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Table of contents
Introduction
WELCOME!
Why We Created This Course
Why This Course is Different
Who is the Primary Audience for This Course
Who Else Will Find This Course Useful and Interesting
A Note about Test Portal
Homework and Quiz
Glossary and Templates
Exam and Professional Certificate
Unit 1. Bugs Are Everywhere!
Lesson 1. What is a Bug
Quick Intro
3 Conditions of a Bug's Existence
The Gist оf Testing
Spec, Spec, Spec
Software Bugs and Spec Bugs
Other Sources of Expected Results
Why Do We Call Them "Bugs"?
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 2. The Purpose of Testing
Quick Intro
Why We Cannot Test 100% of Software
Testing and QA
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Unit 2. Test Cases and Test Suites
Lesson 3. Test Cases / Part 1
Quick Intro
Test Case Structure
Results of the Test Case Execution
Useful Attributes of the Test Case
Data-Driven Test Cases
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 4. Test Cases / Part 2
Maintainability of Test Cases
Тhe Number of Expected Results Inside One Test Case
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 5. Test Cases / Part 3
Bad Test Case Practices
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 6. Test Suites
Test Suites
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 7. Test Cases / Part 4
States of a Test Case
Тhe Importance of Creativity
3 Factors That Affect Test Cases
Checklists
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Unit 3. Software Development Life Cycle
Lesson 8. Idea
Quick Intro
Once upon a Time in California or How Startups Are Born
Who Generates Ideas About Software
Why We Should QA Every Stage of SDLC
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 9. Product Design / Part 1
Product Managers, MRD, PRD, BRD, Requirements
Essential Spec Attributes
7 Rules for Writing Solid Specs
Breaking Rule #1: Clarity of Details and Definitions
Breaking Rule #2: No Room for Misinterpretation
Breaking Rule #3: Absence of Internal/External Conflicts
Breaking Rule #4: Solid, Logical Structure
Breaking Rule #5: Completeness
Breaking Rule #6: Compliance with Laws
Breaking Rule #7: Compliance with Business Practices
Specs and Technical Instructions
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 10. Product Design / Part 2
3 Spec Statuses
Why We Need Spec Freeze
Dealing with Spec Misinterpretation
Examples
Mock-ups
Process Flowcharts
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 11. Coding / Part 1
Quick Intro
Architecture of a Web-based application
8 Main Reasons Why Bugs Appear in the Software Code
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 12. Coding / Part 2
10 Measures to Enhance Programming Practices
1. Good Hires
2. Friendly Environment
3. Code Inspections
4. Coding Standards
5. Realistic Schedules
6. Availability of Documentation
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 13. Coding / Part 3
7. Unit Testing
Quick Stop: a Concept of the Bug Cost
8. Smart Refactoring
9. Love Thy Employees. A Google Story
10. Business Philosophy
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 14. Coding / Part 4
Programming and Bug Fixing
3 Main Types of Software Bugs
Syntax Bugs
User Interface (UI) Bugs
Logical Bugs
UI or Logical Bug? Simple Question or Not?
Version Control for Test Cases
Test Case Review Meetings
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 15. Testing and Bug Fixes
Code Freeze
Remember This for the Rest of Your Testing Career
From Sanity Test to Certification Test
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 16. Release / Part 1
Quick Intro
Release Types
Differences Between Major and Minor Releases
Version Numbering
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 17. Release / Part 2
Quick Stop: DB Data and DB Schema
ShareLane Super Duper, Inc. The Beginning
ShareLane Architecture
Using Control Version System
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 18. Release / Part 3
Quick Stop: External and Internal IP address
Software Builds
Releasing v. 1.0 to Production
Release 2.0 Is Out. And It's a Disaster
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 19. Release / Part 4
Trunk and Branches in Version Control
Branch States
Production bug = Test Case
Postmortem for Bugs on Prod
Beta Release
Release Safety
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 20. The Big Picture of SDLC
Maintenance
The Big Picture Of The Cycle
Introduction to Agile and Scrum
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 21. The Software Testing Life Cycle
Quick Intro
Research
Test Planning
Test Execution
Test Education And Reality
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Unit 4. Types of Software Testing
Lesson 22. By Knowledge of the Internals
Quick Intro
Black Box Testing
White Box Testing
Quick Stop: Test Coverage
Grey Box Testing
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 23. By the Object of Testing
Functional Testing
UI Testing
Usability Testing
Localization Testing
Load/Performance Testing
Security Testing
Compatibility Testing
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 24. By Degree of Isolation
Quick Intro
Component Testing
Integration Testing
System (End-to-End) Testing
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 25. More Types of Testing
By Positivity of Test Scenarios
By Time Of Test Execution
By Degree Of Automation
By Preparedness
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Unit 5. Bug Tracking
Lesson 26. Bug Tracking System / Part 1
Quick Intro
The purpose of Bug Tracking System
List of BTS attributes
BTS Attributes: ID
BTS Attributes: Summary
BTS Attributes: Description
BTS Attributes: Attachment
BTS Attributes: Submitted By
BTS Attributes: Date
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 27. Bug Tracking System / Part 2
BTS Attributes: Assigned To
BTS Attributes: Assigned By
BTS Attributes: Verifier
BTS Attributes: Component
BTS Attributes: Found On
BTS Attributes: Version
BTS Attributes: Build
BTS Attributes: DB
BTS Attributes: Comments
BTS Attributes: Severity
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 28. Bug Tracking System / Part 3
BTS Attributes: Priority
BTS Attributes: Also Notify
BTS Attributes: Change History
BTS Attributes: Type
BTS Attributes: Status
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 29. Bug Tracking System / Part 4
BTS Attributes: Resolution
Resolution: Reported
Resolution: Assigned
Resolution: Fix in Progress
Resolution: Fixed
Resolution: Fix is Verified
Resolution: Verification Failed
Resolution: Cannot Reproduce
Resolution: Duplicate
Resolution: Not a Bug
Resolution: 3rd Party Bug
Resolution: No Longer Applicable
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 30. Bug Tracking System / Part 5
Bug Tracking Procedure
HTML Elements: Description and Potential Bugs
Text
Link
Image
Linked image
Text box
Text area
Password input box
Drop-down menu
Radio button
Checkbox
Submit button
Reset button
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Unit 6. Test Preps and Test Execution
Lesson 31. Test Preps
Quick Intro
The Tester's Mental Attitude
Intro To Special Skills In Bug Finding
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 32. Black Box Testing Techniques / Part 1
Dirty List – White List
Test Tables
Flowcharts
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 33. Black Box Testing Techniques / Part 2
Risk Analysis
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 34. Black Box Testing Techniques / Part 3
Equivalent Classes
Boundary Values
When You Start To Implement Testing Techniques
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 35. New Feature Testing
Quick Intro
Test Estimates
Entry and Exit Criteria
Test Plan
Aggressive Testing From Jason Fisher
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 36. Regression Testing
Quick Intro
How to Select Test Suites for Regression Testing
Resolving The Main Challenge of Regression Testing
When Regression Testing Stops
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 37. Test Automation / Part 1
Quick Intro
A Story About the Merciless Automator, Benny M.
WHAT to Automate Versus HOW to Automate
Helpers
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 38. Test Automation / Part 2
Scripts for component automation
Scripts for End-to-End Automation
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 39. Test Automation / Part 3
Essential Questions to Ask BEFORE Writing Test Automation
Designing and Writing Test Automation
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Unit 7. Job Hunting System
Lesson 40. Looking for First QA Job / Part 1
Why You Have a REAL Chance to Find a Job in Software Testing
Mental Tuning
Job Hunting Activities
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 41. How to Write Killer Resume
Quick Intro
6 Steps to Write Your First QA Resume
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 42. Looking for First QA Job / Part 2
Working with Recruiters
Launching Campaign for Self-Promotion
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 43. QA Interview Preps
Quick Intro
Do Your Homework
Involve Your Network
Use Company Software
Look GOOD and Have a GOOD Sleep
Phone Screening and Phone Interview
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 44. How to Pass QA Interview / Part 1
Arrive on Time
This is Just Business
Be Friendly and Considerate
If the Interviewer Wants to Talk, Let Him Talk
NEVER Speak Negatively
The Interviewer Is Analyzing You as a Potential Coworker
Honesty and Sincerity Win Hearts
Don't Get Upset or Angry
Never Cancel an Interview Until You Accept a Job Offer
Sometimes You Should Postpone Your Interview
Remember That an Interview Is a Dialog, Not an Interrogation
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Lesson 45. How to Pass QA Interview / Part 2
Use Professional Terms
Remember Your Mantra
Typical QA Interview Questions and Recommended Answers
Make a Speech at the End of Your Interview
Always Send a Thank-You Email
Dealing with Rejections
What Happens After the Interview
GOOD LUCK and GODSPEED!
Lesson Recap
Homework
Quiz
Quiz Cheat Sheet
Glossary
Templates and more
Index
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Introduction In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But, in practice, there is. - Yogi Berra Welcome! Dear
student, welcome to How to Become a QA Tester in 30 Days
! Let
us introduce ourselves.
We,
Roman
Savin
and Ruslan
Desyatnikov
, are QA educators and professionals who bring you more than 40
years
of combined experience in teaching and practicing QA. We’ve
been part of top software companies such as
Citi,
Chegg, Evernote, HSBC, and PayPal
where we’ve learned the QA trade from different angles: manual
testing, QA automation, building QA Departments from scratch, project
test coordination, configuration and release management, process
improvement, etc. Based on that experience we’ve taught QA to 1000s
of students around the world!
More
recently, we decided to create video course to recap our educational
work and in front of you is the textbook for it.
This
textbook contains all 45 lessons of the video course and you can use
it for your QA education if you prefer text to video or when you want
to review video materials in a text form.
Why We Created This Course - To give you practical skills. There are many books/courses/videos on software testing. The problem lies in the HUGE gap between reading/listening/watching about something and actuallybeing able to do that something. Take
kung fu, for example. Is it possible to become a kung fu master by
simply reading/listening/watching about kicks and punches without
kicking and punching?
The
same is true with software testing: to become a solid tester requires
a lot of
hands-on
experience
,
and you cannot get that experience without practicing.
This course gives you an opportunity to get that precious practical experience …at your own pace … without paying the thousands of dollars usually required for solid education in testing. -
To help you find your first job in software testing.
Our
personal stories are similar: we both were poor immigrants who came
to the U.S. for a better life. Neither of us had a Plan B (like
crashing at parent’s apartment) if something
didn’t
work out
.
We had only one plan and option:
to
succeed
.
The situation required focused effort to obtain a job, and to do so
we needed
solid,
targeted, practical
skills in two areas: 1.
How to test web-based software
2. How to make money as a software tester That’s
why this course consists of
how-to
lessons
and practical
exercises
designed to help you learn: >
Software testing skills
> Job hunting skills > Job keeping skills
Why
This Course is Different
1.
This course consists of video lessons – and this textbook contains
the full text of them, but here is the thing: the material in these
lessons is linked to an actual software project,
ShareLane.com. ShareLane
is a test application that was created to:
>
Illustrate the examples
>
Enable you to interact with real software as you go through material
>
Enable you to look into the software code so you can see the root
causes of software bugs
> Enable you to view the contents of the database and log files so you can see the relationship between user activities and the Web site back end > Enable you to use test automation and see how it was written. >
Enable you to file bugs into the bug tracking system.
When
you see this sign:
SL
it means that you should interact with ShareLane software or use its
materials. We strongly encourage you to practice and learn as much as
possible using the resources you’ll find there.
2.
This course is about action – there is
NO
DRY THEORY
here. We are going to give you the methodologies, approaches,
methods, solutions, suggestions, recommendations, ideas and
brain
positioning
that have immediate
practical application
. Under
Brain
Positioning,
we explain the most vital fundamental concepts and attitudes
regarding the subject.
We've
also illustrated the materials with tons of practical examples and
extra notes (we call them
BTWs
–
by
the
way)
- to help you comprehend and remember materials even better.
3.
We’ll cover many topics that are not usually found in software
testing tutorials. For example, you'll learn:
-
a lot of
technical
aspects of software development
:
log files, version control, web architecture, nuances of coding,
etc., etc.
-
informal
but important things
,
such as how to handle office politics.
-
how
to prepare for and successfully pass a QA interview
. Who is the Primary Audience for This Course - Anyone who wants to get a job as a software tester and start exciting and rewarding career - Black box testers who want to expand their knowledge and technical understanding -
UAT Testers who want to deepen their knowledge of black box and grey
box testing methodology, and move to full time QA position.
Who Else Will Find This Course Useful and Interesting - Anyone involved in software development -
Recruiters working with/for software companies
-
Those who want to learn about the inner workings of software
companies
A Note about Test Portal Test
Portal
is
a special site for our students. It’s the most important part of
ShareLane. Test Portal gives you an opportunity to do a variety of
things: use test automation, look into the database and software
code, file bugs, and so on.
The
link to Test Portal is located at the bottom of the ShareLane pages.
Let’s
agree that we will use the
>
(greater than) sign to separate the steps of a path when using Test
Portal.
For
example,
Test
Portal>DB>Data>users
means that first you click the Test
Portal
link, next you find the DB
section, then you click the Data
link, and then you click the users
link. We
encourage you to use Test Portal as much as possible! This is your
real chance to learn software testing on an actual software project.
Homework and Quiz Each
lesson is concluded with practical
homework
and a quiz.
Please, don’t neglect them!
Homework
will help you with hands-on experience and the quiz will make you
double check that you've learned things correctly!
At
the end of the textbook you’ll find
Quiz
Cheat Sheet
with answers to all quiz questions. These answers will give you extra
info on the subject – so, go through quiz first and then check the
answers!
Glossary and Templates At
the end of the textbook you’ll also find
Glossary
containing all professional terms from this course – it’s very
useful to review them before the interview!
You
can find Templates and examples of the documents mentioned in the
course here:
www.sharelane.com/templatestemplates
оr
under section
Templates
and more
of the video course. Feel free to use them for your projects! Exam and Professional Certificate If you received this textbook as a part of our video course, make sure to take an exam and get professional QA certificate. Exam is not easy, but it’s so worth it! You can take an exam unlimited number of times and once you score required number of points you’ll receive professional certificate that you can use to help you get employed. ... We
sure that
How
to Become a QA Tester in 30 Days
will
help you to get a job in Quality Assurance and Software Testing and
make
your life better!
Sincerely, Roman Savin and Ruslan Desyatnikov.
Are you ready for exciting and rewarding journey?
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Primary Author
Roman Savin is Russian-American educator, QA professional and writer.
He was part of PayPal, Evernote, Rockmelt and Chegg where he experienced many aspects of QA trade. As individual contributor he performed black, grey and white box testing, QA automation, and tutoring on QA and Python. As a leader he built QA departments for several companies and led international teams.
As an educator he accepts only one measure of success — the ability of his students to find and keep a QA job.
His writing motto is “write to express, not to impress” and as a writer he cherishes usefulness, simplicity and structure. He is an author of the QA tutorials How to Become a Software Tester and Testing Dot Com.
Co-Author
Ruslan Desyatnikov brings nearly 20 years of Quality Assurance, Quality Control, Process Improvement and Software Testing experience. He is responsible for growing QA Mentor as a trusted partner for software testing, independent verification and validation, and strategic consulting for client base around the world.
Ruslan graduated from Baruch College – City University of New York with a BBA in Computer Information Systems, and holds an MBA in Technology Management from Phoenix University of Arizona. He holds a number of Quality Assurance/Testing and Project Management certifications and is an active board member of multiple QA Organizations in the United States and Europe.
Ruslan's articles are published in many popular magazines such as CIOReview, Outsourcing Gazette, Tea-Time with Testers, Stickyminds, LinkedIn and multiple QA blogs.
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