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Course Overview

The world of software development demands a high level of reliability, functionality, and security—making Quality Assurance (QA) a critical part of the software lifecycle. Understanding QA from the ground up empowers aspiring testers, developers, and even project managers to ensure that applications meet user expectations and business standards. This course provides a comprehensive foundation in QA methodologies, tools, and processes, giving learners a structured path into one of the most in-demand roles in the tech industry today.

This course begins with the fundamentals of the software industry, introducing SDLC, Agile practices, and the key responsibilities of a Scrum team. It then dives into the core principles of manual QA, covering bug identification, test case design, exploratory testing, and the use of tools like JIRA. Learners are guided through essential programming skills in both C# and Java, which are prerequisites for modern automation testing. The course then explores Selenium automation with C#, REST API testing using Postman, and culminates in a bonus module on cybersecurity and ethical hacking, covering penetration testing techniques, OWASP standards, and bug bounty insights.

By the end of this course, learners gain hands-on QA expertise, practical automation skills, and foundational cybersecurity awareness—preparing them for real-world QA roles.

What You Will Learn

  • Foundation of Quality Assurance - Manual and Automation
  • QA Automation Best Practices
  • Quality Assurance guidance for starting your first IT job
  • How to Write Test Cases
  • Software Development Life Cycle
  • Learn about Agile Methodology
  • How to Find Bugs
  • Learn about JIRA

Program Curriculum

  • SDLC - Software Development Life Cycle
  • Agile Methodology
  • Software SCRUM Team Members and Responsibilities
  • $7 Million Cybersecurity Scholarship by EC-Council
  • Chapter 01 Quiz

  • Different Types of Testing
  • What is a Software BUG?
  • What is a Test Case?
  • How to Create Test Cases
  • Black Box Testing
  • White Box Testing
  • Cross Browser Testing
  • UAT - User Acceptance Testing
  • JIRA - Bug Tracking Tool
  • What is Regression Testing
  • What is Exploratory Testing
  • Volume vs. Load Testing
  • When Should You Automate?
  • Interview Questions - Preparing for Your First Manual QA Job
  • QA Salary - How Much Money QA Makes
  • Make Money Testing Websites from Home
  • Chapter 2 Quiz

  • C# or Java - Which One is Better
  • Chapter 3 Quiz

  • Intro
  • Installing Visual Studio - Your Development Environment
  • Understand Basic Programming
  • Understand Variables
  • Boolean - True or False
  • Creating Simple Calculator
  • Creating Simple Greeting Program
  • If-else Statements - Our First Code Logic
  • Switch Statements
  • For Loops
  • While Loops
  • Methods
  • Arrays
  • Chapter 4 Quiz

  • Selenium Automation Introduction
  • Installing Visual Studio - Your Development Environment (If You Haven't Already)
  • What is Selenium
  • Create Your First Project and Install Selenium
  • First Steps in Selenium Automation with C#
  • Use NUnit for Your Testing Automation Framework
  • Assert in Selenium - Get Page Title and Assert the Result
  • Element Selectors - ID, ClassName, XPath - Create Amazon Automation Program
  • Facebook Automation Program
  • Chapter 5 Quiz

  • Install Java JDK
  • Install IntelliJ IDEA + Create Your First Java Application
  • Understand Basic Programming using Java
  • Variables
  • Getting User Input
  • Building a Basic Calculator
  • Building a Basic Greeting Program
  • If-else Statements - Your First Code Logic
  • Switch Statements
  • For Loops
  • While and Do While Loops
  • Methods
  • Arrays
  • Classes and Access Modifiers
  • Chapter 6 Quiz

  • Installing Postman
  • First Steps in Postman
  • Create your First API Request
  • Learn Collections
  • Run Collections
  • Variables in Postman
  • Postman Scripting and Snippets
  • Create Environments
  • Create First Postman Test
  • How to Debug
  • Learn Workspaces
  • Chapter 7 Quiz

  • Terminology
  • What is Penetration Testing (Ethical Hacking)
  • Why Do We Need Penetration Testing?
  • Who is Doing the Penetration Testing?
  • How to Perform Penetration Testing (Security Testing Steps)
  • What Problems We Solve with Penetration Testing
  • Most Common Penetration Attacks
  • SQL Injection
  • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) Attack
  • Tools for Penetration Testing
  • What is OWASP
  • Automated Scanning for Vulnerabilities using FREE Tool
  • OWASP Resources
  • OWASP Top 10 Vulnerabilities
  • Web Security Testing Guide
  • Testing Guide Checklist (Follow These Steps When Performing Security Testing)
  • Mobile Applications Security Verification Standard (Mobile AppSec)
  • Bug Bounty Programs - Everything You Need to Know
  • Chapter 8 Quiz

  • Thank YOU!
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Instructor

Victor Gorinov

Victor Gorinov is a Software Automation Engineer and Online Instructor. His passion is finding different online business models. He has always been fascinated by the endless possibilities that we have in our time and the opportunity to reach millions of people with a single click of your mouse. He is currently working as QA Consultant and in his free time he teaches people through digital channels. He is also involved in freelancing, affiliate marketing, investing in the stock market, selling private label products on Amazon and more. He is passionate about helping others achieve their goals, which leads to more free time for yourself and your family and overall having a better life. If you are someone who: - Want to learn Programming as a Beginner - Want to learn the Quality Assurance profession - Want to enter the IT world, but doesn't know from where to start Or: - Want to Make Money on the Internet - Want to Create Passive Income - Want to build an Online Business If you want to do any of these things, enroll in one of his courses today and get started! He is always improving on his courses, so enroll today and see for yourself. He really hopes that he'll be able to help you to achieve your goals. Thank you very much for reading and enjoy your learning experience.

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