit/ TestNG/ Maven
• Putting it all together: SELENIUM FRAMEWORK architecture/ component/ reporting mechanism /CI/CD
• How to pass Automation interview.

Full Program Highlights:

• As a part of the program you will be going through an internship at our SaaS company
• Get support from real QA engineers working in the US
• Participate in weekly group calls where you can ask any questions (there are no stupid questions!)
• Meet your future colleagues and support each other along the journey in the chat
• Complete homework and practice tasks that will help to get the most out of the course
• IT Overview: tools, infrastructure, team structure
• Get access to YouTrack and Zendesk
• Start working on real QA tasks and tickets
• Prepare interview answers for the most popular company and product related question
• Career prep: Build your first resume
• Prepare interview answers for the most popular technical questions
• Prepare interview answers for the most popular behavioral questions
• API & SQL master classes
• Get familiar with release process
• Career prep: Round of mock interviews
• Start applying for jobs
• Get real time support during application process

+ Get Professional Career Mentorship to make sure your resume and interview skills stand out from the crowd. Your mentor will: