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Introduction to QA Engineering

163-minute Quality Assurance Course

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About this Course

Learn how to become an effective test engineer. Testing is something every developer must do to write effective and quality code, but going about what you should test and how to do it can be a challenging question. Quality Assurance is the practice of monitoring other developers' work and creating processes and tests that will ensure the product meets the end user’s expectations and limiting the amount of bugs that are released. This course will teach you how to become a Software Quality Assurance Engineer.

What you'll learn

  • Why test?
  • Identify different types of software testing
  • Understand how to approach testing
  • Creating a test plan
  • Know when testing is done

Why We Test

In this stage we’ll learn why testing is important and the basic QA Process as well as some definitions that we’ll want to know in later stages.

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Writing Manual Test Cases

In this stage, we are going to be getting into the real work of testing by writing out manual test cases. In addition to simply testing what the developer has done, manual test cases can also provide useful documentation for people learning how to code for the software.

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Bug Reporting

One thing we hear about often as developers and testers alike are “defects” or, more commonly, “bugs” in the software. In this stage we will discuss bugs and how to write an effective bug report.

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Teacher

  • Ryan Saul

    Ryan Saul is lives in Portland, OR and works as a QA Manager for a startup software company. He has 7 years of experience in the industry and is very passionate about the process and delivery of quality software. In his spare time he goes on hikes and bike rides around the area and is currently working on a video game.

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