Short Testing Intensives
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Testing Intensives from Galaxy QA Academy
4 weeks
25$
Testing Artifacts and Test Design.
An intensive for those who want to learn, or improve their skill at, creating the core documents of a tester's work (test cases, bug reports), master test design techniques, and get to know the main bug tracking system, Jira.
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- Testing artifacts (test case, checklist, test report).
- Roles in testing and test design. Practicing test design techniques.
- Working with defects. Learning to write a bug report.
- Bug tracking systems. Learning to work with Jira.
Testing Web Applications
The most popular area of testing is web. In this section you will study the web tester's checklist, learn to work with the web inspector, and pick up many nuances of website testing. (This special course requires basic knowledge of testing)
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- Stages of testing
- Learning to write a test plan.
- Working with requirements
Creating a Test Plan and Working with Requirements
The test plan is a tester's main document when working on new projects. It describes the testing strategy and methodology, the plan for carrying out the testing, and the accounting of resources, risks, and more. We will teach you to create test documentation even before testing begins.
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- Stages of testing
- Learning to write a test plan.
- Working with requirements
3 weeks
20$
2 weeks
15$
A/B Testing
A/B tests let you manage software versions and content. They are used to find out which version of a web page will be more successful. And how to test them, we will work out in this section.
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- Backoffice: managing the resources of web applications
- Apps and plugins for testing web applications
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1 week
10$
Testing Desktop Applications
How to test stationary computer programs, and what nuances there are in desktop testing. (This special course requires basic knowledge of testing)
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- Definition and types of desktop applications
- Methods and tools for testing desktop applications
- Virtualization as an aid to testing desktop applications
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1 week
10$

Testing Mobile Applications. Testing Web Applications on Mobile Devices.
Mobile applications are taking over the internet. Become a mobile tester and expand your arsenal of skills. (This special course requires basic knowledge of testing)
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- Specifics of testing modern mobile platforms
- iOS, Android, Windows Mobile, and others
- Methods and tools for testing mobile applications
- Virtualization as an aid to testing mobile applications
- Ways to validate mobile applications, mobile debugging
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4 weeks
25$
Introduction to Test Automation
In this special course we give an introduction to test automation. We will study how to write scenarios for automated tests and how to record test scripts with Selenium IDE. The section does not cover programming.
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- Defining automation
- Types of automated testing
- Understanding an automated scenario
- Test-driven development (TDD)
- Behavior-driven development (BDD)
- Automated scenarios
- Analyzing the results of automated test runs
- Practice in Selenium IDE
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4 weeks
30$
Load Testing + Web Security Testing
Load testing web servers with JMeter is a powerful skill that will make any tester's resume stand out. Web security testing comes as a bonus.
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- Web services basics: JMeter, XML
- Creating a load test
- with JMeter
- Classification of vulnerabilities
- Security testing methods and approaches
- Applications for security testing
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4 weeks
30$
SQL for Testers
SQL is one of the most widely used database technologies in web development. Being able to work with it is often a prerequisite for a QA job.
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- Defining a relational DBMS and relational operations
- The SQL language, basic SQL queries, and SELECT conditions
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4 weeks
30$
Writing a Tester's Resume
If you need help writing a quality resume that will draw every job opening to you like a magnet, you've come to the right place
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- The main sections of a resume
- Rules for presenting information
- Learning from other people's mistakes
- Resume review
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1 week
20$
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