QA Syllabus

Welcome to “QA ” course…

What you’ll learn in quality assurance?

Module 1: Introduction to QA & SDLC

1. What is Quality Assurance?
2. QA vs QC vs Testing
3. SDLC Models (Waterfall, Agile, Scrum)
4. Roles & responsibilities of QA in a team
5. Types of Testing: Functional, Non-Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity, etc

Module 2: Software Requirements & Test Documentation

• Understanding Requirements (BRD, SRS, User stories, Acceptance Criteria)
• Writing:
  • Test Scenarios
  • Test Cases
  • Test Steps
  • Expected vs Actual Result
• Test Case Writing Tools (Excel, TestRail, Jira-style examples)
• Practical Exercise: Write 10 test cases for a simple application (e.g., login page)

Module 3: Bug Life Cycle + Jira Basics

• What is a defect?
• Severity vs Priority
• Bug Life Cycle
• Writing perfect bug reports
• Using Jira for:
  • Creating bugs
  • Assigning bugs
• Tracking issues

Module 4: Java Basics for Automation

• Variables, Data Types
• Conditions (if-else)
• Loops (for, while)
• Arrays & Strings
• Functions (methods)
• Packages & access modifiers
• Hands-on: Simple console programs

Module 5: OOP Concepts for QA Engineers

• Class & Object
• Encapsulation
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Abstraction
• Constructor, this & super
• Why OOP is needed in Automation Testing
• Exercise: Create a simple OOP model (e.g., User class)

Module 6: Selenium WebDriver Basics

• Introduction to Selenium
• WebDriver Architecture
• Setting up Selenium with Java + Maven
• Locators:
  • id, name, className, linkText, cssSelector, xpath
• Opening browser, navigating to URL
• Sending keys, clicking buttons, validating text
• Practical: Automate a login page

Module 7: Selenium Intermediate Concepts

• Implicit & Explicit Wait
• Handling:
  • Dropdowns
  • Alerts
  • Frames / iFrames
  • Windows / Tabs
• Actions Class (mouse/keyboard)
• Taking Screenshots
• Page Object Model (POM) Introduction

Module 8: TestNG Framework

• What is TestNG?
• Creating TestNG tests
• Assertions (very important)
• TestNG annotations (@BeforeMethod, @Test, etc.)
• Parallel execution
• Running suites
• Reports (TestNG default report + Extent Report intro)
• Practical: Create a POM + TestNG project with 2–3 tests

Module 9: API Testing with Postman

• What is API?
• REST concepts: Endpoint, Params, Headers, Body, Status code
• GET, POST, PUT, DELETE
• Postman Workspace
• Writing Basic Scripts:
  • Tests tab
  • Validating status code
  • Validating JSON fields
  • Saving response to variables
• Creating Collections & Environments
• Practical: Test a public API and validate responses

Module 10: API Automation Basics

• Using Postman Collection Runner
• Data-driven API testing (CSV / JSON)
• Generating API test reports
• Introduction to REST Assured (optional overview)

Module 11: Basic Performance Testing with JMeter

• What is Performance Testing?
• JMeter UI overview
• Thread Group, Samplers, Listeners
• Setting up:
  • User load
  • Ramp-up
  • Loop count
• View Results Tree & Summary Report
• Practical: Test performance of a public API

Module 12: CI/CD & Git Basics

• What is CI/CD?
• Intro to Jenkins or GitHub Actions
• Triggering automated tests using CI
• Git basics:
  • init, clone, commit, push, pull
  • branching
• Practical: Push project to GitHub

Module 13: Final Project + Best Practices

• Final mini-project combining:
  • Writing test cases
  • Automating 2–3 UI tests (Selenium)
  • Testing APIs (Postman)
  • A small JMeter test
• QA best practices:
  • Test strategy
  • Regression planning
  • Automation strategy
  • Handling flaky tests
  • Test metrics

This structure quality assurance training is for anyone who wants to ensure excellence, consistency, and reliability in their organization’s outputs, leading to enhanced customer satisfaction and a stronger brand reputation