Manual QA + Automation Crash Course.

This course contains the following sections:

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

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

Course Schedule:

September

• I week:  September
  • 23 Mon (2 h): Asxat
    • Group Intro; Class Intro; Intentions; Course Requirements; Company Intro;
  • 24 Tue (2 h): Asxat
    • CPB Setup; Shopify Hosting Infrastructure; Tools / Apps Used in a SaaS; Jira / Youtrack / Zendesk / Shopify / Google Cloud Platform; Gitlab
  • 25 Wed (2 h): Asxat
    • Workflow; Team Roles; SDLC; Documentation; User Guides; Wikis; Changelog; Terminal; Git
  • 26 Thur (2 h): Vlad
    • Apprenticeship Onboarding;
  • Fri:
    • Apprenticeship + Homework
• II week:
  • 30 Mon (3 h): Evgeny
    • ABC of testing.
    • QA VS Testing.
    • What is a bug?
    • Triaging.
    • Jira

October

• 1 Tue (3 h): Evgeny
  • Lifetime of a bug.
  • Types of testing. Testing tours
  • White/Gray/Black box testing.
• 2 Wed (1h): Vlad
  • Apprenticeship Onboarding;
• 3 Thur (3 h): Evgeny
  • Advanced testing techniques.
  • Dev tools.
  • Cookies.
• Fri :
  • Apprenticeship + Homework

• III week:
  • 7 Mon ( 2 h): Alex
    • UX/UI Introduction. Concepts. Basics. Simple Figma Layout Desktop
  • 8 Tue: ( 2 h): Alex
    • UX/UI Introduction II. Concepts. Basics. Simple Figma Layout Mobile
  • 9 Wed ( 3 h): Artur
    • HTML / CSS I: Desktop Development. Xpath. Selectors. Id Injections. Relative path. Absolute Path.
  • 10 Thur ( 3 h): Artur
    • HTML / CSS II :  Mobile.
  • Fri:
    • Apprenticeship + Homework
• IV week:
  • 14 Mon (2 h): Evgeny
    • Homework Session
  • 15 Tue (2 h): Evgeny
    • Homework Session
  • 16 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.
  • 17 Thu (3 h):  Artur
    • Web Hosting and Deployment: Learning how to publish a website on the internet. Gitlab > Linux Server via terminal.
  • Fri:
    • Apprenticeship + Homework
• V week:
  • 21 Mon (3 h): Artur
    • JavaScript I: Learning the basics of JavaScript, a programming language that makes web pages interactive.
  • 22 Tue (3 h): Artur
    • JavaScript II: Learning the basics of JavaScript, a programming language that makes web pages interactive.
  • 23 Wed:
    • Apprenticeship + Homework
  • 24 Thur:
    • Apprenticeship + Homework
  • Fri:
    • Apprenticeship + Homework
• VI week:
  • 28 Mon
    • Apprenticeship + Homework
  • 29 Tue (2 h): Natalia
    • Portfolio Page Cross testing. Filing bugs in Jira.
  • 30 Wed (2 h): Natalia
    • API intro, Swagger vs Postman
  • 31 Thu (2h): Natalia
    • Postman practice

November

• 1 Fri  (2 h): Vadim
  • DevOps Workshop

• VII week:
  • 4 Mon (2,5 h): Natalia

• Performance testing, jMeter

• 5 Tue  (2 h) Maria Kit – 5 pm mst
  • Job hunting vs jobs search and how to hunt for a job in today’s market when nobody is hiring
• 6 Wed (2 h) Natalia
  • DataBases intro. SQL basic CRUD/Simple queries
• 7 Thu (2 h) Natalia

• SQL advanced queries

• 8 Fri: (2 h) Natalia
  • SQL Joins

• • VIII week:

• 11 Mon (3 h) Natalia

• • • Cross-testing feedback
  • 12 Tue (2,5h) Natalia

• Mobile testing tools

• 13 Wed (3 h) Evgeny
  • Introduction to Web Automation and Java. Selenium Webdriver
• 14 Thu (2.5h): Evgeny
  • First tests: Different Locators, Assertions
• Fri:
  • Apprenticeship + Homework

• IX week:
  • 18 Mon: (2.5h): Evgeny
    • Intermediate tests: Alerts. Modals, pop-up, Annotations (2/2)
  • 19 Tue (3 h): Evgeny

• Advanced tests: DOM. Different types of auth, Data provider. Dynamic content.

• 20 Wed (2 h): Evgeny
  • Shopify/CPB test cases(Manual>Automation). Homework. Java. iFrame
• 21 Thu (2 h): Evgeny
  • Shopify/CPB test cases(Manual>Automation). Homework recap lecture. Java. DRY > (reusable methods and classes)
• Fri:
  • Apprenticeship + Homework

• X week:

• 25 Mon (3 h): Evgeny
  • Shopify/CPB test cases(Manual>Automation) Java. SDLC. Agile. Kanban. Helpful tools: Chat GPT, SelectorHUB, SelectorGadget
• 26Tue (2 h): Evgeny
  • Shopify/CPB test cases. Homework review. Q/A session.
• 27 Wed (2 h): Elena
  • Career Planning in IT
• 28 Thu (2h): Evgeny
  • Setting up a testing framework I
• Fri:
  • Apprenticeship + Homework

December

• XI Week:
  • 2 Mon (2h): Elena
    • Career Planning in IT
  • 3 Tue (3h):  Evgeny
    • Setting up a testing framework II
  • 4 Wed (2h): Evgeny
    • Setting up a testing framework III
  • 5 Thu (1.5h): Rodion
    • Workshop
  • Fri:
    •  Apprenticeship + Homework
• XII Week:
  • 9 Mon (2h): Evgeny
    • Alternative Frameworks: Cucumber / Cypress
  • 10 Tue (3h): Asxat
    • Cybersecurity Basics
  • 11 Wed (3h):  Asxat
    • Emerging Technologies & AI
  • 12 Thu (2h): Asxat
    • Career thoughts from CEO perspective
  • Fri:
    • Apprenticeship + Homework

• XIII Week:
  •  17 Tue (2h): Elena
    • Career Planning in IT
  • 19 Thur  (2h): Anastasia
    • Job Hunting with Anastasia States

Winter Holidays 12/23/24 – 01/05/25

January

• XIV Week:
  • 7 Tue (3h):  Evgeny
    • Revision of Automation Framework. Homework review
  • 8 Wed (2h): Elena
    • Career Planning in IT
• XV Week: Individual Work
  • 14 Tue (3h):  Evgeny
    • Revision of Automation Framework. Homework review
  • 15 Wed (3h):  Evgeny
    • Automation Mobile Testing

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: