Become a Software Tester

Overview

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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.
Master the processes that software teams use to ensure quality.
Learn technical skills and tools to optimize your testing.

Syllabus

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: Test Automation Foundations

Get started in test automation. Learn how to integrate automated testing into your QA or DevOps workflow.

Course 3: API Testing Foundations

Learn the basics of API testing. Discover how to use several robust tools for testing APIs at scale in an organization.

Course 4: Behavior-Driven Development

Learn the basics of behavior-driven development (BDD). Discover how BDD can improve collaboration, refine requirements, and identify defects earlier in the software testing cycle.

Course 5: Agile Testing

Create higher-quality software faster, by implementing agile testing in your organization. Learn about the role of software testers and how testing can enhance your workflow.

Course 6: 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 7: Selenium Essential Training

Learn more about Selenium, including how to improve your use of WebDriver, advanced locators, component interactions, synchronizations, and more.

Course 8: 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 9: Scripting for Testers

Automate software testing with scripting. Learn how to write simple Python scripts to script API calls, reporting, test site prep, and more.

Course 10: Java: Testing with JUnit

Learn how to use JUnit, a powerful open-source testing tool for testing Java.

Course 11: API Test Automation with SoapUI

Learn how to leverage SoapUI to fully automate testing of APIs.

Course 12: Insights on Software Quality Engineering

Join your instructor, a software quality engineer, to learn how to get started in quality assurance (QA), how QA fits in at companies of any size, and how agile has changed QA.

Course 13: ISTQB Foundation Exam Prep

Get the information you need to prepare for the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) exam.

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