● March 15th, 2025
Q.A Analysts are already in high demand, and that demand is only expected to increase for the nearest future.
WHAT IS SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE?
“Software quality assurance (or SQA for short) is the ongoing process that ensures the software product meets and complies with the organization’s established and standardized quality specifications.
SQA’s ultimate goal is to catch a product’s shortcomings and deficiencies before the general public sees it. If mistakes get caught in-house, it means fewer headaches for the development team and a lot less angry customers.
Over the last few years, many organizations have realized the value of having a Quality Assurance Professionals on their team and in response to this need, many individuals have been switching or developing an interest in this career.
This Program will get you ready by laying the foundations to help you become an internationally recognized Software Quality Assurance Analyst. .
There are 2 STAGES OF QUALITY ASSURANCE TESTERS
- Manual Testing/Testers
Manual testing means that a human controls and executes the entire test from end to end. Since in manual testing the testers carry the whole responsibility of the test, there is a greater importance to their experience and skills.
Manual testing is suitable for you if you do not have a Tech nor programing background.
2. Automation Testing/Testers
Automation testing is when a certain test is executed by an automation tool without the intervention of a human worker. To run an automation test, the tester needs to learn some scripting languages to create test scripts for the tool to follow in the test. When the test is finished, the actual results are compared with the anticipated results, which gives the tester an understanding if the test passed or fa
This program will start preparing you to have theoretical and practical skills to be able to sit for exams like:
- Certified Software Quality Analyst CSQA
- Certified software Quality Manager (CSQM)
Program details:
- Automated Quality Assurance Testing
- Duration: 2.5 Months
- Weekend classes Alone (Saturdays and Sundays)
- Live Intructor-led classes
- 10 weeks of hand-on session
- Free extra 3 months of mentorship on completion
- Certificate on completion
- Replay available after each class
- Mini tasks after each class
- Group projects
Capstone projects - Interview preparation
- Career roadmap
- The tools and skills you need to develop diverse techniques, Skills and Procedures to become a globally certified Quality Assurance Analyst. (full syllabus below this page)
- Explore Domains in Quality Assurance and Master the use of professional tools ( QA Analyst, QA Manager, QA Engineering etc.
- You will be able to work on Agile or Waterfall projects as a Software Quality Assurance Professional
- People who want to transition fully into Software Quality Assurance Testing and Engineering
- People who have had interest in starting a career in the Tech Industry but do not want to code and who want to learn the standard quality assurance process and practices.
- People who want to become CSQA or CSQM certified at one sitting of the Examination.
- People who already have some level of knowledge and experience with Manual Testing
After this program, and a few months practice, candidate would be able to take some professional exams like:
- Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST)
- AUTOMATION SOFTWARE QUALITY ASSURANCE
- Overview of Basic Programing ( WATCH VIDEO)
- Introduction to Programing concepts (WATCH VIDEO)
- Compulsory Preliminary Assessment
- Overview of Automation Testing
- Introduction to Cypress and its Architecture
- Setting Up Cypress Environment
- Introduction to JavaScript and Node.js (as used with Cypress)
- Installing Cypress
- Writing and Running First Test
- Short quiz on basic concepts of automation testing and Cypress setup
- Discussion on the benefits and limitations of using Cypress
- Cypress Test Structure
- Cypress Commands and Assertions
- Test Configuration and Environment Variables
- Writing Basic Cypress Tests
- Configuring Cypress Tests for Different Environments
- Writing simple tests to interact with a web page and validate elements
- Group exercise on identifying test scenarios for a sample application
- Working with Fixtures
- Custom Commands and Reusable Functions
- Handling Network Requests
- Using Fixtures to Manage Test Data
- Creating Custom Commands
- Intercepting and Modifying Network Requests
- Creating and using custom commands in test cases
- Hands-on practice with network stubbing
and custom commands
- Integrating Cypress with CI/CD Tools (GitHub Actions)
- Running Cypress Tests in CI/CD
- Setting Up a CI/CD Pipeline to Run Cypress Tests
- Configuring a CI/CD pipeline to run a sample Cypress test suite
- Discussion on best practices for integrating Cypress in CI/CD pipelines
- Using Cypress Plugins
- Visual Testing with Cypress
- Cross-browser Testing with Cypress
- Installing and Using Popular Cypress Plugins
- Implementing Visual Regression Testing
- Setting up and running cross-browser tests using Cypress
- Collaborative project to implement a complex test case using plugins
- Optimizing Test Performance
- Writing Maintainable and Scalable Tests
- Debugging and Troubleshooting
- writing a maintainable and optimizable test
- Using Cypress Debugging Tools
- Refactoring a set of test cases to improve efficiency and readability
- Peer review of test code to identify optimization opportunities
- End-to-End Test Automation Project
- Students will design, implement, and document a comprehensive test suite for a sample application using Cypress
- Project Presentation and Demonstration
- Peer and Instructor Evaluation Project brainstorming and collaboration sessions
- Capstone Project Overview Objective:- Apply all concepts learned to automate the testing of a sample ecommerce application
- Requirements: Use Cypress for end-to-end testing
- Implement custom commands and fixtures
- Integrate tests into a CI/CD pipeline
- Use visual testing and cross-browser testing technique
- Overview of Entry-Level Automation interview questions
- Revision on all topics learnt project overview
- Interview Preparation
- Professional Exam Guide
- LinkedIn Optimization
- CV Review
