QA/SDET Curriculum

A practical QA/SDET roadmap from fundamentals to automation

Learn QA by doing real tasks: requirements analysis, test cases, bug reports, API testing, SQL, Linux, automation thinking, security checks, CI/CD concepts, and interview practice.

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Browser-based practice. No local setup required for beginner labs.

Your QA/SDET path

1Manual QA Foundation
2API & Backend Testing
3Data, SQL & Technical QA
4Automation / SDET
5Interview & Career Readiness

Curriculum tracks

What you will learn and practice

Five connected tracks turn QA topics into browser-based tasks, feedback, and visible progress.

Track 1

Manual QA Foundation

Available nowBeginner

Build core QA thinking: understand requirements, identify risks, write test cases, report bugs, and explain your testing clearly.

Topics

  • What QA does
  • SDLC and QA role
  • Requirements analysis
  • Acceptance criteria
  • Positive, negative, edge, and boundary cases
  • Test cases and checklists
  • Bug reports
  • Traceability thinking
  • QA documentation basics

Track 2

API & Backend Testing

Available nowPro depth

Practice API contracts, validation, auth, permissions, backend side effects, error handling, and production-style risks.

Topics

  • HTTP basics
  • REST API testing
  • Request and response validation
  • Status codes
  • Schema and contract checks
  • Auth and permissions
  • Negative API cases
  • Idempotency and retries
  • Backend side effects
  • Logs and observability basics

Track 3

Data, SQL & Technical QA

Available nowMore planned

Practice data checks, SQL thinking, terminal basics, and investigation workflows used by technical QA and SDET engineers.

Topics

  • SQL SELECT basics
  • Filtering and sorting
  • Joins
  • Aggregation
  • Duplicate and missing data checks
  • CRUD concepts
  • Data quality thinking
  • Linux terminal basics
  • Reading logs
  • Investigation workflow

Track 4

Automation / SDET

Foundation availableRoadmap

Move from manual checks into maintainable automation thinking: locators, page objects, API automation, CI/CD, reports, and flaky test analysis.

Topics

  • Automation strategy
  • UI automation basics
  • Selectors and locators
  • Page Object pattern
  • Playwright/Selenium thinking
  • API automation
  • Test framework structure
  • CI/CD basics
  • Reporting
  • Flaky test investigation
  • Docker and environment basics

Track 5

Interview & Career Readiness

Available nowPro depth

Practice senior-style QA answers, improve weak coverage, answer follow-up questions, and track interview readiness.

Topics

  • How would you test questions
  • Structured senior QA answers
  • Missed risk analysis
  • Follow-up interview questions
  • Readiness reports
  • CV/LinkedIn positioning
  • Take-home task review thinking

Available now

Manual QA course
Requirements practice
Test case practice
Bug report practice
API practice
SQL practice
Linux terminal practice
Git basics practice
Logs & debugging
Interview scenarios
Progress tracking
AI review for Pro

Planned next

HTTP/API fundamentals mini-coursePlanned
Postman-style practicePlanned
Expanded logs & debugging packPlanned
Automation framework reviewPlanned
CI/CD practicePlanned
Docker basicsPlanned
Flaky test debuggingPlanned
Test design techniques packPlanned
Traceability matrix practicePlanned
Security testing basicsPlanned
ETL/data quality practicePlanned

Skill map

Skill map

See how the curriculum turns QA topics into practice, feedback, and progress.

Requirements

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Test cases

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Bug reports

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API testing

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SQL

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Linux

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Automation

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Security/Auth

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CI/CD

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ETL/Data quality

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Interview answers

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What Pro adds

What Pro adds to the curriculum

Pro unlocks deeper QA/SDET practice for users who want full interview preparation, advanced scenarios, AI feedback, and readiness tracking.

Full interview scenario library
Advanced API/security scenarios
AI review
Follow-up interview questions
Missed checklist
Readiness report
Improvement coach
Full progress tracking
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For teams

For teams

Use the same practical curriculum to train QA candidates, junior QA engineers, or product teams with shared practice and guided QA thinking.

For Teams