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QA Career Basics
10 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
10 short lessons in about 45 minutes: what testers really do, how testing fits into a project, and how to land your first QA job.
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Free
Beginner
Writing Test Cases & Bug Reports
10 lessons · 47 min · Certificate
10 practical lessons in about 50 minutes: a ready-to-use test case template, real techniques, bug reports and a checkout practice project.
Free
Beginner
Test Design Techniques — Complete Basics
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in about 45 minutes: equivalence partitioning, boundary values, decision tables, state transitions, pairwise, use cases, error guessing and choosing the right technique.
Free
Beginner
Real-World Manual Testing Scenarios
8 lessons · 49 min · Certificate
8 scenario lessons in about 50 minutes: how experienced testers approach login, signup forms, search, e-commerce checkout, payments, file upload, mobile apps and a production bug investigation.
Free
Beginner
Agile, Scrum & Jira for QA Engineers
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in 45 minutes: how QA works inside a Scrum sprint, reviewing user stories, writing acceptance criteria, estimating test effort, logging and tracking bugs in Jira, JQL filters, dashboards and how to answer Agile interview questions with confidence.
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Beginner to Intermediate
QA Interview Crash Course
10 lessons · 47 min · Certificate
10 lessons in about 50 minutes: the questions you will actually be asked, model answers for theory, SQL, API and scenario rounds, and a full mock round.
Free
Beginner
Intro to Test Automation
10 lessons · 47 min · Certificate
10 lessons in about 50 minutes: what to automate, locators, assertions and waits, page objects, API tests, CI and a 3-month plan to become an automation engineer.
Free
Beginner
Playwright Automation Basics
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 hands-on lessons in about 45 minutes: install Playwright, record tests, write stable locators and assertions, mock the network, debug failures and finish a mini project.
Free
Beginner
API Testing Fundamentals for Beginners
8 lessons · 46 min · Certificate
8 beginner lessons in about 45 minutes: what an API is, HTTP methods and status codes, JSON, your first requests in Postman, authentication, negative testing and a mini project on a real practice API.
Free
Beginner
Postman API Testing Crash Course
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 hands-on lessons in about 45 minutes: send requests, use environments and variables, write test scripts, chain requests, run collections, go data-driven and run everything in CI with Newman.
Free
Beginner
API Testing with Playwright — First Steps
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in 45 minutes: send API requests with Playwright's request fixture, check status codes, headers and JSON, chain create-read-update-delete calls, handle tokens, write negative tests, mix API and UI tests and run a small typed API suite in CI.
Free
Beginner
API Authentication Basics for Testers
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in about 45 minutes: 401 vs 403, API keys, Basic auth, bearer tokens and JWT, OAuth 2.0, sessions and cookies, role-based access and a complete auth test checklist.
Free
Beginner
SQL for Software Testers — Beginner Course
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in about 45 minutes: read tables, filter with WHERE, handle NULLs, count and group, join tables and write the data checks testers run every day.
Free
Beginner
Database Testing Fundamentals
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in 45 minutes: verify what the UI and API really saved, test constraints and data integrity, catch orphan and duplicate rows, check transactions and rollbacks, test triggers and stored procedures, validate migrations, and find slow or unsafe queries — with ready-to-run SQL checks and interview answers.
Free
Beginner
JavaScript Basics for Automation Testers
8 lessons · 43 min · Certificate
8 short lessons in about 45 minutes: variables, data types, conditions, loops, functions, arrays and objects, async/await and modules, all explained with test automation examples.
Free
Beginner
TypeScript Essentials for Playwright QA
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in 45 minutes: the TypeScript you actually need for Playwright — types, functions, interfaces for test data and API responses, async/await, classes for page objects, generics and utility types, custom fixtures and a typed mini framework.
Free
Beginner
Python Basics for Test Automation
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in 45 minutes: the Python a tester really needs — variables, conditions, loops, lists and dictionaries, functions, files, JSON and errors, pytest with fixtures and parametrize, and your first API and browser tests with requests and Playwright for Python.
Free
Beginner
Java Programming Basics for QA Engineers
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in 45 minutes: the Java a QA engineer really uses — setup, types and Strings, conditions and loops, methods, OOP for Page Objects, collections for test data, exceptions and files, and your first TestNG + Selenium-ready project.
Free
Beginner
Git & GitHub Basics for QA Engineers
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in about 45 minutes: commits, branches, GitHub repos, pull requests, reviewing code as a tester, merge conflicts, GitHub Actions and a portfolio-ready test repo.
Free
Beginner
CI/CD Fundamentals for Software Testers
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in 45 minutes: what CI/CD really is, pipelines and stages, where tests run, GitHub Actions YAML, running Playwright/Selenium/API tests in CI, reports and flaky tests, Jenkins and Docker basics, and quality gates you can explain in interviews.
Free
Beginner
GitHub Actions for QA — Beginner Course
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 hands-on lessons in 45 minutes: write real workflow YAML, trigger tests on pull requests and schedules, run Playwright, Selenium and API suites, use secrets safely, speed up with cache and matrix, upload reports, and block bad merges — the exact skills QA interviews ask about.
Free
Beginner
Docker & Kubernetes for Testers
8 lessons · 52 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in about 50 minutes: what containers are, images vs containers, running apps and databases for testing, writing a Dockerfile for your test suite, Docker Compose test environments, Selenium Grid and Playwright in Docker, Kubernetes basics a tester must know, and a mini project you can show in interviews.
Free
Beginner
Cloud Basics for QA
8 lessons · 55 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in about 55 minutes: what the cloud is, AWS, Azure and GCP services a tester meets, cloud test environments, reading logs and metrics, testing storage, queues and serverless functions, IAM and security checks, cost-safe habits, and a mini project you can explain in interviews.
Free
Beginner
React App Testing for QA
8 lessons · 61 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in about 60 minutes: how React apps work for testers, Vitest and React Testing Library setup, your first component test, choosing accessible queries, simulating users, async UI and API mocking, forms and shared state, and a mini project you can explain in interviews.
Free
Beginner
Chrome DevTools for Software Testers
8 lessons · 50 min · Certificate
8 hands-on lessons in about 50 minutes: inspect elements, read console errors, debug API calls in the Network tab, check storage and cookies, test on phone sizes and slow networks, and attach real evidence to bug reports.
Free
Beginner
Selenium WebDriver Fundamentals
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in 45 minutes: how WebDriver works, your first Java test, reliable locators, explicit waits, frames, windows and alerts, the Page Object Model, TestNG assertions and data-driven tests, and a small framework project you can show in interviews.
Free
Beginner
AI for Testers: Claude & Copilot Starter
8 lessons · 45 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in about 45 minutes: write better prompts, turn requirements into test cases and bug reports with Claude, write and fix Playwright tests with GitHub Copilot, and review AI output safely.
Free
Beginner
Testing AI and ML Apps
8 lessons · 60 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in about 60 minutes: how AI and ML features differ from normal software, testing model outputs without one right answer, test data and data quality, accuracy metrics a tester must read, bias and fairness checks, testing chatbots and LLM features, safety and robustness, monitoring in production, and a mini project you can explain in interviews.
Free
Intermediate
DSA for SDET Interviews
8 lessons · 60 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in about 60 minutes: the data structures and coding patterns SDET interviews actually ask, explained in Java with tester-friendly examples. Big-O, strings, arrays and hash maps, two pointers and sliding window, stacks and queues, recursion and sorting, and a timed mock round you can practise again and again.
Free
Beginner
Data and Report Testing for QA
8 lessons · 60 min · Certificate
8 practical lessons in about 60 minutes: how to test dashboards, reports, exports and data pipelines. Checking totals against the source with SQL, filters and date ranges, CSV and Excel exports, ETL and data pipeline checks, data quality rules, automating report checks, and a mini project you can explain in interviews.
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Free QA courses: common questions
1.Are these QA courses really free?
Yes. Every lesson, quick check and certificate in these courses is free. You only need a free account to save progress and get your certificate.
2.Do I get a certificate?
Yes. Finish every lesson in a course and a certificate with its own shareable link is issued automatically. You can download it or share it on LinkedIn.
3.Which course should I start with?
New to testing: QA Career Basics. Preparing for interviews: QA Interview Crash Course. Moving into automation: Intro to Test Automation, then Playwright Automation Basics. Want to work faster with AI: AI for Testers: Claude & Copilot Starter.
4.How long does each course take?
Each course takes about 45 to 50 minutes, split into short lessons of 4 to 6 minutes you can do on your phone.
5.How are these different from the paid Academy courses?
Free courses teach the essentials quickly. The Academy courses go deeper with hands-on labs, assessments and real projects.
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