We offer these Software QA & Testing classes:

Software Testing & Quality Assurance
Software Test Automation with SilkTest
Software Test Automation with LoadRunner
Software Test Automation with QuickTest Pro
Software Test Automation with Selenium IDE
Software Test Automation with Selenium RC and Perl
Software QA Toolbox: Bugzilla - A Defect Tracker
Web Testing

Software Testing & Quality Assurance

This course provides the foundation for developing and using theory based practice in Software Testing (“manual” environment). Based on understanding functions and responsibilities of Software Testing and Software Quality and professional software standards (mostly from IEEE) students learn skills required to work as entry level Software Test professional or Software Quality specialist (or equivalent job titles). Utilizing the knowledge of principles and practices of modern software testing, testing methodologies, test levels and types, test documentation, defect identification and more, students apply testing strategies to testing different applications. Current information is explored. In class activities facilitate the exploration of knowledge. This course also focuses on the utilization of theory-based practice to promote the professionalism. This course is appropriate for both novice and experienced software testers. Students complete 8 workshops and 24 hours of practicum, which give students the opportunity to gain or enhance their experience by using the skills they learned and provide experiences to develop the role of Software Test professional. Going through the practicum and working on the test planning, design, execution and reporting with design all applicable test documents from test plan thru test cases to bug reports, students develop the beginning skills in software testing helping them to explore in real world or use those skills as a basis for continue education in software automation. Practical approach and application of theories introduced in the class is the framework for this course.

Software Test Automation using SilkTest

SilkTest is the leading functional testing software to automate the time consuming and labor intensive activity of manually testing Web, Java, or traditional client/server-based applications.
In this class you will learn the methodology of automation testing; test script creating; recording a test frame and window declaration; designing test cases, using high-level object-oriented language 4TEST, supporting custom objects, verification tools, and many other features. By the conclusion you will know how to develop a fully automated test suite for standard GUI and WEB based applications. Students will be supported by wide range of practical scripts and test cases to work independently on lab or home computers. Test applications will be also provided.

Software Test Automation using LoadRunner

LoadRunner is one of the most popular tools for testing performance of the applications. It has been always in a great demand in the market as the industry-standard load-testing tool. Recently, readers of the ColdFusion Developer’s Journal have named LoadRunner “Best Testing Tool."
Learn performance test methodology and planning. Study how to test your system under controlled and peak load conditions. Create automation scripts to simulate multiple Virtual Users (VU) that are distributed over a network. Analyze reports and graphs to evaluate the performance of your web application. Work with VU Generator, Controller, and Analysis.

Software Test Automation using QuickTest Pro

Mercury Interactive’s QuickTest Professional tool is new-generation, GUI-oriented, Internet/Intranet test automation tool and is taught for functional and regression testing at the client. QuickTest Pro provides a multifunctional solution for testing dynamically changing Web, Java, VB, ERP/CRM and multimedia content across environments. QuickTest Pro integrates with WinRunner, LoadRunner and TestDirector. Curriculum includes coverage of the foundations of software test automation as well as basic of VBScript and advanced techniques for efficient test scripts. Most of curriculum is provided by Mercury Interactive. SCAE is an authorized member of Mercury Interactive’s Academic Access Program.

Software Test Automation using Selenium IDE

An introduction to the popular open-source Selenium Integrated Development Environment (SIDE) used for automating the testing of web pages.
Topics covered will include: download and installation; user forums; record/replay; use of globbing and regular expressions within patterns; use of XPath and DOM expressions to locate page elements; test suite creation; the Selenium command set; the use of JavaScript snippets as arguments to Selenium commands; and the use of JavaScript within user extensions. The course will include weekly hands-on lab exercises. A longer project will be assigned during the last third of the course.
This course is a prerequisite to "Software Test Automation Using Selenium Remote Control (RC)."

Software Test Automation using Selenium RC & Perl

An introduction to the popular open-source Selenium Remote Control (RC) tool used for automating the testing of web pages.
Selenium RC supports test development in six different high-level languages: C#, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, and Ruby. Test development in Perl will be covered in this course. Topics covered will include: download and installation; user documentation and forums; Selenium-IDE's export functionality; RC server command-line options; the Perl API (Application Programming Interface); creating and installing user extensions; error-handling; data-driven testing using a variety of input formats; and integration with testing frameworks. The course will include weekly hands-on lab exercises.

Software QA Toolbox:  Bugzilla--A Defect-Tracker

Add another skill to your QA resume with this two-session hands-on mini-course on Bugzilla--a widely-used open-source defect-tracking tool.  You will learn the lifecycle of a Bugzilla report, and basic user skills including how to create a bug report, how to add an attachment to a bug report, how to query for bugs which meet certain criteria, and how to utilize saved searches.  In addition, since QA engineers are often the administrators for Bugzilla installations, you will learn how to set up new accounts, products, and components, and also how to delete these same entities.  Simultaneous modification of multiple bugs will be presented, along with how to enable bug-watching.  Defect-trackers are used by virtually every software QA engineer; hence, actual experience with one is mandatory for anyone seeking work in this field.

Web Testing

An introduction to the terminology, tools, and techniques associated with web site testing.  Students will gain hands-on experience with a host of tools used in web page testing including:  the W3C's HTML and CSS  validators; link checkers; accessibility testing tools; browser-compatibility testing tools; and internationalization testing tools. In addition, two tools which are the subject of full-length courses at the High Tech Academy will be introduced:  Selenium-IDE, an open source tool for  automating functionality tests of web pages; and LoadRunner, the industry leader in performance testing of web pages. Students will also "learn by doing" various testing-related tasks including how to delete cookies, how to disallow cookies, how to disable JavaScript, how to locate the text of JavaScript errors thrown by a page, and many others.