Course Information
Course Overview
Learn Software QA Testing. Review the role of QA Testers on agile teams. Includes software security testing concepts.
Software QA testing is a role that is in high demand. The concepts of testing should be understood by all on a software team to work towards the common goal of delivering high quality software. This course is designed to give you an overview of Software QA concepts that include manual testing, testing in an agile environment, and security testing strategies. We will focus on the mindset that is needed from all members of a software team to effectively deliver high quality applications quickly. We will mention various methods, processes and tools throughout the course.
This course has been presented to individual's and teams for over 5 years and has helped many people land their first job in the IT/software industry. We are now happy to offer this proven course on Udemy.
This course is designed for anyone that works in or around the software industry that desires to become familiar with software QA testing process and concepts.
Roles that will benefit from this course include:
Job seekers who need to understand Software QA testing or Agile concepts
Agile Leads
Developers
DevOps
QA / Testing
Requirements
UX / UI Designers
Business Stakeholders
Corporate Management
Students learning about development process strategies
Anyone who would like to learn Software QA testing concepts
Prerequisites
You do not need to write code or download software to take the course. There is a web based application that you will have free access to with all of the resources needed for this course.
The website will always be available to you once you officially sign up for the course and will be an important reference tool that you can access any time.
If you have a basic understanding of Agile Process it will be helpful, but not required. Most common used terms are explained in a glossary within the web app that is used for this course.
Software QA testing concepts you will learn:
Common Terms - QA, Testing, Agile, Development, DevOps, CICD
Overview of the software development lifecycle and the role of QA testing
How to understand and use functional requirements and UX mockups to test software features
Software Testing Strategy - Common Aspects
Software Testing Strategy - Security
Test Case Design
Developers and QA | working together / testing strategies
Bug Management Process
Automated Security Audits Using Lighthouse
Upon completion of the course:
You will obtain a certificate of completion
You will have lifetime access to the web application used to teach the course
Course Content
- 10 section(s)
- 13 lecture(s)
- Section 1 Introduction
- Section 2 Unit 2 - Overview of units and the web app included free with the course.
- Section 3 Unit 3 (a) - Common Terms - Agile / Development / QA / Testing
- Section 4 Unit 3 (b) - Common Terms – DevOps and CICD Pipeline
- Section 5 Unit 4 (a) - Requirements / Design - Functional Requirements
- Section 6 Unit 4 (b) - Requirements / Design - Using Your Design Document & Requirements
- Section 7 Unit 5 (a) Testing Strategy - Common Aspects
- Section 8 Unit 5 (b) Testing Strategy - Security
- Section 9 Unit 6 - Test Case Design
- Section 10 Unit 7 (a) - Dev/QA | Working Together / Testing Strategy
What You’ll Learn
- This course is designed to give an overview of software testing / QA (Quality Assurance) process.
- Software QA and testing on an Agile team
- Software QA testing and security testing concepts
- Security testing techniques and security scanning using Lighthouse in Chrome DevTools
Skills covered in this course
Reviews
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ssrcolliersd@gmail.com
It was a great refresher for me since I've been out of the QA world for many years. It's dusting off cobwebs in my brain!
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TThia Figueroa
Total newbie to QA and the development world, but this was a great overview for me and was structured well. Thank you!
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WWojciech Gajewski
Good for beginners. If you are an IT specialist, probably not for you. Not intense.
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AAmanda Sleeper
This course was extremely clear and easy to follow. I appreciated the calm that emanated from this course instructor. I look foward to working through more courses that are appropriate for myself. Thank you for the time and effort given to creating this course.