Programming Foundations: Software Testing/QA

54mBeginner2019-03-11

Authors

Meaghan Lewis

Technical Program Manager at Microsoft

Course details

Quality assurance (QA) engineering can mean many different things to different people. In this course, learn about QA practices within the context of a software engineering project. Instructor Meaghan Lewis demonstrates the different kinds of testing QA focuses on and how QA fits into the software development life cycle (SDLC). Meaghan explores the areas you'll likely want to test and continuously monitor to ensure increasing improvements to your product. Plus, she goes over some of the mechanisms used to communicate the overall health of a product. Upon wrapping up this course, you'll be able to look at whatever you're working on, think critically about how the pieces fit together, and identify ways to help your team meet quality goals with every release.

Learning objectives
How QA fits into the software development life cycle (SDLC)
Setting expectations and goals
Making a test plan
Incorporating box testing into your process
Executing manual testing
Leveraging UI automation testing
Identifying, reporting, and prioritizing bugs

Skills covered

Software Quality AssuranceSoftware TestingFoundationsSoftware Development

Concepts

Introduction

Set the standard with quality assurance (QA)
What is quality assurance
How to ensure quality

The Role of QA

Roles and responsibilities
Get involved throughout the SDLC
Collaborate with the team
Set expectations and goals

Test Planning

Create a test strategy
Make a test plan
Write acceptance criteria
Identify when testing is complete

Types of Testing QA Focuses On

Box testing
Manual testing
UI automation testing
Integration testing
Performance testing
Security testing

Bug Reporting

Identify bugs
Report bugs
Triage bugs
Communicate bugs to the team
Getting bugs fixed
Have bug bashes

Conclusion

Next steps