3 Months Quality Assurance Course

• Overview of Quality Assurance
• Importance of QA in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Roles and responsibilities of a QA professional
• Introduction to different testing levels and types

• Understanding SDLC phases
• Detailed explanation of STLC phases
• Importance of Requirement Analysis in testing
• Creating effective test plans and test cases
• Traceability matrix and its significance

• Test case design techniques
• Execution and logging of test cases
• Defect life cycle and bug advocacy
• Exploratory testing and risk-based testing
• Regression testing and sanity testing

• Basics of Java/Python/Java programming
• Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) concepts
• Introduction to Selenium WebDriver
• Handling web elements using Selenium
• Introduction to TestNG for test automation
• Page Object Model (POM) design pattern
• Automation framework design and best practices

Introduction to Java/Python/Java:

• History and significance in the programming world.
• Setting up Java/Python/Java Development Kit (JDK) and Integrated Development Environment (IDE) such as Eclipse or IntelliJ.

Variables and Data Types:

• Understanding different data types (int, double, string, etc.).
• Variable declaration and initialization.

Operators and Expressions:

• Arithmetic, relational, and logical operators.
• Conditional statements (if, else, switch).

Control Flow Statements:

• Loops (for, while, do-while).
• Break and continue statements.

Introduction to OOP:

• Core principles (Encapsulation, Inheritance, Polymorphism, Abstraction).
• Classes and Objects.

Methods and Constructors:

• Creating and using methods.
• Constructor overloading.

Inheritance and Polymorphism:

• Extending classes.
• Overriding methods.

Overview of Selenium WebDriver:

• Purpose and advantages.
• Supported browsers.

Setting up Selenium WebDriver:

• Downloading and configuring WebDriver.
• Creating a simple Selenium script.

Handling Web Elements:

• Locators (ID, Name, XPath, CSS selectors).
• Interacting with different types of web elements (text boxes, buttons, links).

Introduction to TestNG:

• TestNG annotations ( @Test, @BeforeSuite, @AfterSuite, etc.).
• TestNG XML configuration.

Data-Driven Testing with TestNG:
• Parameterization using Data Providers.
• Running tests with different sets of data.
Introduction to Page Object Model (POM):
• Benefits and principles of POM.
• Implementing POM in Selenium.
Automation Framework Design:
• Best practices for designing and structuring automation frameworks.
• Code organization and maintainability.
Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) with Jenkins
• Understanding CI/CD
• Setting up Jenkins for automation
• Creating and configuring Jenkins jobs
• Integration of Selenium automation with Jenkins

• Introduction to security testing:
• Common security vulnerabilities
• Overview of tools like OWASP ZAP and MobSF

• Injection attacks (SQL injection, XSS).
• Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF).
• Security misconfigurations.
• Insecure direct object references.
• Authentication and authorization issues.
• Hands-on exercises on Android security testing using Mobsf

Introduction to Databases:
Understanding Databases:
• Definition and importance in software applications.
• Types of databases (relational, NoSQL, etc.).
Basic Database Concepts:

• Tables, rows, and columns.
• Primary keys, foreign keys, and indexes.
• SQL (Structured Query Language) overview.

SQL Fundamentals for Testers:

Introduction to SQL:
• Basic SQL queries (SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE).
• Filtering and sorting data.
• Aggregate functions (COUNT, SUM, AVG, etc.).
Join Operations:

• INNER JOIN, LEFT JOIN, RIGHT JOIN.
• Understanding relationships between tables.

• Introduction to performance testing
• Setting up JMeter for performance testing
• Creating and executing performance test scripts
• Analyzing and interpreting JMeter results

• Overview of test management tools (e.g., TestRail, Jira)
• Test data management
• Metrics and reporting in QA
• Effective communication with development and other stakeholders

• Introduction to Agile methodology
• Agile testing principles and practices
• Best practices in test automation
• Code versioning and collaboration using Git

• Real-world QA processes in IT companies
• Case studies on successful QA implementations
• Q&A sessions and discussions