Our industry-recognized Elevate Certified Testing Expert program equips you with core and advanced skills for a thriving career in software testing. The course includes ISTQB Manual Tester certification, expert-level manual testing, and hands-on experience with Selenium Java and Selenium Python. You’ll also gain practical exposure to Cucumber, Soap, Appium, and testing fundamentals. With our 100% placement assurance, you’ll be ready to step confidently into the software industry.
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The Elevate Certified Testing Expert program is a comprehensive training pathway designed to prepare you for a successful career in software testing. This program includes the ISTQB Manual Tester Certification (45 hours), Advanced Manual Testing (90 hours), and hands-on projects using Selenium with Java and Python. You’ll also gain practical knowledge in Cucumber, Soap, Appium, and testing fundamentals (45 hours). With our 100% placement assurance, we ensure a smooth entry into the software industry.
This course is designed to provide a deep understanding of software testing by equipping learners with both theoretical knowledge and practical skills. Participants will learn how to develop and execute effective test plans and test cases, manage and report defects, and gain hands-on experience in automation and performance testing. The program also focuses on mastering essential QA tools and frameworks used in the industry, while building confidence in test reporting and overall quality assurance practices.
01. What is Testing?
Test Objectives
Testing and Debugging
02. Why is Testing Necessary?
Testing's Contributions to Success
Testing and Quality Assurance (QA)
Errors, Defects, Failures, and Root Causes
03. Testing Principles 04. Test Activities, Testware & Test Roles
Test Activities and Tasks
Test Process in Context
Testware
Traceability between the Test Basis & Testware
Roles in Testing
04. Test Process
Test Planning
Test Monitoring & Control
Test Analysis
Test Design
Test Implementation
Test Execution
Test Completion
Software Development Cycle (SDLC) - Introduction
Verification Vs. Validation
Sequential Model
Incremental and iterative Model
Agile Software Development
Impact of the Software Development Lifecycle on Testing
Software Development Lifecycle and Good Testing Practices
DevOps and Testing
Shift - Left Approach
Retrospectives and Process Improvement
Test Levels and Test Types
Test Levels
Test Types
Confirmation Testing and Regression Testing
Static Testing Basics
Work Products Examinable by Static Testing
Value of Static Testing
Difference Between Static Testing and Dynamic Testing
Feedback and Review Process
Reviews Process Activities
Roles and Responsibilities of Reviews
Review Types
Success Factors For Reviews
Test Techniques Overview Black Box Test Techniques
Equivalence Partitioning
Boundary Value Analysis
Decision Table Testing
State Transition Testing
Use Case Testing
White Box Test Techniques
Statement Testing and Statement Coverage
Branch Testing and Branch Coverage
The Value of White - Box Testing
Experience Based Test Techniques
Error Guessing
Exploratory Testing
Checklist Based Testing
Collaboration Based Test Approach
Collaborative User Story Writing
Acceptance Criteria
Acceptance Test - Driven Development (ATDD)
Test Planning
Purpose and Content of a Test Plan
Tester's Contribution to Iteration and Release Planning
Entry Criteria and Exit Criteria
Estimation Techniques
Test Case Prioritization
Test Pyramid
Testing Quadrants
Risk Management
Risk Definition and Risk Attributes
Project Risks and Product Risks
Product Risk Analysis
Product Risk Control
Test Monitoring, Test Control, and Test Completion
Defect Management
Defect Management
Tool Support for Testing
Asana Tool_free
JIRA Tool
Bugzilla Tool
Question Bank
Mock, Mco
Software Testing Life Cycle
Alpha Testing + Beta Testing
Benefits and Risks of Test Automation
Introduction of Software Testing
What is Software Testing?
What is Quality?
Importance of Testing
Tools used for Testing
Manual and Automation Testing
Principles of software testing
Software Development Life Cycle
SDLC and SDLC Phases
Waterfall Model
V Model
Spiral Model
Iterative Model
Agile Model
Development Architectures
One Tier Architecture
Two Tier Architecture
Three Tier Architecture
N-Tier Architecture
Software Testing Life Cycle
What is STLC
Entry and Exit Criteria
STLC Phases
Requirement Analysis
Test Planning
Test Design
Test Execution
Sign off
Test Scenario Preparation
Test Case Preparation
Test Environment and Test Data Preparation
Requirement Traceability Matrix
Basic Concept of Software Testing
What is Software Testing?
Test Process
Test Levels
Testing Techniques used in Levels of Testing
White Box Testing Technique
Black Box Testing Technique
Unit Testing
Integration Testing
System Testing
Functional Testing
Non Functional Testing
User Acceptance Testing
Testing Types
Functional Testing
Whitebox Testing
Blackbox Testing
Positive Testing
Negative Testing
Beta Testing
Live Environment Testing
Smoke Testing
Sanity Testing
Regression Testing
Formal Testing
Informal Testing
Monkey Testing
Re-Testing Testing
Risk Based Testing
Non Functional Testing
Performance Testing
Load/Stress Testing
Usability Testing
Accessibility Testing
Security Testing
Test Scenario Writing
What is Test Scenario
Setting Up Trello
Registration Test Scenarios
Web pages Sign-up Test Scenarios
Login Test Scenarios
Search Functionality Test Scenarios
Test Case Writing
Test Case Writing
How to Write Test cases using Google Sheets
Sign-up Valid Test Cases
Invalid Sign-up Test Cases
Username Test Cases
Email Test Cases
Password Test Cases
Test Execution and Bug Reporting
How to Write a Bug Report
Difference Between Landscape & Portrait Mode
Types of Defects
Taking Screenshots for the Defect Report
Video Recording For the Defect Report
Introduction of Agile
What is Agile
Why we are using Agile
Advantages of Agile
Agile Methodologies
Overview
Agile Scrum
Why we go for Agile?
Agile Manifesto and Scrum
Roles Involved in Agile
Terminologies used in Agile
Agile Ceremonies
Spring Grooming
Spring Planning
Daily Scrum Meeting
Spring Review
Spring Retrospective
Agile Artifacts
Kanban
Adaptive Project Framework (APF)
Extreme Project Management (XPM)
Mobile Testing
Introduction of Mobile Testing
What is Mobile Application Testing?
Types of Mobile Applications
Difference Between Mobile Testing & Web Testing
Types of Mobile Devices
Challenges of Mobile Testing
Mobile Analytics Data
Postman
What is Postman
Installation Process
Request Builder
Create & Save Requests
POST Requests
Writing Tests
Collection Runner
Authorization & Authentication
Performance Testing
What is Performance Testing
Concept of Load Generation
Creating Load Profiles
Performance Testing Using JMeter
How to Install JMeter
Thread Group
Samplers
Listeners
Adding Blazemeter Plugin
Recording Scripts using Blazemeter
Replaying Recorded Scripts
Average & Median
Advanced Performance Testing Using JMeter
Introduction
Response Time, Throughput, Utilization & Robustness
Performance Test Environment
Serial & Parallel Execution of Threads
User Defined Variables
Action After Sample Error
Controllers
Loop Controller
Throughput Controller
Java Programming for Software Testers
Introduction
Environment Setup
Sample Java Code
Getting input from User
Arithmetic Operations
If Statement
If Else if
Nested If
Comparing More than One Condition
Switch Case
For Loop
While Loop
Do While Loop
Introduction
Structure of OOPS (Class, Method, Object)
Inheritance
Polymorphism
Encapsulation
Abstraction
Exception Handling
Black-Box Testing
What is Black-Box Testing
Equivalence Partitioning
Boundary Value Analysis
Finding Defects in a Live Project
Decision Table Testing
State-Transition Testing
JBlackbox Testing
What is Black-Box Testing
Equivalence Partitioning
Boundary Value Analysis
Finding Defect in a Live Project
Decision Table Testing
State-Transition Testing
About Automation Testing
Automation means
Why and when we go for automation
Automation tools
Advantages and disadvantages of automation
Criteria for automation
Fundamentals of test automation
Automation Vs Manual testing process
Automation Frameworks
About Selenium
What is selenium tool
User of selenium
Features of selenium tool
Advantages and disadvantages of selenium
Installation setup
Selenium Components
Selenium IDE
Selenium RC
Selenium Web Driver
Selenium Grid
Selenium Web Driver
Web driver architecture
Web driver Feature
Web driver VSRC
Web driver Installation
Web driver commands
Running test on chrome
Running test in Firefox
Running test on IE
Running test on safari
Locators
ID
Name
Link text
Partial link text
Class name
Tag name
Absolute XPath
Relative XPath
Dynamic XPath
XPath
Contains XPath
Text XPath
Text Contains XPath
Attribute with Contains
Following
Ancestor
Child
Preceding
Following-sibling
Parent
Descendant
Web Elements in Selenium
What are web elements in Selenium
Different types of web element
Operations performed in web elements
How to locate web element in web page
Different web element methods
Difficulties while handling web elements
Handling waits
Web Driver Commands
Fetching a webpage
Locating elements and sending user inputs
Clearing the user inputs
Fetching data over any web element
Performing click event
Radio button and check box
Navigating browser in forward and backward direction
Refresh and reload the webpage
Closing windows and closing browser
Drag and drop
Mouse hover action
Right click and double click
Keyboard action by using Robot class
JavaScript executor
Handling drop down
Handling of window
Handling of alert
Handling I Frames
Handling web table and web calendar
Screenshot
Framework in Selenium
What is a Framework?
Need of Framework
Types of Frameworks in Selenium
TestNG Framework
What is TestNG?
Installation of TestNG
Features of testing and Types of annotations
Priority & invocation count
Rerun for failed test cases
Parallel execution
Grouping
How to set assert in testing
Dependencies and configure Maven project
@ Data Provider using Apache POI (Excel sheet)
Report generations
Introduction to Python
What is Python
Why do we need Selenium
Selenium with Java and Python (Pros & Cons)
Program Structure
Python Programming
Basic programming in Python
Data Type
Collection
Function in Python
Modules
Simple class and objects
Example programs
Installation setup
Selenium WebDriver
Introduction to WebDriver
Accessing forms in WebDriver
Accessing link and table
Pytest
Create your first test care
Run Multiple test care
Group multiple test care
Assert creation
Pytest mark, skip
Parallel testing
Pytest fixtures
Unit test
HTML report creation
Cucumber Basics
Installation and setup of Cucumber
Writing and running your first Cucumber test
Understanding feature files, scenarios, and steps
Step Definitions
Implementing step definitions in various programming languages (e.g., Java, Ruby, JavaScript)
Parameterization and data tables in step definitions
Reusing step definitions across scenarios
Tags and Hooks
Tagging scenarios and features
Using hooks for setup and teardown
Conditional execution of scenarios based on tags
Backgrounds and Hooks
Using backgrounds to eliminate duplicate steps
Scenario outlines for data-driven testing
Implementing hooks for setup and teardown
Cucumber with Selenium (Optional)
Integrating Cucumber with Selenium WebDriver for web application testing
Writing step definitions for interacting with web elements
Best practices for structuring Cucumber tests in Selenium projects
Introduction to Katalon Studio
Overview of Katalon Studio
Understanding its features and capabilities
Installation and setup
Basic Concepts
Test case creation
Object Repository management
Test suite organization
Data-driven testing
Web Testing
Basics of web testing
Recording and playback of web tests
Web element identification techniques
Handling dynamic elements
Advanced web testing techniques
Overview of APIs
Understanding what APIs are and why they are important in software development.
Introduction to SOAP
History and evolution of SOAP.
Key features and characteristics of SOAP.
Comparison with other API protocols like REST.
SOAP Envelope
Understanding the structure of SOAP messages.
Components of the SOAP envelope.
SOAP Headers and Body
Exploring the purpose and structure of SOAP headers and bodies.
How to include additional information in SOAP messages.
WSDL (Web Services Description Language)
Introduction to WSDL.
Creating and understanding WSDL documents.
SOAP APIs and Web Services
Developing SOAP-based web services.
Consuming SOAP APIs in applications.
Introduction to Appium
Understanding the need for mobile automation.
Overview of Appium and its architecture.
Installation of Appium and its dependencies.
Setting Up Environment
Installing necessary software like Java Development Kit (JDK), Android SDK, Xcode (for iOS testing), Node.js, etc.
Configuring the environment variables.
Working with Appium Server
Starting and stopping the Appium server.
Understanding the server logs.
Configuring server settings.
Locating Elements
Identifying elements using various locators like ID, Name, XPath, CSS selectors, etc.
Handling dynamic elements.
Working with Mobile Platforms
Android and iOS specifics.
Configuring devices/emulators/simulators.
Installing/uninstalling apps.
Appium Desired Capabilities
Setting up capabilities for test execution.
Understanding different capabilities for Android and iOS platforms.
UI Interactions
Automating user interactions like tapping, swiping, zooming, etc.
Dealing with alerts and dialogs.
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