QA Testing Certification Course Syllabus
🎯 Target Audience: Entry-level testers, QA professionals, developers, and analysts preparing
for ISTQB or similar certifications.
Module 1: Fundamentals of Software Testing
- Introduction to Software Testing
- Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) & Testing Lifecycle
- Types of Testing: Manual, Functional, Regression, Smoke, Sanity
- Static Techniques & Reviews
- Defect Lifecycle & Reporting
Module 2: Test Design Techniques
- Black-box Testing
- White-box Testing
- Boundary Value Analysis
- Equivalence Partitioning
- Decision Table & State Transition Testing
Module 3: Test Management & Planning
- Test Strategy & Planning
- Test Metrics & Reporting
- Risk-Based Testing
- Test Estimation Techniques
- Agile Testing Concepts
Module 4: Automation Testing with Selenium & Java
- Introduction to Selenium IDE & WebDriver
- Locators & Wait Strategies
- Handling UI Elements & Windows
- Framework Design & Page Object Model
- Logging with Log4j
- Reporting with Allure
- Continuous Integration with Jenkins
- Final Selenium Lab & Exam
Module 5: API Testing
- Introduction to APIs & Web Services
- REST vs SOAP
- Testing with Postman
- Automation with RestAssured
- Validating Responses & Status Codes
Module 6: SQL Database Testing
- Introduction to SQL
- Writing Queries
- Data Validation
- Joins and Subqueries
- Testing Stored Procedures
- Integration with Automation Tools
Module 7: Mobile Testing
- Android Architecture & Components
- UI Testing with Espresso/Appium
- Debugging & Performance Testing
- Publishing & Maintaining Mobile Apps
Module 8: Advanced Testing Techniques
- Selenium Grid & Distributed Testing
- Behavior-Driven Development (BDD) with Cucumber
- Security Testing Basics
- Performance Testing with JMeter
- AI-Assisted Testing with GitHub Copilot
Module 9: Career Development & Certification Prep
- Resume Building
- Weekly Mock Interviews
- ISTQB Foundation Level Preparation
- Sample Questions & Exam Strategy