Learning Paths

Structured learning journeys from absolute beginner to QA expert. Each path is carefully crafted to build your skills progressively.

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Manual QASpecialization
Accessibility Testing (WCAG 2.2 & ARIA)
10 lessons
Master comprehensive accessibility testing with WCAG 2.2 guidelines, ARIA implementation, and automated tools. Learn to ensure digital products are usable by everyone, including people with disabilities.

What's included:

  • Why Accessibility Matters: Legal, Ethical & Business Case
  • WCAG 2.2: 4 Principles, 3 Levels & The 2026 Standard
  • Screen Reader Testing 2026: NVDA & VoiceOver
  • + 7 more lessons
Manual QASpecialization
Exploratory Testing Mastery
10 lessons
Become an expert in exploratory testing techniques, session-based testing, and creative bug finding. Learn structured approaches to uncover hidden issues that scripted testing misses.

What's included:

  • Exploratory vs. Scripted Testing: The Great Debate
  • Charters & Time-Boxing: The Art of Structured Exploration
  • Heuristics & Oracles: Deciding "Is this a Bug?"
  • + 7 more lessons
Manual QASpecialization
Usability & UX Testing
10 lessons
Master user experience testing with Nielsen heuristics, usability studies, and UX research methods. Learn to evaluate and improve user interfaces for better user satisfaction.

What's included:

  • Usability vs. Functionality: Testing the Human Experience
  • Nielsen's 10 Heuristics: The Laws of Usability
  • Planning a Usability Test: Goals, Tasks, & People
  • + 7 more lessons
Manual QASpecialization
Mobile Manual Testing (iOS & Android devices)
10 lessons
Comprehensive manual testing for mobile applications across iOS and Android platforms. Learn device fragmentation, gesture testing, and mobile-specific quality assurance techniques.

What's included:

  • Mobile Testing: Confronting the Chaos
  • iOS Essentials: The Apple Ecosystem
  • Android Essentials: The Open Ecosystem
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
API Automation & Contract Testing
10 lessons
Master API automation with REST, GraphQL, and contract testing. Learn Postman, RestAssured, Pact, and build robust API test suites for modern microservices architectures.

What's included:

  • Modern API Testing: REST, GraphQL, & Contracts
  • Hands-On: REST & GraphQL Automation
  • Enterprise Postman: CI/CD & Governance
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
Performance Testing Automation
10 lessons
Automate performance testing with JMeter, k6, and cloud-based solutions. Learn load testing, stress testing, and performance monitoring for scalable applications.

What's included:

  • Performance Engineering & Automation
  • Metric Mastery: Response Times & Throughput
  • Stress Testing: Breaking Points
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
Mobile Automation (Appium + Detox)
10 lessons
Automate mobile app testing with Appium and Detox. Learn cross-platform testing, gesture automation, and CI/CD integration for iOS and Android applications.

What's included:

  • Mobile Automation: The Logic & The Hardware
  • Appium 2.0: The Architecture of Everything
  • Your First Mobile Script: WebdriverIO & Python
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
Visual Regression & UI Testing
10 lessons
Master visual testing with Percy, Applitools, and Chromatic. Learn automated visual regression testing, cross-browser validation, and UI component testing.

What's included:

  • Visual Regression: The Eye of the Machine
  • Visual Tool Breakdown: Percy vs. Applitools vs. Chromatic
  • Visual CI: Pipeline Integration
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
Test Framework Design & Architecture
10 lessons
Design and architect scalable test automation frameworks. Learn patterns like Page Object Model, layered architecture, and best practices for maintainable test suites.

What's included:

  • Why Frameworks Die: Anti-Patterns
  • Architecture Wars: Choosing Your Pattern
  • Clean Architecture: The 4-Layer Model
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
CI/CD Pipelines & Quality Gates
10 lessons
Build robust CI/CD pipelines with quality gates. Learn GitHub Actions, Jenkins, automated testing integration, and DevOps collaboration for QA engineers.

What's included:

  • CI/CD: The Quality Pipeline
  • CI Tools: The Big Three
  • Defining the Gates: From Unit to Performance
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
Ethical Hacking for QA Engineers
10 lessons
Learn ethical hacking techniques for security testing. Master OWASP Top 10, Burp Suite, and security testing methodologies to find vulnerabilities before attackers do.

What's included:

  • The Hacker Mindset: Breaking the Happy Path
  • OWASP Top 10: The Hit List
  • Burp Suite: The Man in the Middle
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
API Security Testing (OWASP API Top 10)
10 lessons
Specialize in API security testing with OWASP API Top 10. Learn authentication testing, authorization flaws, injection attacks, and API-specific security vulnerabilities.

What's included:

  • API Security: The New Battleground
  • BOLA Deep Dive: The Access Key
  • Authentication Pitfalls: More than just Passwords
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
Mobile App Security Testing
10 lessons
Master mobile app security testing for iOS and Android. Learn data storage security, network interception, reverse engineering, and mobile-specific security threats.

What's included:

  • Mobile Threat Landscape: iOS vs Android
  • Insecure Data Storage: Keychain & Keystore
  • Reverse Engineering: Reading App DNA
  • + 7 more lessons
ManagerSpecialization
QA Team Lead & People Management
10 lessons
Transition from individual contributor to QA team leader. Learn hiring, mentoring, performance management, and building high-performing QA teams.

What's included:

  • From Tester to Lead: The $4.5M Multiplier Effect
  • Hiring QA Engineers: The $80k Bad Hire vs. The 10x Fit
  • Onboarding: The First 90 Days & Retention
  • + 7 more lessons
ManagerSpecialization
QA Metrics, Dashboards & OKRs
10 lessons
Master QA metrics and reporting. Learn defect tracking, test coverage analysis, executive reporting, and building data-driven QA strategies.

What's included:

  • QA Metrics: The Good, The Bad, and The DORA
  • Defect Leakage: The Most Brutal Metric
  • Automation ROI & The 100% Coverage Myth
  • + 7 more lessons
Manual QASpecialization
Agile / Scrum Mastery for QA
10 lessons
Become an Agile/Scrum expert for QA teams. Learn sprint planning, definition of done, retrospective facilitation, and scaling agile practices in testing organizations.

What's included:

  • QA in Agile: Myths vs. Reality
  • The Definition of Done: Making Quality Non-Negotiable
  • QA in Sprint Planning & Refinement
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
Shift-Left & DevOps Collaboration
10 lessons
Master shift-left testing and DevOps collaboration. Learn early testing practices, infrastructure testing, and building quality into the development pipeline.

What's included:

  • "Shift Left" Really Means: The Economics of Prevention
  • QA in Requirements & Design Reviews: The Prevention Playbook
  • Pairing with Developers: TDD & BDD in Practice
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
Chaos Engineering for Testers
10 lessons
Learn chaos engineering principles and practices. Master steady state hypothesis, chaos experiments, and building resilient systems through controlled failure testing.

What's included:

  • Chaos Engineering: Netflix Origins & The $2.7M Lesson
  • Steady State, Hypothesis & Blast Radius: The $900K Mistake
  • Chaos Experiments: CPU, Network & DB Failure—The $2.7M Black Friday
  • + 7 more lessons
SDETSpecialization
Observability for QA (Grafana, ELK)
10 lessons
Master observability tools and practices for QA. Learn logs, metrics, traces, dashboards, and observability-driven debugging in production environments.

What's included:

  • Observability vs Monitoring: The $4.8M Unknown-Unknown
  • Logs, Metrics & Traces: The $2.9M Missing Pillar
  • ELK Stack: The $1.7M Log Search That Saved Black Friday
  • + 7 more lessons
ManagerSpecialization
Strategic QA Leadership & Budgeting
10 lessons
Become a strategic QA leader. Learn roadmap planning, budget management, executive communication, and positioning QA as a strategic business partner.

What's included:

  • QA: From Cost Center to Strategic Partner
  • Building a Strategic QA Roadmap
  • Budgeting: The Art of Getting Money
  • + 7 more lessons