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SDET — QA, Manual, Selenium, Java & Appium with AI

A complete, real-time SDET program covering Manual QA & AI-augmented testing, Agile process, SQL/NoSQL, Core Java, Selenium 4 with TestNG, enterprise automation frameworks, Reports & CI/CD, API testing with Postman & RestAssured, and mobile automation with Appium — choose from 8 flexible packages, each with mock-interview checkpoints and full career-launch support.

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No coding needed

⏱ 5 Weeks

★ 4.8/5

Manual Testing Mastery

QA fundamentals, AI-augmented testing & Agile — for career switchers with no coding background.

QA & Manual Testing Foundations
AI-Augmented Manual Testing
Agile & Scrum for QA
Comprehensive Interview Prep & Career Launch

JIRA, Postman, ChatGPT/Claude

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Most enrolled

⏱ 8 Weeks

★ 4.9/5

Java & Selenium Automation Fast-Track

Core Java through advanced Selenium framework design, for those ready to automate.

Core Java for Automation
Selenium WebDriver Fundamentals
Selenium Advanced — Framework Design
TestNG Framework
Accessibility Testing & AI-Augmented Automation
Comprehensive Interview Prep & Career Launch

Java, Selenium, TestNG, Maven

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Focused track

⏱ 4.5 Weeks

★ 4.7/5

API Testing Specialist

Manual and automated API testing with Postman and RestAssured.

API Testing Fundamentals (Manual)
API Automation with RestAssured
Comprehensive Interview Prep & Career Launch

Postman, RestAssured, Java

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Mobile specialist

⏱ 5.5 Weeks

★ 4.7/5

Appium Mobile Automation Specialist

Native, hybrid and cross-platform mobile automation from setup to CI.

Appium Environment Setup
Appium Basics & Advanced Gestures
Hybrid & Cross-Platform Automation
Appium Framework Integration
Comprehensive Interview Prep & Career Launch

Appium, Java, Android SDK

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Best value

⏱ 11 Weeks

★ 4.9/5

Manual + Java & Selenium Combined

Package 1 and Package 2 together — manual foundations into full Selenium automation.

Everything in Manual Testing Mastery
Everything in Java & Selenium Fast-Track
Comprehensive Interview Prep & Career Launch

Java, Selenium, TestNG, JIRA, Postman

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⏱ 10.5 Weeks

★ 4.8/5

Selenium + API Automation Combined

Full UI automation framework plus API automation in one program.

Java, Selenium & TestNG
Enterprise Framework Architecture
API Automation with RestAssured
Comprehensive Interview Prep & Career Launch

Java, Selenium, TestNG, Maven, RestAssured

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Flagship

⏱ 21.5 Weeks

★ 4.9/5

Complete SDET Flagship Program

Every module — Manual, Java, Selenium, API and Appium — the full SDET career path in one program.

All 18 core modules, start to finish
Manual, Selenium, API & Appium automation
CI/CD, Reports & Enterprise Framework Design
Accessibility Testing & AI-Augmented Automation
Comprehensive Interview Prep & Career Launch

Java, Selenium, TestNG, Maven, Postman, RestAssured, Appium, Jenkins, Git, JIRA

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Customized

⏱ Custom

★ 4.8/5

Build Your Own (Customized)

Pick exactly the modules you need from the full SDET module bank, priced and scheduled to match.

Choose any modules from the shared bank
Custom duration & pricing
Same trainers, same mock-interview access
Comprehensive Interview Prep & Career Launch included

Selected per module

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LEARNING OUTCOMES

What you will be able to do

Concrete skills, not topic names — each one is something you can show an interviewer.

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Design test cases that find real defects

Boundary values, equivalence classes and edge cases — not just happy-path coverage.

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Automate with a real framework

Page Object Model, reusable helpers and a suite you can actually maintain.

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Read a defect report the way a developer will

Reproduction steps, severity and evidence — reports that get fixed, not ignored.

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Build and maintain a test suite

Structure tests so they survive the product changing under them.

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Test APIs, not just interfaces

Postman and REST Assured, including auth flows most courses skip.

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Run suites in a CI pipeline

Jenkins and GitHub Actions — tests that run on every commit automatically.

SUCCESS STORIES

Our Students Excelling Worldwide

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Deepak Natarajan

SDET

🏢 Cognizant

★★★★★

“Came in knowing zero Java. Left with a working Selenium Grid + TestNG + Maven framework I built myself, plus Appium automation for our Android app. Cognizant hired me specifically for the mobile automation piece — most candidates they interview only know web Selenium.”

🎓 SDET — QA, Manual, Selenium, Java & Appium with AI

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Swathi Ganesan

QA Automation Engineer

🏢 HCLTech

★★★★★

“The Java-from-scratch approach worked for me where two YouTube playlists hadn't. By the time we got to Extent Reports and Allure, I actually understood why the framework was structured the way it was, not just copying code. That understanding is what got me through HCLTech's technical round.”

🎓 SDET — QA, Manual, Selenium, Java & Appium with AI

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Arjun Sekar

Mobile Automation Engineer

🏢 Zoho Corporation

★★★★★

“Appium and Android SDK were the modules I actually needed — most Selenium courses treat mobile as an afterthought if they cover it at all. Fourcup gave it real weight: real devices, real flaky-element problems, real waits and synchronization strategies. Zoho's QA team is almost entirely mobile-first, so this mattered.”

🎓 SDET — QA, Manual, Selenium, Java & Appium with AI

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Kavya Muthuraman

Automation Test Engineer

🏢 Mphasis

★★★★ ★

“Good breadth — RestAssured for the API layer alongside Selenium for the UI layer meant I could talk about full end-to-end coverage in interviews, not just clicking buttons. Would have liked one more week on Jenkins pipelines specifically, but I picked that up fast on the job anyway.”

🎓 SDET — QA, Manual, Selenium, Java & Appium with AI

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Vignesh Palaniappan

SDET

🏢 Tech Mahindra

★★★★★

“The MySQL backend-validation module doesn't get talked about enough — most automation courses only test the UI and assume the data is correct. Being able to verify database state after a UI action, then wire the whole thing into Jenkins, is exactly the SDET skill set Tech Mahindra was hiring for.”

🎓 SDET — QA, Manual, Selenium, Java & Appium with AI

TOOLS & SKILLS

Tools and skills covered

Java

Selenium

TestNG

Postman

Git

Jenkins

JMeter

SQL

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Certificate of Completion

Awarded once every module and project is complete — recognised by our hiring partners.

IS THIS FOR YOU?

Who this course is for

If none of these describe you, tell us — we will point you at a better fit rather than sell you this one.

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Freshers from any engineering branch

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Manual testers hitting the automation ceiling

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Support engineers moving into QA

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Practical exposure to actual work environment

Work on live, under-construction projects with the exposure of an actual work environment, alongside a freelancer.

Dynamic syllabus structure

Built with multiple industry experts, so students become genuinely fluent in the subject rather than exam-ready.

Expert teachers who are active practitioners too

Mentors bring real industry experience and share their ups, downs and delivery skills, not just slides.

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Open any module to see exactly what it covers. Nothing is hidden behind a "download the syllabus" form.

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No coding needed

Manual Testing Mastery

⏱ 5 Weeks ★ 4.8

4 modules

Most enrolled

Java & Selenium Automation Fast-Track

⏱ 8 Weeks ★ 4.9

6 modules

Focused track

API Testing Specialist

⏱ 4.5 Weeks ★ 4.7

4 modules

Mobile specialist

Appium Mobile Automation Specialist

⏱ 5.5 Weeks ★ 4.7

6 modules

Best value

Manual + Java & Selenium Combined

⏱ 11 Weeks ★ 4.9

8 modules

Selenium + API Automation Combined

⏱ 10.5 Weeks ★ 4.8

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1 QA & Manual Testing Foundations 2 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Software Testing Fundamentals	What QA actually is, QA vs QC vs Testing, why testers exist even when developers test their own code.
2. SDLC & STLC	Waterfall, Agile and V-Model at a working level, and how the tester's own life cycle runs inside each.
3. Test Case Design Techniques	Equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, decision tables, state transition — structured ways to find real bugs fast.
3.1) Real-world edge cases	Boundary values on production forms: currency fields, date pickers, file-size limits. • Which edge cases matter when you can't test everything before a release.
4. Test Documentation	Writing a test plan, a test case, and a defect report a developer will actually act on.
5. Defect Life Cycle & Severity vs Priority	Logging a bug in JIRA the way a real team expects it, and defending a severity call in a bug triage meeting.
6. Exploratory, Regression, Smoke & Sanity Testing	When each type is the right call, and how to run exploratory testing with structure instead of randomly clicking.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Manual testing fundamentals: test case design, defect life cycle, and STLC questions, with live feedback.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Software Testing Fundamentals	What QA actually is, QA vs QC vs Testing, why testers exist even when developers test their own code.
2. SDLC & STLC	Waterfall, Agile and V-Model at a working level, and how the tester's own life cycle runs inside each.
3. Test Case Design Techniques	Equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, decision tables, state transition — structured ways to find real bugs fast.
3.1) Real-world edge cases	Boundary values on production forms: currency fields, date pickers, file-size limits. Which edge cases matter when you can't test everything before a release.
4. Test Documentation	Writing a test plan, a test case, and a defect report a developer will actually act on.
5. Defect Life Cycle & Severity vs Priority	Logging a bug in JIRA the way a real team expects it, and defending a severity call in a bug triage meeting.
6. Exploratory, Regression, Smoke & Sanity Testing	When each type is the right call, and how to run exploratory testing with structure instead of randomly clicking.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Manual testing fundamentals: test case design, defect life cycle, and STLC questions, with live feedback.

2 AI-Augmented Manual Testing 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Using AI to Generate Test Cases	Turning a requirements document into a structured test-case set with ChatGPT/Claude, then reviewing it like an editor, not a rubber stamp.
2. AI for Exploratory Testing & Bug Reports	Drafting a clear, reproducible defect report faster, and spotting edge cases a first manual pass misses.
3. Prompt Patterns for QA	Reusable prompt templates for test design, data generation, and requirement ambiguity checks.
3.1) Where AI gets it wrong	Hallucinated edge cases and false-confidence bugs — treating AI output as a first draft that still needs a tester's judgement.
4. AI-Assisted Test Data Generation	Producing realistic, varied test data (names, addresses, edge-value sets) without leaking real user data.

3 Agile & Scrum for QA 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Agile & Scrum Fundamentals	Sprints, ceremonies, the Definition of Done, and where testing fits inside a two-week sprint.
2. The Tester's Role in Scrum	Sprint planning estimation, backlog grooming from a QA lens, and daily stand-up updates that are useful, not just status noise.
3. JIRA for QA	Creating and linking test cases, logging defects with the right fields, and reading a sprint board like a tester.
4. Shift-Left Testing	Getting involved before code is written: reviewing acceptance criteria and catching ambiguity early.

4 Comprehensive Interview Preparation & Career Launch 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

1 Core Java for Automation 2 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. • Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

2 Selenium WebDriver Fundamentals 1.5 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Selenium Architecture	WebDriver, browser drivers, and how a command actually reaches the browser.
2. Locators	ID, name, class, CSS selectors, XPath (absolute vs relative) — and how to pick the most stable one, not just the first one that works.
3. WebDriver Commands	Navigation, element interaction, waits, and browser window/tab handling.
4. Synchronization	Implicit vs explicit waits, and why hardcoded sleeps make a suite flaky and slow.
5. Handling Dynamic Web Elements	Dropdowns, alerts, iframes, multiple windows, and elements that load after a delay.
5.1) Real-world flakiness sources	Elements that exist in the DOM before they're clickable. • Locators that break the moment a developer renames a CSS class.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Selenium Architecture	WebDriver, browser drivers, and how a command actually reaches the browser.
2. Locators	ID, name, class, CSS selectors, XPath (absolute vs relative) — and how to pick the most stable one, not just the first one that works.
3. WebDriver Commands	Navigation, element interaction, waits, and browser window/tab handling.
4. Synchronization	Implicit vs explicit waits, and why hardcoded sleeps make a suite flaky and slow.
5. Handling Dynamic Web Elements	Dropdowns, alerts, iframes, multiple windows, and elements that load after a delay.
5.1) Real-world flakiness sources	Elements that exist in the DOM before they're clickable. Locators that break the moment a developer renames a CSS class.

3 Selenium Advanced — Framework Design Patterns 1.5 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Page Object Model	Separating locators and page logic from test logic so a UI change touches one file, not fifty.
2. Page Factory & @FindBy	Annotation-driven element initialization and lazy loading.
3. Data-Driven Testing	Reading test data from Excel/CSV/JSON and running the same test across many data sets.
4. Handling File Uploads & Downloads	Native OS dialogs Selenium can't see, and the workarounds that actually hold up.
5. Cross-Browser Testing	Running the same suite against Chrome, Firefox and Edge without duplicating test code.
6. Screenshot & Video Capture on Failure	Debugging a CI failure you can't reproduce locally.

4 TestNG Framework 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. TestNG Fundamentals	Annotations, test suites, and how TestNG structures a run compared to plain JUnit.
2. Assertions	Hard vs soft assertions, and when a test should stop immediately versus keep checking and report everything at the end.
3. Grouping, Prioritization & Dependencies	Running a subset of tests, controlling order, and skipping dependents correctly when a prerequisite fails.
4. Parallel Execution	Running tests across threads to cut suite time down from hours to minutes.
5. TestNG.xml Configuration	Suite files, parameters, and listeners for reporting and retry logic.
6. Data Providers	Feeding one test method many data combinations without writing the test twice.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. TestNG Fundamentals	Annotations, test suites, and how TestNG structures a run compared to plain JUnit.
2. Assertions	Hard vs soft assertions, and when a test should stop immediately versus keep checking and report everything at the end.
3. Grouping, Prioritization & Dependencies	Running a subset of tests, controlling order, and skipping dependents correctly when a prerequisite fails.
4. Parallel Execution	Running tests across threads to cut suite time down from hours to minutes.
5. TestNG.xml Configuration	Suite files, parameters, and listeners for reporting and retry logic.
6. Data Providers	Feeding one test method many data combinations without writing the test twice.

5 Accessibility Testing & AI-Augmented Automation 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Accessibility Testing Fundamentals (WCAG)	What WCAG conformance actually means for a real product, and why accessibility bugs are now treated as release blockers, not nice-to-haves.
2. Automated Accessibility Checks with axe-core	Wiring axe-core into a Selenium/TestNG suite so a WCAG scan runs on every regression pass automatically.
2.1) Real-world scenario	Catching a missing form label or a contrast-ratio failure automatically, the same class of bug a manual pass reliably misses under deadline pressure.
3. AI Self-Healing Locators for Selenium	How AI-assisted tools detect a changed locator after a UI update and suggest or auto-apply a fix, cutting suite maintenance time.
3.1) Where AI gets it wrong	A confidently wrong locator suggestion that passes for the wrong reason — treating every AI fix as a first draft that still needs a tester's review before merging.
4. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Accessibility testing and AI-augmented automation: what interviewers are starting to ask in 2026 automation rounds.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Accessibility Testing Fundamentals (WCAG)	What WCAG conformance actually means for a real product, and why accessibility bugs are now treated as release blockers, not nice-to-haves.
2. Automated Accessibility Checks with axe-core	Wiring axe-core into a Selenium/TestNG suite so a WCAG scan runs on every regression pass automatically.
2.1) Real-world scenario	Catching a missing form label or a contrast-ratio failure automatically, the same class of bug a manual pass reliably misses under deadline pressure.
3. AI Self-Healing Locators for Selenium	How AI-assisted tools detect a changed locator after a UI update and suggest or auto-apply a fix, cutting suite maintenance time.
3.1) Where AI gets it wrong	A confidently wrong locator suggestion that passes for the wrong reason — treating every AI fix as a first draft that still needs a tester's review before merging.
4. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Accessibility testing and AI-augmented automation: what interviewers are starting to ask in 2026 automation rounds.

6 Comprehensive Interview Preparation & Career Launch 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

1 Core Java for Automation 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. • Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

2 API Testing Fundamentals (Manual) 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. REST API Concepts	HTTP methods, status codes, headers, and how a REST API differs from a UI from a testing standpoint.
2. Postman	Building and organizing a request collection, environments, and variables for a real project.
3. Request/Response Validation	Verifying status codes, response bodies, headers and response time manually and with Postman tests.
4. Authentication Flows	API keys, Basic Auth, Bearer tokens and OAuth2 — the flows most beginner courses skip.
5. JSON & Schema Validation	Reading nested JSON confidently and validating a response against a schema.
6. Postman Collections & Newman	Running a Postman collection from the command line for quick regression checks.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. REST API Concepts	HTTP methods, status codes, headers, and how a REST API differs from a UI from a testing standpoint.
2. Postman	Building and organizing a request collection, environments, and variables for a real project.
3. Request/Response Validation	Verifying status codes, response bodies, headers and response time manually and with Postman tests.
4. Authentication Flows	API keys, Basic Auth, Bearer tokens and OAuth2 — the flows most beginner courses skip.
5. JSON & Schema Validation	Reading nested JSON confidently and validating a response against a schema.
6. Postman Collections & Newman	Running a Postman collection from the command line for quick regression checks.

3 API Automation with RestAssured 1.5 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. RestAssured Fundamentals	Setting up a Java project for API automation and writing your first automated request.
2. GET, POST, PUT, DELETE in RestAssured	Automating the full CRUD cycle against a real API.
3. Request Specification & Response Specification	Reusable request/response building blocks across a large test suite.
4. JSON Path & Response Extraction	Pulling values out of a response to chain into the next request (e.g. an auth token or created-record ID).
5. Serialization & POJO Classes	Mapping request/response bodies to Java objects instead of hand-building JSON strings.
6. Integrating API Tests into the Framework	Running API and UI tests from the same TestNG suite and CI pipeline.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Selenium framework design and API automation: architecture questions and a live whiteboard walkthrough.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. RestAssured Fundamentals	Setting up a Java project for API automation and writing your first automated request.
2. GET, POST, PUT, DELETE in RestAssured	Automating the full CRUD cycle against a real API.
3. Request Specification & Response Specification	Reusable request/response building blocks across a large test suite.
4. JSON Path & Response Extraction	Pulling values out of a response to chain into the next request (e.g. an auth token or created-record ID).
5. Serialization & POJO Classes	Mapping request/response bodies to Java objects instead of hand-building JSON strings.
6. Integrating API Tests into the Framework	Running API and UI tests from the same TestNG suite and CI pipeline.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Selenium framework design and API automation: architecture questions and a live whiteboard walkthrough.

4 Comprehensive Interview Preparation & Career Launch 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

1 Core Java for Automation 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. • Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

2 Appium Environment Setup 0.5 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Mobile Automation Landscape	Native, hybrid and web apps, and why mobile automation needs a different approach than web.
2. Appium Architecture	The Appium server, drivers (UiAutomator2, XCUITest) and how a command reaches a real or virtual device.
3. Setting Up Android Emulator & Real Devices	SDK, AVD Manager, and connecting a physical Android device via ADB.
4. Appium Inspector	Finding element locators on a mobile app the way Selenium IDE finds them on the web.
5. Desired Capabilities	Configuring platform, device and app capabilities correctly for each run.

3 Appium Basics — Mobile Automation Fundamentals 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Locating Mobile Elements	Accessibility ID, UiAutomator selectors, and XPath on native apps.
2. Mobile Gestures	Tap, swipe, scroll and long-press using Appium's touch actions.
3. Handling Native App Elements	Dropdowns, date pickers, toggles and native alerts that don't exist on the web.
4. App Install/Uninstall & Reset	Managing app state between test runs so tests don't depend on leftover data.
5. Handling Keyboard & Notifications	Interacting with the native keyboard and system notification tray during a test.

4 Appium Advanced — Hybrid & Cross-Platform Automation 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Hybrid App Automation	Switching context between native and WebView components inside one app.
2. Cross-Platform Strategy	Writing one test layer that targets both Android and iOS with minimal duplication.
3. Parallel Execution on Multiple Devices	Running the same suite across several emulators/devices at once.
4. Cloud Device Farms	Running mobile suites against real devices on BrowserStack/Sauce Labs style cloud grids.
4.1) Common mobile flakiness sources	App state not resetting between runs. Locators that differ between OS versions of the same app.

5 Appium Framework Integration 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Page Object Model for Mobile	Applying the same maintainable structure from Selenium to a mobile automation suite.
2. TestNG + Appium	Structuring a mobile suite with the same grouping, data-driven and reporting patterns used for web.
3. CI/CD for Mobile Tests	Triggering a mobile regression suite from Jenkins/GitHub Actions against a device farm.
4. Unified Web + Mobile Framework	Structuring one framework so UI, API and mobile suites share common utilities and reporting.

6 Comprehensive Interview Preparation & Career Launch 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

1 QA & Manual Testing Foundations 2 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Software Testing Fundamentals	What QA actually is, QA vs QC vs Testing, why testers exist even when developers test their own code.
2. SDLC & STLC	Waterfall, Agile and V-Model at a working level, and how the tester's own life cycle runs inside each.
3. Test Case Design Techniques	Equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, decision tables, state transition — structured ways to find real bugs fast.
3.1) Real-world edge cases	Boundary values on production forms: currency fields, date pickers, file-size limits. • Which edge cases matter when you can't test everything before a release.
4. Test Documentation	Writing a test plan, a test case, and a defect report a developer will actually act on.
5. Defect Life Cycle & Severity vs Priority	Logging a bug in JIRA the way a real team expects it, and defending a severity call in a bug triage meeting.
6. Exploratory, Regression, Smoke & Sanity Testing	When each type is the right call, and how to run exploratory testing with structure instead of randomly clicking.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Manual testing fundamentals: test case design, defect life cycle, and STLC questions, with live feedback.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Software Testing Fundamentals	What QA actually is, QA vs QC vs Testing, why testers exist even when developers test their own code.
2. SDLC & STLC	Waterfall, Agile and V-Model at a working level, and how the tester's own life cycle runs inside each.
3. Test Case Design Techniques	Equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, decision tables, state transition — structured ways to find real bugs fast.
3.1) Real-world edge cases	Boundary values on production forms: currency fields, date pickers, file-size limits. Which edge cases matter when you can't test everything before a release.
4. Test Documentation	Writing a test plan, a test case, and a defect report a developer will actually act on.
5. Defect Life Cycle & Severity vs Priority	Logging a bug in JIRA the way a real team expects it, and defending a severity call in a bug triage meeting.
6. Exploratory, Regression, Smoke & Sanity Testing	When each type is the right call, and how to run exploratory testing with structure instead of randomly clicking.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Manual testing fundamentals: test case design, defect life cycle, and STLC questions, with live feedback.

2 AI-Augmented Manual Testing 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Using AI to Generate Test Cases	Turning a requirements document into a structured test-case set with ChatGPT/Claude, then reviewing it like an editor, not a rubber stamp.
2. AI for Exploratory Testing & Bug Reports	Drafting a clear, reproducible defect report faster, and spotting edge cases a first manual pass misses.
3. Prompt Patterns for QA	Reusable prompt templates for test design, data generation, and requirement ambiguity checks.
3.1) Where AI gets it wrong	Hallucinated edge cases and false-confidence bugs — treating AI output as a first draft that still needs a tester's judgement.
4. AI-Assisted Test Data Generation	Producing realistic, varied test data (names, addresses, edge-value sets) without leaking real user data.

3 Agile & Scrum for QA 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Agile & Scrum Fundamentals	Sprints, ceremonies, the Definition of Done, and where testing fits inside a two-week sprint.
2. The Tester's Role in Scrum	Sprint planning estimation, backlog grooming from a QA lens, and daily stand-up updates that are useful, not just status noise.
3. JIRA for QA	Creating and linking test cases, logging defects with the right fields, and reading a sprint board like a tester.
4. Shift-Left Testing	Getting involved before code is written: reviewing acceptance criteria and catching ambiguity early.

4 Core Java for Automation 2 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. • Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

5 Selenium WebDriver Fundamentals 1.5 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Selenium Architecture	WebDriver, browser drivers, and how a command actually reaches the browser.
2. Locators	ID, name, class, CSS selectors, XPath (absolute vs relative) — and how to pick the most stable one, not just the first one that works.
3. WebDriver Commands	Navigation, element interaction, waits, and browser window/tab handling.
4. Synchronization	Implicit vs explicit waits, and why hardcoded sleeps make a suite flaky and slow.
5. Handling Dynamic Web Elements	Dropdowns, alerts, iframes, multiple windows, and elements that load after a delay.
5.1) Real-world flakiness sources	Elements that exist in the DOM before they're clickable. • Locators that break the moment a developer renames a CSS class.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Selenium Architecture	WebDriver, browser drivers, and how a command actually reaches the browser.
2. Locators	ID, name, class, CSS selectors, XPath (absolute vs relative) — and how to pick the most stable one, not just the first one that works.
3. WebDriver Commands	Navigation, element interaction, waits, and browser window/tab handling.
4. Synchronization	Implicit vs explicit waits, and why hardcoded sleeps make a suite flaky and slow.
5. Handling Dynamic Web Elements	Dropdowns, alerts, iframes, multiple windows, and elements that load after a delay.
5.1) Real-world flakiness sources	Elements that exist in the DOM before they're clickable. Locators that break the moment a developer renames a CSS class.

6 Selenium Advanced — Framework Design Patterns 1.5 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Page Object Model	Separating locators and page logic from test logic so a UI change touches one file, not fifty.
2. Page Factory & @FindBy	Annotation-driven element initialization and lazy loading.
3. Data-Driven Testing	Reading test data from Excel/CSV/JSON and running the same test across many data sets.
4. Handling File Uploads & Downloads	Native OS dialogs Selenium can't see, and the workarounds that actually hold up.
5. Cross-Browser Testing	Running the same suite against Chrome, Firefox and Edge without duplicating test code.
6. Screenshot & Video Capture on Failure	Debugging a CI failure you can't reproduce locally.

7 TestNG Framework 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. TestNG Fundamentals	Annotations, test suites, and how TestNG structures a run compared to plain JUnit.
2. Assertions	Hard vs soft assertions, and when a test should stop immediately versus keep checking and report everything at the end.
3. Grouping, Prioritization & Dependencies	Running a subset of tests, controlling order, and skipping dependents correctly when a prerequisite fails.
4. Parallel Execution	Running tests across threads to cut suite time down from hours to minutes.
5. TestNG.xml Configuration	Suite files, parameters, and listeners for reporting and retry logic.
6. Data Providers	Feeding one test method many data combinations without writing the test twice.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. TestNG Fundamentals	Annotations, test suites, and how TestNG structures a run compared to plain JUnit.
2. Assertions	Hard vs soft assertions, and when a test should stop immediately versus keep checking and report everything at the end.
3. Grouping, Prioritization & Dependencies	Running a subset of tests, controlling order, and skipping dependents correctly when a prerequisite fails.
4. Parallel Execution	Running tests across threads to cut suite time down from hours to minutes.
5. TestNG.xml Configuration	Suite files, parameters, and listeners for reporting and retry logic.
6. Data Providers	Feeding one test method many data combinations without writing the test twice.

8 Comprehensive Interview Preparation & Career Launch 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

1 Core Java for Automation 2 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. • Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

2 Selenium WebDriver Fundamentals 1.5 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Selenium Architecture	WebDriver, browser drivers, and how a command actually reaches the browser.
2. Locators	ID, name, class, CSS selectors, XPath (absolute vs relative) — and how to pick the most stable one, not just the first one that works.
3. WebDriver Commands	Navigation, element interaction, waits, and browser window/tab handling.
4. Synchronization	Implicit vs explicit waits, and why hardcoded sleeps make a suite flaky and slow.
5. Handling Dynamic Web Elements	Dropdowns, alerts, iframes, multiple windows, and elements that load after a delay.
5.1) Real-world flakiness sources	Elements that exist in the DOM before they're clickable. • Locators that break the moment a developer renames a CSS class.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Selenium Architecture	WebDriver, browser drivers, and how a command actually reaches the browser.
2. Locators	ID, name, class, CSS selectors, XPath (absolute vs relative) — and how to pick the most stable one, not just the first one that works.
3. WebDriver Commands	Navigation, element interaction, waits, and browser window/tab handling.
4. Synchronization	Implicit vs explicit waits, and why hardcoded sleeps make a suite flaky and slow.
5. Handling Dynamic Web Elements	Dropdowns, alerts, iframes, multiple windows, and elements that load after a delay.
5.1) Real-world flakiness sources	Elements that exist in the DOM before they're clickable. Locators that break the moment a developer renames a CSS class.

3 Selenium Advanced — Framework Design Patterns 1.5 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Page Object Model	Separating locators and page logic from test logic so a UI change touches one file, not fifty.
2. Page Factory & @FindBy	Annotation-driven element initialization and lazy loading.
3. Data-Driven Testing	Reading test data from Excel/CSV/JSON and running the same test across many data sets.
4. Handling File Uploads & Downloads	Native OS dialogs Selenium can't see, and the workarounds that actually hold up.
5. Cross-Browser Testing	Running the same suite against Chrome, Firefox and Edge without duplicating test code.
6. Screenshot & Video Capture on Failure	Debugging a CI failure you can't reproduce locally.

4 TestNG Framework 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. TestNG Fundamentals	Annotations, test suites, and how TestNG structures a run compared to plain JUnit.
2. Assertions	Hard vs soft assertions, and when a test should stop immediately versus keep checking and report everything at the end.
3. Grouping, Prioritization & Dependencies	Running a subset of tests, controlling order, and skipping dependents correctly when a prerequisite fails.
4. Parallel Execution	Running tests across threads to cut suite time down from hours to minutes.
5. TestNG.xml Configuration	Suite files, parameters, and listeners for reporting and retry logic.
6. Data Providers	Feeding one test method many data combinations without writing the test twice.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. TestNG Fundamentals	Annotations, test suites, and how TestNG structures a run compared to plain JUnit.
2. Assertions	Hard vs soft assertions, and when a test should stop immediately versus keep checking and report everything at the end.
3. Grouping, Prioritization & Dependencies	Running a subset of tests, controlling order, and skipping dependents correctly when a prerequisite fails.
4. Parallel Execution	Running tests across threads to cut suite time down from hours to minutes.
5. TestNG.xml Configuration	Suite files, parameters, and listeners for reporting and retry logic.
6. Data Providers	Feeding one test method many data combinations without writing the test twice.

5 Enterprise Automation Framework Architecture 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Framework Design Principles	Maintainability, reusability and readability as first-class design goals, not afterthoughts.
2. Hybrid Framework	Combining Page Object Model, data-driven design and keyword-driven structure into one coherent framework.
3. Maven for Test Automation	Dependency management, build lifecycle, and running a suite from the command line the way CI will.
4. Configuration Management	Environment-specific properties files (dev/QA/staging) so the same suite runs anywhere without code changes.
5. Logging with Log4j	Structured logs that actually help debug a failed run instead of a wall of println statements.
6. Utility & Common Methods	Reusable helper classes for waits, screenshots and data handling shared across the whole suite.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Framework Design Principles	Maintainability, reusability and readability as first-class design goals, not afterthoughts.
2. Hybrid Framework	Combining Page Object Model, data-driven design and keyword-driven structure into one coherent framework.
3. Maven for Test Automation	Dependency management, build lifecycle, and running a suite from the command line the way CI will.
4. Configuration Management	Environment-specific properties files (dev/QA/staging) so the same suite runs anywhere without code changes.
5. Logging with Log4j	Structured logs that actually help debug a failed run instead of a wall of println statements.
6. Utility & Common Methods	Reusable helper classes for waits, screenshots and data handling shared across the whole suite.

6 API Testing Fundamentals (Manual) 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. REST API Concepts	HTTP methods, status codes, headers, and how a REST API differs from a UI from a testing standpoint.
2. Postman	Building and organizing a request collection, environments, and variables for a real project.
3. Request/Response Validation	Verifying status codes, response bodies, headers and response time manually and with Postman tests.
4. Authentication Flows	API keys, Basic Auth, Bearer tokens and OAuth2 — the flows most beginner courses skip.
5. JSON & Schema Validation	Reading nested JSON confidently and validating a response against a schema.
6. Postman Collections & Newman	Running a Postman collection from the command line for quick regression checks.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. REST API Concepts	HTTP methods, status codes, headers, and how a REST API differs from a UI from a testing standpoint.
2. Postman	Building and organizing a request collection, environments, and variables for a real project.
3. Request/Response Validation	Verifying status codes, response bodies, headers and response time manually and with Postman tests.
4. Authentication Flows	API keys, Basic Auth, Bearer tokens and OAuth2 — the flows most beginner courses skip.
5. JSON & Schema Validation	Reading nested JSON confidently and validating a response against a schema.
6. Postman Collections & Newman	Running a Postman collection from the command line for quick regression checks.

7 API Automation with RestAssured 1.5 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. RestAssured Fundamentals	Setting up a Java project for API automation and writing your first automated request.
2. GET, POST, PUT, DELETE in RestAssured	Automating the full CRUD cycle against a real API.
3. Request Specification & Response Specification	Reusable request/response building blocks across a large test suite.
4. JSON Path & Response Extraction	Pulling values out of a response to chain into the next request (e.g. an auth token or created-record ID).
5. Serialization & POJO Classes	Mapping request/response bodies to Java objects instead of hand-building JSON strings.
6. Integrating API Tests into the Framework	Running API and UI tests from the same TestNG suite and CI pipeline.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Selenium framework design and API automation: architecture questions and a live whiteboard walkthrough.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. RestAssured Fundamentals	Setting up a Java project for API automation and writing your first automated request.
2. GET, POST, PUT, DELETE in RestAssured	Automating the full CRUD cycle against a real API.
3. Request Specification & Response Specification	Reusable request/response building blocks across a large test suite.
4. JSON Path & Response Extraction	Pulling values out of a response to chain into the next request (e.g. an auth token or created-record ID).
5. Serialization & POJO Classes	Mapping request/response bodies to Java objects instead of hand-building JSON strings.
6. Integrating API Tests into the Framework	Running API and UI tests from the same TestNG suite and CI pipeline.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Selenium framework design and API automation: architecture questions and a live whiteboard walkthrough.

8 Comprehensive Interview Preparation & Career Launch 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

1 QA & Manual Testing Foundations 2 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Software Testing Fundamentals	What QA actually is, QA vs QC vs Testing, why testers exist even when developers test their own code.
2. SDLC & STLC	Waterfall, Agile and V-Model at a working level, and how the tester's own life cycle runs inside each.
3. Test Case Design Techniques	Equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, decision tables, state transition — structured ways to find real bugs fast.
3.1) Real-world edge cases	Boundary values on production forms: currency fields, date pickers, file-size limits. • Which edge cases matter when you can't test everything before a release.
4. Test Documentation	Writing a test plan, a test case, and a defect report a developer will actually act on.
5. Defect Life Cycle & Severity vs Priority	Logging a bug in JIRA the way a real team expects it, and defending a severity call in a bug triage meeting.
6. Exploratory, Regression, Smoke & Sanity Testing	When each type is the right call, and how to run exploratory testing with structure instead of randomly clicking.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Manual testing fundamentals: test case design, defect life cycle, and STLC questions, with live feedback.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Software Testing Fundamentals	What QA actually is, QA vs QC vs Testing, why testers exist even when developers test their own code.
2. SDLC & STLC	Waterfall, Agile and V-Model at a working level, and how the tester's own life cycle runs inside each.
3. Test Case Design Techniques	Equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, decision tables, state transition — structured ways to find real bugs fast.
3.1) Real-world edge cases	Boundary values on production forms: currency fields, date pickers, file-size limits. Which edge cases matter when you can't test everything before a release.
4. Test Documentation	Writing a test plan, a test case, and a defect report a developer will actually act on.
5. Defect Life Cycle & Severity vs Priority	Logging a bug in JIRA the way a real team expects it, and defending a severity call in a bug triage meeting.
6. Exploratory, Regression, Smoke & Sanity Testing	When each type is the right call, and how to run exploratory testing with structure instead of randomly clicking.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Manual testing fundamentals: test case design, defect life cycle, and STLC questions, with live feedback.

2 AI-Augmented Manual Testing 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Using AI to Generate Test Cases	Turning a requirements document into a structured test-case set with ChatGPT/Claude, then reviewing it like an editor, not a rubber stamp.
2. AI for Exploratory Testing & Bug Reports	Drafting a clear, reproducible defect report faster, and spotting edge cases a first manual pass misses.
3. Prompt Patterns for QA	Reusable prompt templates for test design, data generation, and requirement ambiguity checks.
3.1) Where AI gets it wrong	Hallucinated edge cases and false-confidence bugs — treating AI output as a first draft that still needs a tester's judgement.
4. AI-Assisted Test Data Generation	Producing realistic, varied test data (names, addresses, edge-value sets) without leaking real user data.

3 Agile & Scrum for QA 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Agile & Scrum Fundamentals	Sprints, ceremonies, the Definition of Done, and where testing fits inside a two-week sprint.
2. The Tester's Role in Scrum	Sprint planning estimation, backlog grooming from a QA lens, and daily stand-up updates that are useful, not just status noise.
3. JIRA for QA	Creating and linking test cases, logging defects with the right fields, and reading a sprint board like a tester.
4. Shift-Left Testing	Getting involved before code is written: reviewing acceptance criteria and catching ambiguity early.

4 SQL & NoSQL for Testers 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SQL Fundamentals	SELECT, WHERE, JOIN, GROUP BY — the queries a tester actually writes to verify backend data.
1.1) Data validation queries	Verifying a UI action actually wrote the right row, not just that a success toast appeared. Checking referential integrity after a delete/update flow.
2. Database Testing in Practice	Verifying triggers, stored procedures at a black-box level, and data migration correctness.
3. Intro to NoSQL (MongoDB)	Document structure vs relational rows, and when a product team chooses NoSQL over SQL.
4. Connecting SQL to Automated Tests	Running a verification query from a Java test method via JDBC as part of an assertion.

5 Core Java for Automation 2 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. • Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Java Basics	Variables, data types, operators, control flow, written the way automation code actually looks.
2. OOP in Java	Classes, objects, constructors, inheritance, polymorphism, abstraction, interfaces — the concepts every automation framework is built on.
2.1) Why OOP matters for frameworks	Page Object Model only makes sense once inheritance and interfaces click. Common OOP mistakes that make a test suite hard to maintain.
3. Collections Framework	List, Set, Map, and picking the right one for holding test data or locators.
4. Exception Handling	Try/catch/finally, custom exceptions, and why a test should fail loudly instead of silently passing.
5. String Handling & Regex	Text manipulation and pattern matching for validating dynamic UI text and API responses.
6. File Handling & Reading Test Data	Reading from Excel/CSV/Properties files to drive data-driven tests.
7. Java 8+ Features	Lambda expressions and Streams, used the way modern automation code actually uses them.
8. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Core Java: OOP concepts, collections, and exception handling, the exact ground automation interviews open with.

6 Selenium WebDriver Fundamentals 1.5 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Selenium Architecture	WebDriver, browser drivers, and how a command actually reaches the browser.
2. Locators	ID, name, class, CSS selectors, XPath (absolute vs relative) — and how to pick the most stable one, not just the first one that works.
3. WebDriver Commands	Navigation, element interaction, waits, and browser window/tab handling.
4. Synchronization	Implicit vs explicit waits, and why hardcoded sleeps make a suite flaky and slow.
5. Handling Dynamic Web Elements	Dropdowns, alerts, iframes, multiple windows, and elements that load after a delay.
5.1) Real-world flakiness sources	Elements that exist in the DOM before they're clickable. • Locators that break the moment a developer renames a CSS class.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Selenium Architecture	WebDriver, browser drivers, and how a command actually reaches the browser.
2. Locators	ID, name, class, CSS selectors, XPath (absolute vs relative) — and how to pick the most stable one, not just the first one that works.
3. WebDriver Commands	Navigation, element interaction, waits, and browser window/tab handling.
4. Synchronization	Implicit vs explicit waits, and why hardcoded sleeps make a suite flaky and slow.
5. Handling Dynamic Web Elements	Dropdowns, alerts, iframes, multiple windows, and elements that load after a delay.
5.1) Real-world flakiness sources	Elements that exist in the DOM before they're clickable. Locators that break the moment a developer renames a CSS class.

7 Selenium Advanced — Framework Design Patterns 1.5 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Page Object Model	Separating locators and page logic from test logic so a UI change touches one file, not fifty.
2. Page Factory & @FindBy	Annotation-driven element initialization and lazy loading.
3. Data-Driven Testing	Reading test data from Excel/CSV/JSON and running the same test across many data sets.
4. Handling File Uploads & Downloads	Native OS dialogs Selenium can't see, and the workarounds that actually hold up.
5. Cross-Browser Testing	Running the same suite against Chrome, Firefox and Edge without duplicating test code.
6. Screenshot & Video Capture on Failure	Debugging a CI failure you can't reproduce locally.

8 TestNG Framework 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. TestNG Fundamentals	Annotations, test suites, and how TestNG structures a run compared to plain JUnit.
2. Assertions	Hard vs soft assertions, and when a test should stop immediately versus keep checking and report everything at the end.
3. Grouping, Prioritization & Dependencies	Running a subset of tests, controlling order, and skipping dependents correctly when a prerequisite fails.
4. Parallel Execution	Running tests across threads to cut suite time down from hours to minutes.
5. TestNG.xml Configuration	Suite files, parameters, and listeners for reporting and retry logic.
6. Data Providers	Feeding one test method many data combinations without writing the test twice.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. TestNG Fundamentals	Annotations, test suites, and how TestNG structures a run compared to plain JUnit.
2. Assertions	Hard vs soft assertions, and when a test should stop immediately versus keep checking and report everything at the end.
3. Grouping, Prioritization & Dependencies	Running a subset of tests, controlling order, and skipping dependents correctly when a prerequisite fails.
4. Parallel Execution	Running tests across threads to cut suite time down from hours to minutes.
5. TestNG.xml Configuration	Suite files, parameters, and listeners for reporting and retry logic.
6. Data Providers	Feeding one test method many data combinations without writing the test twice.

9 Enterprise Automation Framework Architecture 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Framework Design Principles	Maintainability, reusability and readability as first-class design goals, not afterthoughts.
2. Hybrid Framework	Combining Page Object Model, data-driven design and keyword-driven structure into one coherent framework.
3. Maven for Test Automation	Dependency management, build lifecycle, and running a suite from the command line the way CI will.
4. Configuration Management	Environment-specific properties files (dev/QA/staging) so the same suite runs anywhere without code changes.
5. Logging with Log4j	Structured logs that actually help debug a failed run instead of a wall of println statements.
6. Utility & Common Methods	Reusable helper classes for waits, screenshots and data handling shared across the whole suite.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Framework Design Principles	Maintainability, reusability and readability as first-class design goals, not afterthoughts.
2. Hybrid Framework	Combining Page Object Model, data-driven design and keyword-driven structure into one coherent framework.
3. Maven for Test Automation	Dependency management, build lifecycle, and running a suite from the command line the way CI will.
4. Configuration Management	Environment-specific properties files (dev/QA/staging) so the same suite runs anywhere without code changes.
5. Logging with Log4j	Structured logs that actually help debug a failed run instead of a wall of println statements.
6. Utility & Common Methods	Reusable helper classes for waits, screenshots and data handling shared across the whole suite.

10 Reports, Logging & Debugging 0.5 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Extent Reports	Building rich, shareable HTML test reports with screenshots attached to failed steps.
2. Allure Reports	An alternative reporting framework with history trends and step-level detail, and when a team prefers it.
3. Reading CI Logs	Diagnosing a failure from a Jenkins console log alone, without re-running the suite locally first.
4. Debugging Flaky Tests	Separating a real product bug from a timing issue in the test itself.

11 CI/CD for Test Automation 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. CI/CD Concepts	Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, and why automated tests are the gate that makes them trustworthy.
2. Jenkins Fundamentals	Freestyle and pipeline jobs, and triggering a Selenium/TestNG suite on every build.
3. GitHub Actions for Test Automation	Workflow YAML basics, running the suite on every push or pull request.
4. Git & GitHub for Testers	Branching, pull requests and resolving a merge conflict in test code without losing anyone's work.
5. Docker Basics for QA	Running the browser/grid in a container so "works on my machine" stops being an excuse.
5.1) Selenium Grid	Distributing tests across multiple machines/browsers in parallel for a large regression suite.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. CI/CD Concepts	Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery, and why automated tests are the gate that makes them trustworthy.
2. Jenkins Fundamentals	Freestyle and pipeline jobs, and triggering a Selenium/TestNG suite on every build.
3. GitHub Actions for Test Automation	Workflow YAML basics, running the suite on every push or pull request.
4. Git & GitHub for Testers	Branching, pull requests and resolving a merge conflict in test code without losing anyone's work.
5. Docker Basics for QA	Running the browser/grid in a container so "works on my machine" stops being an excuse.
5.1) Selenium Grid	Distributing tests across multiple machines/browsers in parallel for a large regression suite.

12 API Testing Fundamentals (Manual) 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. REST API Concepts	HTTP methods, status codes, headers, and how a REST API differs from a UI from a testing standpoint.
2. Postman	Building and organizing a request collection, environments, and variables for a real project.
3. Request/Response Validation	Verifying status codes, response bodies, headers and response time manually and with Postman tests.
4. Authentication Flows	API keys, Basic Auth, Bearer tokens and OAuth2 — the flows most beginner courses skip.
5. JSON & Schema Validation	Reading nested JSON confidently and validating a response against a schema.
6. Postman Collections & Newman	Running a Postman collection from the command line for quick regression checks.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. REST API Concepts	HTTP methods, status codes, headers, and how a REST API differs from a UI from a testing standpoint.
2. Postman	Building and organizing a request collection, environments, and variables for a real project.
3. Request/Response Validation	Verifying status codes, response bodies, headers and response time manually and with Postman tests.
4. Authentication Flows	API keys, Basic Auth, Bearer tokens and OAuth2 — the flows most beginner courses skip.
5. JSON & Schema Validation	Reading nested JSON confidently and validating a response against a schema.
6. Postman Collections & Newman	Running a Postman collection from the command line for quick regression checks.

13 API Automation with RestAssured 1.5 wks ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. RestAssured Fundamentals	Setting up a Java project for API automation and writing your first automated request.
2. GET, POST, PUT, DELETE in RestAssured	Automating the full CRUD cycle against a real API.
3. Request Specification & Response Specification	Reusable request/response building blocks across a large test suite.
4. JSON Path & Response Extraction	Pulling values out of a response to chain into the next request (e.g. an auth token or created-record ID).
5. Serialization & POJO Classes	Mapping request/response bodies to Java objects instead of hand-building JSON strings.
6. Integrating API Tests into the Framework	Running API and UI tests from the same TestNG suite and CI pipeline.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Selenium framework design and API automation: architecture questions and a live whiteboard walkthrough.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. RestAssured Fundamentals	Setting up a Java project for API automation and writing your first automated request.
2. GET, POST, PUT, DELETE in RestAssured	Automating the full CRUD cycle against a real API.
3. Request Specification & Response Specification	Reusable request/response building blocks across a large test suite.
4. JSON Path & Response Extraction	Pulling values out of a response to chain into the next request (e.g. an auth token or created-record ID).
5. Serialization & POJO Classes	Mapping request/response bodies to Java objects instead of hand-building JSON strings.
6. Integrating API Tests into the Framework	Running API and UI tests from the same TestNG suite and CI pipeline.
7. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Selenium framework design and API automation: architecture questions and a live whiteboard walkthrough.

14 Appium Environment Setup 0.5 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Mobile Automation Landscape	Native, hybrid and web apps, and why mobile automation needs a different approach than web.
2. Appium Architecture	The Appium server, drivers (UiAutomator2, XCUITest) and how a command reaches a real or virtual device.
3. Setting Up Android Emulator & Real Devices	SDK, AVD Manager, and connecting a physical Android device via ADB.
4. Appium Inspector	Finding element locators on a mobile app the way Selenium IDE finds them on the web.
5. Desired Capabilities	Configuring platform, device and app capabilities correctly for each run.

15 Appium Basics — Mobile Automation Fundamentals 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Locating Mobile Elements	Accessibility ID, UiAutomator selectors, and XPath on native apps.
2. Mobile Gestures	Tap, swipe, scroll and long-press using Appium's touch actions.
3. Handling Native App Elements	Dropdowns, date pickers, toggles and native alerts that don't exist on the web.
4. App Install/Uninstall & Reset	Managing app state between test runs so tests don't depend on leftover data.
5. Handling Keyboard & Notifications	Interacting with the native keyboard and system notification tray during a test.

16 Appium Advanced — Hybrid & Cross-Platform Automation 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Hybrid App Automation	Switching context between native and WebView components inside one app.
2. Cross-Platform Strategy	Writing one test layer that targets both Android and iOS with minimal duplication.
3. Parallel Execution on Multiple Devices	Running the same suite across several emulators/devices at once.
4. Cloud Device Farms	Running mobile suites against real devices on BrowserStack/Sauce Labs style cloud grids.
4.1) Common mobile flakiness sources	App state not resetting between runs. Locators that differ between OS versions of the same app.

17 Appium Framework Integration 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Page Object Model for Mobile	Applying the same maintainable structure from Selenium to a mobile automation suite.
2. TestNG + Appium	Structuring a mobile suite with the same grouping, data-driven and reporting patterns used for web.
3. CI/CD for Mobile Tests	Triggering a mobile regression suite from Jenkins/GitHub Actions against a device farm.
4. Unified Web + Mobile Framework	Structuring one framework so UI, API and mobile suites share common utilities and reporting.

18 Accessibility Testing & AI-Augmented Automation 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Accessibility Testing Fundamentals (WCAG)	What WCAG conformance actually means for a real product, and why accessibility bugs are now treated as release blockers, not nice-to-haves.
2. Automated Accessibility Checks with axe-core	Wiring axe-core into a Selenium/TestNG suite so a WCAG scan runs on every regression pass automatically.
2.1) Real-world scenario	Catching a missing form label or a contrast-ratio failure automatically, the same class of bug a manual pass reliably misses under deadline pressure.
3. AI Self-Healing Locators for Selenium	How AI-assisted tools detect a changed locator after a UI update and suggest or auto-apply a fix, cutting suite maintenance time.
3.1) Where AI gets it wrong	A confidently wrong locator suggestion that passes for the wrong reason — treating every AI fix as a first draft that still needs a tester's review before merging.
4. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Accessibility testing and AI-augmented automation: what interviewers are starting to ask in 2026 automation rounds.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. Accessibility Testing Fundamentals (WCAG)	What WCAG conformance actually means for a real product, and why accessibility bugs are now treated as release blockers, not nice-to-haves.
2. Automated Accessibility Checks with axe-core	Wiring axe-core into a Selenium/TestNG suite so a WCAG scan runs on every regression pass automatically.
2.1) Real-world scenario	Catching a missing form label or a contrast-ratio failure automatically, the same class of bug a manual pass reliably misses under deadline pressure.
3. AI Self-Healing Locators for Selenium	How AI-assisted tools detect a changed locator after a UI update and suggest or auto-apply a fix, cutting suite maintenance time.
3.1) Where AI gets it wrong	A confidently wrong locator suggestion that passes for the wrong reason — treating every AI fix as a first draft that still needs a tester's review before merging.
4. 🚀 Mock Interview Checkpoint	Accessibility testing and AI-augmented automation: what interviewers are starting to ask in 2026 automation rounds.

19 Comprehensive Interview Preparation & Career Launch 1 wk ▾

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

Topic	What You'll Learn
1. SDET Interview Question Bank	Manual, Selenium, Java, API and Appium questions asked in real interviews, reviewed and explained.
2. Resume & LinkedIn Building for SDET Roles	Framing projects and skills the way a hiring manager actually scans a resume.
3. Live Mock Interviews with Feedback	Recorded, one-on-one mock interviews with a working SDET, with specific, actionable feedback afterward.
4. Whiteboard & System-Design-Style QA Rounds	Practising the "design a test strategy for X" style question that trips up otherwise-strong candidates.
5. Salary Negotiation & Offer Evaluation	Reading an offer letter and negotiating from an informed position.
6. Placement Assistance	Referrals and interview opportunities where available, resume review, and continued mentor access after the course ends. Placement assistance is support, not a guarantee of a job or a specific salary — see full terms.
7. 🚀 Final Mock Interview	A full-length, role-realistic SDET interview covering manual, automation and problem-solving, end to end.

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