Getting Started with Software Testing

Software testers help teams catch bugs and other issues before software gets to customers. Learn the foundations, tools, and techniques for a career in software testing.

Explore the foundations of software quality assurance.
Learn processes that software teams use to ensure quality.
Learn technical skills and tools to optimize your testing.

Syllabus

Courses under this program:
Course 1: Programming Foundations: Software Testing/QA
-Learn how to incorporate different kinds of software testing into your development cycle to help your team meet quality goals with every release.

Course 2: Understanding Manual Testing
-Discover some of the nuances, best practices, and most effective use techniques for manual testing on software, quality assurance, and product development teams.

Course 3: Test Automation Foundations
-Get started in test automation. Learn how to integrate automated testing into your QA or DevOps workflow.

Course 4: Learning Selenium
-Learn how to use Selenium to test web applications. Find out how to write, automate, and run tests with the Selenium WebDriver API and Selenium Grid.

Course 5: JMeter: Performance and Load Testing
-Learn how to use Apache JMeter, a popular open-source performance testing tool, to create and execute load tests that help you highlight performance issues in your software.

Course 6: Planning and Releasing Software with Jira
-Learn about the benefits of using multiple Atlassian applications together, which reduces manual effort and makes the software development process easier for the entire team.

Course 7: Mobile Testing with Appium
-Unlock new levels of quality and efficiency in your app development cycle with Appium, the code-based automated testing tool for mobile apps.

Course 8: API Testing Foundations
-Learn the basics of how APIs work and how to do API testing. Learn strategies for testing APIs at scale in an organization.

Course 9: Postman Essential Training
-Learn how to write and run automated API tests with Postman.

Course 10: International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) 4.0+ Foundation Cert Prep
-Earn your ISTQB Foundation Certification! Covering the ISTQB 4.0+ syllabus, this course offers you the knowledge and skills to confidently prepare for and pass the exam.

Course 11: Java: Testing with JUnit
-Learn how to use JUnit, a powerful open-source testing tool for testing Java.

Course 12: SQL for Testers
-Ground yourself in the basic approaches to testing SQL queries and gain the ability to do deep testing and analysis of back-end problems.

Taught by

Meaghan Osagie (Lewis), Meaghan Osagie (Lewis), Dave Westerveld, Robin Beck, Ash Coleman, Meaghan Osagie (Lewis), Meaghan Osagie (Lewis), Mike Smith, Dave Westerveld, Maaike van Putten, Dave Westerveld, Aaron Dolberg and Mike Smith