Software Testing and Quality Engineering

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This Specialization provides a comprehensive, hands-on pathway to mastering modern software testing and quality engineering practices. Learners progress from foundational testing concepts and STLC fundamentals to unit testing, TDD, system integration, UI, performance testing, and advanced debugging techniques used in real-world software delivery. Through practical demonstrations and industry-aligned workflows, learners develop the skills needed to design effective test strategies, automate testing across layers, debug complex systems, and integrate quality practices into CI/CD pipelines. This program is designed to prepare learners for quality-focused roles in agile and DevOps-driven software teams.

Syllabus

Course 1: Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) Fundamentals
Course 2: Unit Testing & Test-Driven Development
Course 3: System Integration, UI & Performance Testing
Course 4: Debugging & Testing for Software Delivery

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5 hours 38 minutes
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Welcome to Software Testing Lifecycle (STLC) Fundamentals, a foundational course that introduces how software testing ensures quality and reliability in modern software development. This course covers core testing concepts, testing levels and types, test planning, defect management, and debugging fundamentals. By the end of this course, you will be able to: -Explain why software testing is essential for quality and risk reduction -Identify common testing levels, types, and techniques -Apply basic test planning and test case design practices -Report and analyze software defects using standard workflows -Use structured debugging techniques to support quality delivery Through guided demos and practical examples, you will design and execute test cases, log and triage defects, and debug issues in a sample application using industry-standard tools. These activities help bridge the gap between testing theory and real-world practice. This is a beginner-friendly course for aspiring software testers, QA engineers, developers, and anyone looking to build a strong foundation in software testing and debugging. No prior testing experience is required; basic familiarity with software development concepts is sufficient.
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5 hours 49 minutes
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Welcome to System Integration, UI & Performance Testing, a hands-on software testing course designed to help learners validate how modern applications integrate, scale, and perform across real-world environments. This course covers integration testing fundamentals, database and API integration testing, containerized and cloud-based test environments, automated UI and acceptance testing, web application testing at scale, and performance and security testing essentials. By the end of this course, you will be able to: -Explain the role of integration testing in ensuring reliable end-to-end system behavior -Design and execute integration tests for databases, APIs, microservices, and external systems -Set up and manage Docker-based and cloud test environments for system testing -Build maintainable automated UI and acceptance testing frameworks -Execute performance and security tests to evaluate application scalability, stability, and resilience Through guided demos and hands-on exercises, learners will implement integration tests, configure containerized test environments using Docker, automate UI and acceptance scenarios, and run load and security tests using industry-standard testing tools. These practical activities bridge the gap between software testing theory and real-world system validation. This course is ideal for software testers, QA engineers, developers, and automation professionals looking to advance their skills in integration testing, UI automation, and performance testing. A basic understanding of software testing concepts and application development is recommended.
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5 hours 36 minutes
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Welcome to Unit Testing & Test-Driven Development, a practical, industry-focused course that teaches you how to build high-quality, reliable, and maintainable software using modern unit testing, Test-Driven Development (TDD), and Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) practices. In this course, you’ll master the fundamentals of unit testing, including test structure, naming conventions, and maintainable test design. You’ll learn how to isolate code using mocks and test doubles, apply dependency injection for testability, and confidently test asynchronous and event-driven logic. The course then dives deep into TDD workflows, helping you design features using the Red–Green–Refactor cycle and apply TDD in real-world projects such as APIs, services, and error-handling scenarios. Finally, you’ll explore BDD with Gherkin, writing readable scenarios and automating full feature implementations using testing frameworks. By the end of this course, you will be able to: -Understand why unit testing is essential for software reliability and long-term code quality -Write clean, maintainable, and scalable unit tests -Use mocking, test doubles, and dependency injection to isolate code under test -Test asynchronous, edge-case, and time-sensitive logic -Apply Test-Driven Development (TDD) to design and refactor production-ready features -Implement TDD for APIs, services, and error-handling workflows -Write and automate BDD scenarios using Gherkin for clear, behavior-focused testing Through guided demos and hands-on exercises, you’ll build test suites, refactor poorly testable code, develop features using TDD, and automate BDD scenarios end-to-end. These practical activities help bridge the gap between testing theory and real-world software development. This course is ideal for software developers, QA engineers, SDETs, and engineering students who want to improve code reliability, test automation skills, and development confidence. Basic programming knowledge is recommended, but no prior experience with unit testing, TDD, or BDD is required.