QA AUTOMATION — Test automation

Build an automation portfolio with a clear framework and real tests.

• Automation
• 8–12 weeks, flexible pace
• A ready automation framework and portfolio
• QA who want to move into automation

• Playwright or Selenium track
• Test framework structure
• Reports and CI basics
• Automation best practices

1. Module 1 — Java Core for QA Automation
   • OOP basics, classes, methods
   • Collections, loops, conditions
   • Exceptions + clean code practices
2. Module 2 — Framework setup
   • Maven project structure
   • Config files (env, browser, baseUrl)
   • Test runner setup (TestNG/JUnit)
3. Module 3 — Selenium UI Automation
   • Locators (CSS/XPath) + best practices
   • Waits (implicit/explicit) + stability rules
   • Page Object Model (POM)
4. Module 4 — UI test design
   • Critical path automation
   • Data-driven tests basics
   • Screenshots & logs on failures
5. Module 5 — RestAssured API Automation
   • GET/POST/PUT/DELETE, headers, params
   • Auth basics (tokens, bearer, etc.)
   • Assertions: status, schema, response body
6. Module 6 — Combining UI + API
   • Create data via API → validate via UI
   • Cleanup strategies
   • Layered test approach
7. Module 7 — Reporting & debugging
   • Allure/Extent (optional)
   • Logs + screenshots in reports
   • Readable assertions & messages
8. Module 8 — CI basics
   • GitHub Actions (recommended) or Jenkins intro
   • Headless runs
   • Artifacts: reports, screenshots
9. Final Project — Automation Portfolio Framework
   • UI suite (10–20 stable tests)
   • API suite (10–25 endpoints tests)
   • Config per environment + clean structure
   • README + how to run + CI pipeline