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Update your QA Automation skills

Update your QA Automation Skills

If you’re a skilled software tester and want to widen your skill set and improve both your career opportunities and the value you offer to employers, then you are likely to have considered learning more about testing automation.

Automation can often bring increased productivity and reduced costs and in agile software development is often deemed crucial now

Automation speeds up incremental development, adapts to frequent project changes easily, facilitates continuous and repetitive testing and provides insight into code quality. 

The most important reason to learn automation, however, maybe to remove the most boring parts of QA and free up your time to focus on more exciting and innovative testing methods.

There are a variety of different automation testing courses now on offer from basic free beginner to highly specific ones for those who want to delve deep into the subject and become experts as quickly as possible.

We have listed below 13 providers that will provide you with a suitable option whatever level you want to attain or are starting from (or can afford to pay). 

Nb. They are in alphabetical order to remove any bias (we’re showing you what is available and not in cahoots with any suppliers) but if you look at the websites below there are a few providers that stand head and shoulders above the rest

You may be one of the lucky QAs whose employer is happy to pay for a quality course, then pick the best money can buy. 

If your company won’t stump up the cash then seriously consider where you want your career to go next – automation may well be the de facto standard shortly and can you afford to reduce your future career chances?

If you want to learn more about QA and Automation before taking the plunge, you may find it wise to talk it over with your peers at a QA Event in the coming months. 

Learn about all of the coming UK’s QA and Testing Events here in our UK QA and Software Testing Events Guide which covers 2018 and 2019

 

1.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Automation Testing (Selenium)

 

Location

London

 

Learning type

In class instructor led

 

Software

Cucumber + Selenium Web Driver + Java (or C#)

 

Length of course

1 month over weekends/weekdays

 

Why this course?

This course provides automation project work with hands-on experience using a combination of market-leading technologies like Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber

 

 Price

On application

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Selenium Webdriver – Java

 

Location

Classroom (various locations)

 

Learning type

Selenium

 

Length of course

3 days

 

Why this course?

This course takes those new to Selenium through the basics of writing effective automated web tests using practical examples which delegates can practice as they go along.  Delegates should leave with an understanding of how to develop reliable, robust Selenium web tests using Selenium WebDriver and other tools.

 

Price

£975

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Advanced Selenium Web Driver Training

 

Learning type

Classroom (North London)

 

Software

Selenium and Javascript plus Headless Browser, iFrames, SauceLabs, SIKULI, Page Object Model, Maven, Jenkins

 

Length of course

2 days

 

Why this course?

If you're already familiar with Selenium then you can advance that knowledge through building real-time Test Automation frameworks in Selenium WebDriver and implementing best practices like Continuous Integration using Jenkins, Configuration Management using Gi and design patterns like Page Object Model

 

Price

£400

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Automated Agile Testing Training Course

 

Learning type

Classroom, Online or Onsite

 

Software

none specified

 

Length of course

3 days

 

Why this course?

Iterative development and therefore testing can be tricky for those used to traditional view testing at the end of a project. This Agile Test Training course will help you strategise, plan, design and execute tests in an Agile environment

 

Price

on application

 

 

 

 

 

 

 5.

Course Provider

 

 

Course Name

 Selenium Testing

 

Learning type

 Online, Classroom or 1to1

 

Software

Selenium

 

Length of course

4 weekends

 

Why this course?

This course is designed for those with some automation experience already and looks at the basic techniques of writing effective automated web tests plus the principles of test automation including records and replay, synchronisation and verification

 

Price

£1200 (online) to £2000 (1to1)

     
     

6.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Selenium & QTP for Automation Testing Training Course

 

Learning type

Instructor-led 1 to 1 classroom course (or onsite/offsite groups)

 

Software

Selenium

 

Length of course

10 hours

 

Why this course?

This is for beginners and covers the basics of Selenium and Test automation including test cases and suites, verification techniques, test runs, results analysis and Selenium RC configuration and scripts and more

 

Price

£350

     
     

7.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Automation Testing

 

Learning type

London, Milton Keynes, Manchester

 

Software

Instructor-led face-to-face/online

 

Length of course

Selenium + Cucumber

 

Why this course?

This is for anyone new to testing wanting an ISEB Foundation Certificate. Attendees will learn and test applications using Selenium web driver and Cucumber

 

Price

£600 + £145 for the exam

     
     

8.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Test Automation with Selenium

 

Learning type

Onsite instructor-led/ in training centres or remote desktop

 

Software

Selenium

 

Length of course

21 hours (aka 3 days)

 

Why this course?

This course teaches handling testing projects and gives hands-on experience with web applications, functional test automation and cross-browser test automation using the Selenium test suite

 

Price

£3350 - £4350 for a group

     
     

9.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Automated Testing End to End

 

Learning type

Online

 

Software

-

 

Length of course

3 hours 15 mins

 

Why this course?

It shows how and what to test at the unit, integration, and functional UI levels plus how to combine them with a continuous integration build server

 

Price

Free 10-day trial

     
     

10.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

ISTQB Advanced Level Test Automation Test Engineer

 

Learning type

Classroom in various locations around the country

 

Software

Not listed

 

Length of course

3 days

 

Why this course?

This course provides attendees with the knowledge and skills to guide a test automation project. The focus is on the concepts, methods, tools and processes for automating dynamic functional tests and the relationship of those tests to test management, configuration management, defect management, software development processes and quality assurance. 

Nb. must hold the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level certificate (CTFL).

 

Price

£1486

     
     

11.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Certified Full Stack Test Architect (.NET)

 

Location

Bristol, Cardiff, Basingstoke, Reading and London

 

Learning type

In class instructor led

 

Software

Project Development and Code Control - (Visual Studio/VSTS/GitTFVC) 

BDD - (SpecFlow/Cucumber/Gherkin)

Test Automation - (Microsoft Unit Test Framework/Moq/Postman/Selenium/Page Factory)

Continuous Integration - (TravisCI/Visual Studio Team Services Build/AppVeyor/TeamCity)

 

Length of course

4 days

 

Why this course?

This is for Technical Test Analysts, Developers and DevOps who know C# and want to learn to build a test stack around a .NET web application throughout a typical project lifecycle

 

Price

£2100+

     
     

12.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Test Automation Fundamentals

 

Learning type

Practical workshop

 

Software

Not listed

 

Length of course

1 day 

 

Why this course?

The course introduces the concept of software test automation and provides a start along your automation journey

 

Price

£400

     
     

13.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Certified Selenium WebDriver Foundation Tester or Advanced Test Automation Engineer

 

Learning type

lecture/demonstration + hands on

 

Software

Selenium

 

Location

London/Manchester/Birmingham

 

Length of course

3 days

 

Price

Selenium courses £950 / Automation Test courses £1250

     
     

14.

Course Provider

WCC -
 

Course Name

Selenium 3.0 Test automation with Java

 

Location

Various around country

 

Learning type

Classroom hands-on

 

Software

Selenium, Java

 

Length of course

2 days/4 evenings

 

Why this course?

This course is designed for testers who are new to automation and covers how to write effective automated web tests using Java and Selenium IDE, RC, WebDriver, Data Driven Testing, BDD/Cucumber and integration testing with Cypress.

 

Price

£790

     
     

15.

Course Provider

 

Course Name

Test Automation using Selenium Webdriver

 

Learning type

Online

 

Software

Selenium, Java, JUnit, Ant, Eclipse

 

Length of course

11 hours

 

Why this course?

It’s basic but this course is designed for those who want to get started using the Selenium WebDriver for automating their tests. It covers Java, Eclipse, JUnit and the basics of HTML, CSS and Javascript. A case study will be used that starts from user stories to writing test cases, writing test scripts and running them as a batch

 

Price

£9.99

 

Added 28-Nov-2018

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