Course Description

The software testing course aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the principles and techniques used in software testing. It covers the different types of testing, such as functional, performance, and security testing, and teaches students how to plan, design, and execute tests effectively. The course is designed to equip aspiring testers with the skills and knowledge needed to ensure the quality of software applications

Course Outline
Module 1: Software Testing Fundamentals
Testing Environments and Tools
Manual vs Automation Testing
Software Requirements and Architectural Design
Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)

Module 2: Manual Testing
Testing Techniques and Types of Testing
Test Plan, Test Strategy, and Test Case
Defect Life Cycle and Bug Tracking using JIRA
Basic SQL Concepts and Hands-on Experience with JIRA

Module 3: Java Basics
Introduction to Java and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Class, Object, Constructor, and Method
Variables, Operators, and Data Types
Control Statements, Loops, and Strings

Module 4: Advanced Java Concepts
Access Modifiers, Inheritance, and Polymorphism
Method Overloading, Parameters, and Return Types
Arrays, Java Collections, and Generics
Exception Handling and Best Practices

Module 5: Selenium Automation Testing
Introduction to Selenium and its Features/Variants
WebDriver Interface and Architecture
Automation Test Environment Setup using Maven and POM
Web Element Locators and Selenium Commands

Module 6: Cucumber BDD Framework
Introduction to Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) and Cucumber
Gherkin Language, Feature, and Feature File
Step Definitions, Hooks, and Test Runners
Integrating Cucumber with Selenium and Testing

Module 7: Selenium and Cucumber Project
Building a Real-Time Industry Framework from Scratch
Writing BDD Test Cases and Executing using Selenium and Cucumber
Handling Web Elements, Alerts, Frames, and Windows
Best Practices and Test Reporting using Jenkins and Git

Module 8: Cloud Applications and Interview Preparation
Distributed Version Control using Git and GitHub
Continuous Integration and Deployment (CI/CD) using Jenkins
Overview of when to use different types of associations in web development projects
End-to-End API Testing using Postman

Software that will be taught

Cucumber         Selenium