Where to start
Software Testing from Zero: The First Shift
Night control room · first shift at Shelf
Start software testing from zero on the night shift of an online shop. Learn what testing can and cannot show, compare what the shop does with what it should do, pick your first test values and write a bug report a developer can reproduce. For career-switchers with ordinary computer skills and for junior testers filling gaps.
Course 1 of 13 in the QA Engineer Path
8 lessons · 93 stepscertificate
8 lessons · 93 steps
certificateWhat you will learn
Explain what testing can and cannot show, and write a bug report a developer can reproduce.
Course program
The full outline. Lessons open when the course does.
What testing is
What testing is
Your first shift8 steps
Testing, QA and QC11 steps
Expected vs actual14 steps
Seven principles on a real shift13 steps
Your first finds
Your first finds
First test ideas10 steps
Your first bug report11 steps
A first exploratory sweep13 steps
Review: the first sweep13 steps
How this course compares with others
Section: QA Engineer Path
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- API Testing with Postman12 lessonscertificate
- Databases and SQL for Testers8 lessonscertificate
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- Command Line and Git for Testers8 lessonscertificate
- Logs, Metrics and Queues for Testers10 lessonscertificate
- Environments, Docker and CI for Testers9 lessonscertificate
- AI Assistants for Testers5 lessonscertificate
- Release Night: Test a Shop End to End10 lessonscertificate
Next on the path: How Software Gets Built: Process for Testers
The author
Artsiom Rusau – QA engineer and course author. He has tested software since 2019 and has taught software testing since 2020.