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Software Testing and Quality Engineering Specialization

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Edureka

Software Testing and Quality Engineering Specialization

Master Software Testing and Debugging. Build end-to-end testing, debugging, and quality engineering skills for modern software systems

Edureka

Instructor: Edureka

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12 weeks to complete
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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
Intermediate level

Recommended experience

12 weeks to complete
at 6 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Apply Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC) principles to plan, design, and execute effective test strategies

  • Build reliable software using unit testing and Test-Driven Development (TDD) practices

  • Perform system integration, UI, and performance testing to validate end-to-end application behavior

  • Debug complex defects and integrate quality practices into CI/CD pipelines for robust software delivery

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Specialization - 4 course series

What you'll learn

Skills you'll gain

Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: System Testing
Category: Test Case
Category: Test Automation
Category: Software Testing
Category: Acceptance Testing
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Integration Testing
Category: Functional Testing
Category: Debugging
Category: Test Planning
Category: Regression Testing
Category: Waterfall Methodology
Category: Python Programming
Category: Quality Assurance
Category: Test Tools
Category: Issue Tracking
Category: Agile Methodology
Category: Software Quality Assurance

What you'll learn

  • Write clean, maintainable unit tests using industry-standard structure, naming conventions, and best practices.

  • Isolate and test code effectively using mocks, test doubles, and dependency injection, including asynchronous and edge-case scenarios.

  • Design and implement production-ready features using Test-Driven Development (TDD) and the Red–Green–Refactor workflow.

  • Define and automate behavior-driven tests using BDD and Gherkin to validate complete feature behavior.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Software Quality Assurance
Category: Maintainability
Category: Test Tools
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: Application Programming Interface (API)
Category: Test Automation
Category: Test Case
Category: Software Testing
Category: API Testing
Category: Test Script Development
Category: Mockups
Category: Test Planning
Category: Code Coverage
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Behavior-Driven Development
Category: Python Programming

What you'll learn

  • Design and execute integration tests to validate databases, APIs, microservices, and end-to-end system behavior.

  • Set up and manage containerized and cloud-based test environments using Docker for system-level testing.

  • Build and maintain automated UI and acceptance tests for web applications at scale.

  • Evaluate application performance, scalability, and resilience using load, stress, and security testing techniques.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Acceptance Testing
Category: User Interface (UI)
Category: CI/CD
Category: Performance Testing
Category: API Testing
Category: User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
Category: Web Applications
Category: Vulnerability Scanning
Category: Integration Testing
Category: Selenium (Software)
Category: Security Testing
Category: Browser Compatibility
Category: Test Tools
Category: Docker (Software)
Category: Test Automation
Category: Software Testing
Category: Responsive Web Design
Category: System Testing
Category: Python Programming

What you'll learn

  • Apply systematic, hypothesis-driven debugging workflows to diagnose and resolve complex software defects.

  • Use advanced debugging, profiling, and analysis tools to identify memory leaks, performance issues, and resource bottlenecks.

  • Debug concurrent, distributed, and production systems using observability, logging, and incident response best practices.

  • Integrate debugging, testing, automation, and quality metrics into CI/CD pipelines for reliable software delivery.

Skills you'll gain

Category: Performance Testing
Category: Code Review
Category: Software Development Tools
Category: Microservices
Category: Incident Response
Category: Distributed Computing
Category: Unit Testing
Category: Site Reliability Engineering
Category: Integration Testing
Category: Continuous Delivery
Category: Regression Testing
Category: Root Cause Analysis
Category: CI/CD
Category: Event Monitoring
Category: Test Driven Development (TDD)
Category: API Testing

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