Full Stack Qa Engineer: Manual & Automated Webapp Testing

A realistic approach to software testing, automation with TestCafe, and how to be a successful QA Engineer.

What you'll learn

Foundational concepts for software testing: why the QA role is crucial to software development.

Understanding the software development lifecycle, different roles, and how to be an effective and desirable team member.

What is the ideal QA engineer? Gain insight into the daily life of a QA engineer from an industry professional / team leader.

Learn basic and advanced automation concepts and have links to all the appropriate documentation.

Learn end-to-end automation using TestCafe, as well as configuring it and your work environment beyond the default setup.

Requirements

No prerequisites are necessary - working examples will be provided as well as the documentation to support the concepts in each video.

Description

I created this course to share the accumulation of knowledge from years of QA experience as a tester and a team leader. Everything from manual testing techniques and concepts related to automation will be covered, and you will be provided examples and demonstrations on how to do everything. By the end of the course, you will have an understanding of manual testing techniques & concepts and how to apply them, and how to write automation using TestCafe & TypeScript.When it comes to testing, there are both objective and subjective standards. There are some obvious things to test on new development work, and some not so obvious things. Being able to know when you've achieved a good confidence level on when something is 'ready for production' is a critical skillset to develop. Too much time spent testing will lead to time lost - too little time spent testing will mean you might have missed something. Luckily, the years I've spent testing various webapps can be distilled down to concise information for you to start off on a better foundation.It is my personal conviction that the ideal QA role on a team or within a software company involves manual and automated testing - I don't feel you can be an effective automated tester without knowing how to approach testing manually first. In the early sections of the course, you will learn about QA, the software development industry, and why QA is important to the process of developing software.After you've read about key concepts and terms and understand them we will run through a hypothetical exercise of how to apply your understanding of testing. We will also cover some other basic logistics like how to properly write up a defect.Lastly, we will focus on learning automation from the ground up using TestCafe (an open source automation tool) and further applying the concepts of testing to writing automation. We will build and make changes to our test code close to how it would be done for the first time in reality. We will also configure our workspace a little further so it makes your workflow easier and more efficient.I will be available and look forward to answering your questions in the Q&A section!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Course Overview

Lecture 2 My Background

Section 2: QA Engineer - Why I Think It's The Best Definition Of The Tester Role

Lecture 3 Why QA Matters - Test Thoroughly Now Or You May Pay For It Later

Lecture 4 Manual + Automation + Process = QA Engineer

Lecture 5 How Do I Get Into A QA Role?

Lecture 6 The Core Quality I Improved That Landed Me My Dream Role

Section 3: Foundations: Key Concepts and Terms

Lecture 7 Defining the SDLC (software development lifecycle)

Lecture 8 Defining Roles & Expectations

Lecture 9 Defining Types of Testing

Lecture 10 Defining ZOMBIES And The Best Approach For Test Cases

Lecture 11 Defining Black Box / White Box Testing

Section 4: Logistics: How To Understand Test Coverage And Apply Your Understanding

Lecture 12 Put % Of Coverage Metrics As Secondary - Focus On Relative Risk & Confidence

Lecture 13 Let's Write Test Cases For A Hypothetical Application

Section 5: Logistics: Opening Bug 'Cases' And Tracking

Lecture 14 How To Properly Write Up A Defect

Section 6: Learning Automation: Getting Set Up

Lecture 15 Comparing TestCafe to Cypress

Lecture 16 Understanding How To Work With A Code Repository

Lecture 17 Getting Set Up With Github & Github Desktop

Lecture 18 Installing The First Essentials: Node & Visual Studio Code

Lecture 19 Opening The Repository In VS Code

Lecture 20 Before Installing TestCafe: Utilizing A .gitignore File

Lecture 21 Installing TestCafe Using NPM

Lecture 22 Understanding Documentation Usage

Lecture 23 Understanding TypeScript

Section 7: Learning Webapp Automation

Lecture 24 Setting Up The Fixture And Test Functions

Lecture 25 How To Set Up The TestCafe Configuration File & Enable Screenshots On Test Fail

Lecture 26 Writing Your First Test Action, How To Select Elements

Lecture 27 Taking More Actions With Buttons, Native Dialog Handler, And Reading Text Fields

Lecture 28 Intro To The Page Object Model: How To Create A 'Universal' TypeText Class

Lecture 29 Creating A 'Helper' That Calls The TypeText Class

Lecture 30 Using Interfaces and Data Files To Maintain Test Inputs

Lecture 31 Refactoring Of The Fixture Into A Class

Lecture 32 Writing Actions & Assertions In The Main Helper

Lecture 33 Interacting With Disabled Elements

Lecture 34 Handling Checkboxes + How To Iterate Through A List

Lecture 35 Finalizing The Full e2e Demo Test

Lecture 36 TestCafe ClientFunction => Get URLs, Browser Refreshing

Section 8: API Testing & Accessibility Testing Concepts

Lecture 37 Testing APIs with TestCafe

Lecture 38 Accessibility Testing with TestCafe

Section 9: Configuring TestCafe And VS Code Beyond The Defaults

Lecture 39 TestCafe Quarantine Mode And When To Use It

Lecture 40 How To Customize Test Artifact Output & Turn On Video Recording

Lecture 41 How To Keep Your Code Looking Consistently Spaced And More With 'Prettier'

Lecture 42 Getting Started With ESLint & Plugins

Lecture 43 Using ESLint Standalone or with Prettier

Lecture 44 Utilizing TestCafe Within A Build Pipeline (Jenkins, Teamcity, etc)

Anyone looking to break into the software testing field with little to no experience of the industry.,Testers looking to expand their skillset into becoming a 'full stack' QA engineer, and approach testing from a realistic perspective.,Customer service representatives in the software support field wanting to get into QA.,Anyone who is not familiar with TestCafe and wants to add another tool to their skillset.