Master in Software Testing

Software Testing Fundamentals

• Introduction
• What is Software Testing
• Why do we need Testing
• How to perform the Testing
• Benefits of Testing

Software Testing Terminologies

• Mistakes, Faults, Bugs & Failures
• Priority & Severity
• Debugging & Root Cause Analysis
• Verification & Validation
• Test Bed/Environment
• Mock-ups
• Test Scenario

ISTQB Certification

Quality Assurance & Quality Control

• What is Quality Assurance
• What is Quality Control
• Quality Assurance vs Quality Control

Software Testing as a Career

• Best testing practices used in Software Industry
• Software Tester Roles
• Job Responsibilities of a Software Tester
• Why choose Software Testing as a career
• How training can help you to become a Software Tester

SDLC & STLC

• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Software Requirement and Analysis
• Requirement Gathering
• SRS Creation
• Feasibility Study
• Requirement Validation
• SRS Approval
• Project Kick-off
• Application Walkthrough
• Requirement Analysis

Software Requirement Design

• System Design
• Architecture Design
• Module Design
• Coding/Development
• Testing
• Implementation/Live

Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)

• Requirements Analysis
• Test Planning
• Test Development
• Test Execution
• Test Reporting
• Test Result Analysis / Defect Analysis
• Re-Testing
• Regression Testing
• Test Closure Report

Software Testing Models

• Waterfall Model
• Iterative Model
• Prototyping Model
• Progressive Model
• Spiral Model
• V-Model
• RAD (Rapid Application Development)
• Agile

Agile Methodology

• Introduction to Agile
• User Stories & Agile Testing
• Agile Project Management

Software Testing Methodology

• White Box Testing
  • Path Testing
  • Loop Testing
  • Condition Testing
  • White box Testing from Memory Point of View
  • White box Testing from Performance Point of View
• Grey Box Testing
• Black Box Testing
  • Boundary Value Analysis.
  • Equivalence partitioning.
  • State Transition Testing.
  • Decision Table Testing.
  • Graph-Based Testing.
  • Error Guessing Technique

Software Testing Types

• Functionality Testing
• Non-Functional Testing
• Component Testing
• Integration Testing
• System Testing
  • Build
  • Release
  • Patch
  • Test Cycle
  • Continues Integration
  • Incident Management
  • Software Architecture and Testing
  • Web Application
  • Client Server Application
  • Stand Alone Application
• Acceptance Testing
  • Alpha Testing
  • Beta Testing
• Smoke Testing/Sanity Testing/Dry Run
  • Adhoc Testing
  • Exploratory Testing
  • Compatibility Testing
• Performance Testing
  • Load Testing
  • Stress Testing
  • Volume Testing
  • Soak Testing
• Reliability Testing
• Usability Testing
• Accessibility Testing
• Globalization Testing
  • Internationalization Testing
  • Localization Testing
• Regression Testing

Test Case Designing & Development

• Introduction to Test Case
  • Test Case Design Techniques
  • Specification Based
  • Experienced Based
• Test Case Format
• Functional Test Case
• Integration Test Case
• System Test Case
• Procedure to Write and Execute Test Case
• Test Case Review Process

Test Planning Process

• Test Cases
• Review Process
• Peer Review
• Walkthrough
• Inspection

Bug/Defect Management

• Bug/Defect Lifecycle
• Bug Tracking through Tool (Jira/Bugzilla)

Test Plan

• Introduction
• Test Objective
• Test Environment

Scope of Testing

• Modules to be Tested
• Modules not to be Tested
• Types of Testing
• Levels of Testing

Testing Schedule

• Entry Criteria
• Testing Flow
• Test Deliverables
• Defect Tracking
• Task Management
• Suspension/Resumption Criteria
• Risk & Mitigation Plan
• Completion/Exit Criteria

Test Design Checklist

Test Execution Checklist

Test & Defect Management Tools & Process

• Introduction to Defects
• Defect Life Cycle
• Status of Defects
• Severity of a Defect
• Priority of a Defect
• Defect Report/Incident Report
• Defect Tracking Tool:
• JIRA
• Mantis

Static Testing

Dynamic Testing

Quality Assurance and Quality Control

Projects

• Web Application Project
• Mobile Application Project
• Compatibility Testing Project

Introduction

• What is Database
• What is Database Management System (DBMS)
• What is Relational Model
• Introduction to RDBMS

Datatypes and Constraints

• What are Datatypes
• Types and Examples.
• How to use.
• What are Constraints
• Types and Examples.
• How to use.

Statements in SQL

• Data Definition Language (DDL)
• Data Manipulation Language (DML)
• Transaction Control Language (TCL)
• Data Control Language (DCL)
• Data Query Language (DQL)

Software installation

• Installing and set up of Software
• Working on Database

Data Query Language (DQL)

• Select
• From
• Where
• Group By
• Having
• Order By

Operators

• Types and Examples

Functions in SQL

• Single Row Functions
• Multi Row Functions

Sub Query

• Introduction to Sub Query
• Working of Sub Query
• Query Writing and Execution
• Types of Sub Query
• 1. Single Row Sub Query
• 2. Multi Row Sub Query
• Nested Sub Query.

JOINS

• What Is Join
• Types of Joins.
• Cartesian Join
• Inner Join
• Outer Join
• Self-Join
• Queries and Examples.

Co- Related Sub Query

• Working and Examples

Data Definition Language (DDL)

• Create
• Rename
• Alter
• Truncate
• Drop

Data Manipulation Language (DML)

• Insert
• Update
• Delete

Transaction Control Language (TCL)

• Commit
• Save point
• Rollback

Data Control Language (DCL)

• Grant
• Revoke
• Overview of Mobility Testing
• Mobile Application Development Process
• Introduction to various Mobile platforms
• Introduction to Various Apps, Mobile App, Web based App, Native App, Hybrid App.

Mobile Testing Strategy

• Device Emulator
• Mobile Cloud Computing (Remote Real Devices)
• Real Time Devices
• Automation Tools
• Emulators and its usage
• Installation and un- installation of Android Emulator

Mobile Testing Approach

• Mobility Application ? Test Approach/Phases
• Test Requirements
• Test Planning
• Test Environment Setup
• Test Design
• Test Execution and Defect tracking
• Test Reports and Acceptance

Mobile Testing Scope

• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• Functional Testing
• Device Conformance Testing
• Regression Testing
• Mobile Browser Compatibility Testing
• Performance Testing
• System Testing

Introduction to Java

• What is java
• Programming language hierarchy
• Java files
• Camel casing
• Identifiers
• Java Components naming standards
• Java source file declaration rules
• First Java program

Classes and Objects

• Introduction to Classes and objects
• Understanding Java Heap
• Creating first Class and Object

Variables and Operators

• Introduction to Variables and their data types
• Primitive and Non-primitive variables
• Variable Casting
• Object references
• Java Operators

Java Methods and their communication

• Introduction to methods
• Method arguments and return types
• Pass by Value
• Encapsulation
• Getters and Setters

Loops and Arrays

• If-else statement
• While loop
• Do-while loop
• For loop
• Enhanced for loop
• Arrays ? 1D and 2D & Reference in an array

Inheritance and Polymorphism

• Understanding inheritance and inheritance tree
• Methods overriding and the rules
• IS-A and HAS-A relationship
• Super class Vs Subclass
• Method Overloading
• Access Modifiers

Abstract Classes and Interfaces

• Abstract classes and methods
• Mother of all classes ? ?Object class?
• Polymorphic reference
• Object reference casting
• Deadly Diamond of Death
• Interfaces and it?s implementation

Constructors

• Constructors
• Constructor Overloading
• Constructor chaining and this() keyword
• Garbage collection eligibility

Statics and data formatting

• Static methods, variables and constants
• Math class and methods
• Wrapper classes
• Auto boxing
• Data formatting and static imports

Exception handling

• Risky java codes
• Introduction to Java Exceptions
• Catching exceptions using try/catch block
• The finally block
• Catching multiple exceptions
• Handle or Declare law of exceptions

Serialization and file I/O

• Saving objects state
• Writing serialized object
• I/O streams
• Serializable interface
• Deserialization
• Java IO file
• Reading/Writing a text file

Collections

• Introduction to Java collections
• Concept of generics
• Lists
• Sets
• Map
• Hashmap

Introduction to Selenium WebDriver

• What is WebDriver
• Exploring Webdriver java docs
• Downloading Webdriver jar files
• Open Google home page through WebDriver
• Exploring more features of WebDriver
• WebDriver Features & Examples
• Handling HTML Elements such as: Text box, Hyperlinks, Submit buttons,
• Radio buttons, Check boxes, Dropdown etc
• Finding Elements & text on a Webpage
• Printing all links and other values from a webpage and HTML Elements
• Using By class to find elements using different methods
• Implement global wait
• Running test in multiple browsers
• Firefox profile
• Running test in multiple profiles

Advance WebDriver Features

• Simulating keypress events such as buttons such as Enter, page up, pagedown, backspace
• Handling java script messages
• Working with online captchas
• Running the test with HTMLUnit driver
• Online Webtables
• Downloading and configuring chrome driver
• How to find Xpaths through Chrome developer tool
• Generating your own Xpaths
• What if you don?t have firebug or firepath
• Handling multiple pop ups/tabs in Chrome
• Handling Mouse over Menus and Iframes

Ajax & Listeners

• How to handle Ajax based applications
• Browser navigate methods
• Listeners
• Mouse movements
• Explore action class mouseover method
• Working with Javascriptexecutor
• Drag and Drop
• Resizable
• Handling Sliders

Page Object Model (POM)

Page Factory (PF)

Framework-TestNG

• Integration and Execution of Test Suite using TestNG Framework Module - 1
  • What is TestNg
  • Installing TestNg in Eclipse
  • TestNg Annotations
  • Understanding usage of annotations
  • Running a Test in TestNg
  • Batch Running of tests in TestNg
  • Skipping Tests
  • Parameterizing Tests ? DataProvider
  • Assertions/Reporting Errors
  • TestNg Reports
  • Advantages over Junit
• Integration and Execution of Test Suite using TestNG Framework Module - 2
  • Test Data files
  • TestCore class which loads Xls file, run selenium server through code and do other initialization
  • Object.Properties file to store Xpaths
  • Configuration Files
  • Skipping Test Cases
  • Screenshot Capturing
  • Emailing Test Results
  • Generating Reports
  • Generating Application and Selenium logs

Implementation of Maven

• Implementation of Maven with Test NG & Cucumber

Framework-ReportNG

• ReportNG is a simple plug-in for the TestNG unit-testing framework to generate HTML reports as a replacement for the default TestNG HTML reports.
• Configuring ReportNG with TestNG for HTML Reports

Framework-Cucumber

• Cucumber Introduction
  • Test Driven Development (TDD)
  • Cucumber & Behavior Driven Development
  • Gherkin ? Business Driven Development
• Set Up Cucumber with Selenium in Eclipse
  • Download and Install Java
  • Download and Start Eclipse
  • Install Cucumber Eclipse Plugin
  • Download Cucumber for Eclipse
  • Download Webdriver Java client
  • Configure Eclipse with Cucumber
• Cucumber Basics
  • Cucumber Selenium Java Test
  • Feature File
  • JUnit/TestNG Test Runner Class
  • Gherkin Keywords
  • Step Definition
  • Cucumber Options
• Data Driven Testing
  • Parameterization in Cucumber
  • Data Driven Testing Using Examples Keyword
  • Data Tables in Cucumber
  • Maps in Data Tables

Framework-Extent Report

• What are Extent Reports
• Using Extent Reports in Selenium
• How to generate Extent Reports
• How to generate Extent Reports in Selenium using NUnit
• How to capture screenshots in Extent Report
• Benefits of using Extent Reports

Introduction of API

• What is an API.
• What is meant by Service &API Testing
• Benefits of Service-Oriented Architecture
• Why API/ Service level testing
• Introduction - Web Services
• Testing Types.
• Role of A software tester in API testing
• API Testing and Unit Testing.
• Area for covering your test.
• Types of API
• Tools for API Testing

API Protocols

• HTTPs Protocol
• HTTP Request Headers
• HTTP Response Headers
• SSL
• TLS
• Cookies
• HTTP Verbs

Download and Install API Testing Tool (Postman)

• What is Postman Tool.
• As a Standalone Application.
• As a Chrome Extension

Description of the Postman Tool

• Sidebar Section
• History
• Collections
• Header Section
  • New
  • Import
  • Interceptor
  • Sync
• Builder Section
  • Tabs
  • HTTP Method Type
  • URL Bar
  • Header's List

GET Requests in Postman

• Client Server Architecture and HTTP Protocol
• HTTP Request
• HTTP Responds
• Request payload
• Response Payload

Understanding Response in Postman

• Response Status and Information
• Response Body
• Response Cookies
• Response Header

API Method

• Get
• Post
• Put
• Petch
• Delete

Response Code

• 100- 199 Informational
• 200 ? 299 Success
• 300 ? 399 Redactional
• 400-499 Client-Side Error
• 500- 599 Server-Side Error

Perform API Testing with Live API

What is REST API's

Understanding the REST API Architecture

Terminologies such as Endpoint, Resources, Payload & Parameters

What is POSTMAN

How to test API's with Postman

Different type of REST requests

What is REST Assured

Setting up REST ASSURED environment for automation

Discussion on google API's for automation

REST Assured methods

REST Assured validations

Methods to validate Json and xpath responses

Optimizing scripts to Framwork standards

Discussion on JIRA API's

Discussion on Twitter API's

Understanding OAUTH authentication

POJO Classes usage

Serialization & Deserialization for Json inputs and outputs

Tons of examples on automating API's with rest assured validations

Logging feature to log responses

Migrating project to TESTNG framework

Building Maven setup as build management tool

Creating BAT file to Run whole project on Single Click

Understanding GIT

• Version Control with Git:
  • What is Version Control
  • What is Git
  • Why Git for your Organization
  • Install Git
  • Common Commands in Git
  • Working with Remote Repositories
  • GIT Installation, Version Control, Working with Remote Repository
• Git, Jenkins & Maven Integration:
  • Branching and Merging in Git
  • Git Workflows
  • Git Cheat Sheet
  • What is CI
  • Why CI is Required
  • Introduction to Jenkins (With Architecture)
  • Introduction to Maven
  • Branching and Merging, Stashing, Rebasing, Reverting and Resetting
  • Build and Automation of Test using Jenkins and Maven

Understanding Jenkins

• Continuous Integration using Jenkins:
  • Adding a Slave Node to Jenkins
  • Building Delivery Pipeline
  • Pipeline as a Code
  • Implementation of Jenkins
  • Build the Pipeline of Jobs using Jenkins
  • Create a Pipeline Script to Deploy an Application over the Tomcat Server

Intro to Gen AI

• What is Generative AI
• How it differs from traditional software
• Basic architecture (Prompt-Model-Output)
• Terminology: prompt, hallucination, tokens, fine-tuning, context window.

Gen AI Testing Fundamentals

• Why testing Gen AI is different from traditional testing
• Key challenges: Non-determinism, bias, hallucination
• Evaluation approaches:
• Golden set testing
• Human-in-the-loop testing
• A/B testing of model versions

Functional Testing

• How to verify Gen AI output correctness
• Metrics: BLEU, ROUGE, Precision/Recall
• Test scenarios: Prompt injection
• Incomplete or ambiguous prompts
• Multiple languages or accents
• Response formatting & structure

Non-Functional Testing

• Security Testing: Prompt injection, data leaks
• Performance: Latency, token limits
• Ethical Testing: Biases, toxicity, inappropriate content
• Robustness Testing: Noisy input, out-of-domain queries

Prompt Engineering for Testers

• What is prompt engineering
• Prompt types: Zero-shot, few-shot, chain-of-thought
• Testing prompts like code: assertions, expected outcomes

Introduction to Automation

• What is automation
• When and Why automation
• Advantages and Disadvantages
• Different Types of Automation Tools
• What is TOSCA Test Suite

Installation / Setup

• System Requirements
• Process to Download Tosca
• Process to Install Tosca

Introduction to TOSCA

• How To learning Automation Tool
• Create Workspace in TOSCA Test Suite
• Test Process Flow in TOSCA

Frameworks and Engine in Tosca

• TBox
• Classic
• HTML
• UIA
• AnyUI

Tosca Commander

• Requirement Section
• Test case Design Section
• Modules section
• Test Case Section
• Execution List Section
• Issues Section

Modules Section

• Types of Modules
• What is standard Modules
• Example for Open Url and Close browser
• Xscan
• Create User Define Modules
• Working with User Defined Module
• What is object Identification
• How to scan Application
• Various methods for Object Identification
• Re-Scan Modules in Tosca
• Merge Modules in Tosca
• Find Duplicate Modules
• Finish Screen
• Scan screen

Test Cases Creation

• Create Test Cases in Tosca test suite
• How Re-name Test Case
• How to Delete Test Case
• How to Design Test Case
• Working with Internet Explore
• Working with Firefox
• Working with Chrome
• Working with Edge
• Cross Browser Testing
• Parallel Execution

Verify

• How to Verify Element Text
• How to Verify Element is Exist
• How to Verify Element is Enabled
• How to Verify Element is Visible
• If Else Condition
• While statement
• Do-while

Test Configure Parameter

• How to Create TCP
• How to Use TCP
• How to Delete TCP
• Types of TCP

Error Handling

• On Dialog Failure
• On Exception Failure
• On Verification Failure

Recovery Scenario

• Create Recovery Scenario Collection
• Add Test Step to use if an error occurs
• On Dialog Failure
• On Exception Failure
• On Verification Failure

Action Modes

• Working with various action modes
• Input
• Verify
• Wait On
• Buffer
• Select

Synchronization

• TBox Wait
• Synchronization
• Synchronization

Buffer Concept

• Time Out
• Time Out during Wait on
• Buffer in TOSCA Test Suite
• Static Buffer
• Dynamic Buffer
• Create Dynamic Buffer with Example

Perform calculations

• CALC
• MATH
• TRIM
• ROUND
• RANDBETWEEN
• RND
• CTMSTMP(Random character)
• RANDOMTEXT
• RNDDECIMAL

Generating dynamic date and time expressions

• DATE
• TIME
• DATETIME
• DAY
• MONTH
• YEAR
• MONTHFIRST
• MONTHLAST
• QUARTERFIRST
• TRIMESTERFIRST
• HYEARFIRST

Requirement Section

• Create Requirements
• Link Execution List to Requirements

Execution Lists

• What is execution lists
• Create Execution lists
• Execute Test cases
• Execute Manual Test cases
• Link Test cases to Execution List

Reporting in Tosca

• Test Case Level Report
• Execution Level Report
• Requirement Level Report

What is Modular Driven Framework

• Implementing Modular Driven Framework
• Library
• what is Library Concept
• Create Library
• Create Reusable Test step Blocks (RTB)
• Use reusable test step blocks and Create Test Case
• What Resolve reference
• Create Business parameters