Advanced Automation Course testing
Python Advanced

- Let's get you up to the level Senior Automation QA
- Teaching advanced technology stack
- Lead to career advancement
  • Course starts on 28 November
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Free introductory session
3 months of training
30+ classes, 2 webinars
per week, 1/5 recorded + homework.
(recordings of live broadcasts are posted with timecodes)
Support in chat stream
You can find help and support from faculty, mentors, and classmates in the cozy chat room of the stream
Self-written
PO
Write your own framework to automate testing on any project
Experienced mentors
The testing gurus will check your homework, give you valuable advice and help you overcome any difficulties

Career opportunities

According average salary Senior Automation QA on Python - 3500 $ +
  • 800 $
    Junior QA - up to one year of experience
  • 2000 $
    Middle QA - 1-2 years of experience
  • 3500 $+
    Senor QA - more than 3 years
What you'll learn
Architecture and design
- Deep understanding
Python 3.12;
- Microservices development
on FastAPI, Docker,
Postgres
We'll cover everything
- Testing of non-standard communication protocols: gRPC, GraphQL, SOAP;
- Working with databases and Kafka straight from the tests;
- We will use docker and docker-compose.
In addition
- We'll be creating all the code from scratch;
- And constantly talk about how the technologies being tested work under the hood.

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Detailed course program

Start 28 November
01 Introductory Session - Intro to NextGen School Python Advanced
- What is this course about? Who is it suitable for? Course Differences with Python Base
- Overview of the training project (what we will learn from)
- Questions and answers
- Let's do your homework
02 Analyzing homework for the introductory lesson
Let's check the homework from the introductory class - Tasks on development of microservice with FastAPI
03 Building a minimal microservice with FastAPI and tests
- Develop the "right" microservice, discuss approaches
- Let's add an implementation of pagination
- Let's update the tests
04 Finalize the microservice - add a database
- Let's add a database implementation, take out the stitched data from the endpoints
- Обновим тесты
05 Deploy a microservice with GitHub Actions
- Let's run the microservice and tests in docker, docker-compose
- Let's run everything from GitHub Actions
06 Getting to know the Niffler project
- Project overview, run locally: customization in PyCharm
- Starting a project in Docker, differences for Windows and Linux
- Introduction to pytest Fixtures: functions, classes
- Spreading fixtures on different files for auto-tests
07 Extending Pytest: write your own fixtures and control test execution
- The life cycle of a test
- Fixtures for working with WebDriver
08 Automation on a project from scratch - building a minimal framework
- What you should and shouldn't write your framework for
- Tasks to be solved
- How not to write a framework. If you write one, what to think about
09 Working with relational databases from tests: Psycopg2
- Psycopg2 - brief theory
- We're writing code on Psycopg2
- Transactions in Psycopg2
10 Working with relational databases from tests: SQLAlchemy
- SQLAlchemy - brief theory
- Writing code with SQLAlchemy
- Applicability of DAO and Repository
11 Test parallelization in pytest: How not to shoot yourself in the foot
You'll learn in this class:
  • A brief theory of concurrency
  • Writing test code that is secure in a multi-threaded environment
  • Peculiarities of working with pytest fixtures in multithreaded test execution
12 Framework customization - extend Allure, Selenium
In this class, we'll show you
  • Custom templates
  • Allure lifecycle
  • Custom Conditions
  • Non-static code via Selenium
13 Implement OAuth authorization with customization requests
And here we'll show you:
  • A brief theory of OAuth authorization
  • How to write your own HTTP interceptors
  • How to implement authorization via pytest fixtures.
14 Create WEB-service in Python
You'll figure it out:
  • FastAPI (context, DI, services)
  • FastAPI REST framework (REST service)
  • SQLAlchemy (base work).
15 Unit tests - write testable code and tests for it
  • Write testable code and tests for it yourself
16 Testing gRPC services with native libraries
We'll show you:
  • Theory and applicability
  • gRPC in FastAPI
  • gRPC tests
  • Allure integration.
17 Advanced REST API automation techniques
  • Learn advanced autotests for REST APIs with requests
18 Extending test coverage - applying pytest fixtures to build a complete framework
  • Teach you how to write WEB and API tests with creation of all test data via pytest fixtures
19 Testing microservices in docker-compose
This is where you'll be:
  • Bring up microservices via docker-compose
  • Testing microservices: theory and practice
  • Selenoid & Selenoid AI
20 Wiremock in tests
We'll tell you how:
  • Use in-memory Wiremock directly in tests
  • Use HTTP and gRPC Wiremock in docker-compose.
21 Testing GraphQL services with requests
In this module, let's introduce you to:
  • Theory and applicability
  • GraphQL в FastAPI
  • Testing GraphQL - requests.
22 Testing SOAP services with requests
  • Theory and applicability
  • SOAP to FastAPI
  • Testing SOAP requests
  • Integration with Allure. lxml
23 Apache kafka - testing asynchronous microservices
This class will teach you how to:
  • Apache Kafka Theory and applicability
  • Kafka in the FastAPI project
  • How to write your Consumer and pytest fixture to use it in tests.
24 CI/CD is the pipeline you've been going for.
  • Consider building the project and deploying it to an extension using GHA
25 Android Native Testing - Kaspresso
  • Native testing Android – Kaspresso
26 Native iOS testing - Swift + xctest. Part I
This is where you get the hang of it:
  • Comparing XCUITest with other frameworks - pros and cons
  • Xcode Development Environment
  • Useful auxiliary applications
  • App Signature and iOS app distribution models
  • Scheme and target
  • Swift programming basics
  • Swift Playground
  • Variables
  • Base operators
  • Methods
  • Classes and structures
  • XCTest and XCUITest frameworks
  • Locators and types of locators
  • How to search for locators
  • Interaction with locators
  • Test Reports - XCResult
  • Q&A + useful links
27 Native iOS testing - Swift + XCTest. Part II
This is where you'll continue to learn:
  • Dependency managers - SPM, cocoapods and carthage
  • Autotest patterns - Page Factory and Page Object
  • Network moching in tests
  • Integration with Allure
  • Integration with Ci/CD
  • Fastlane
  • Slack integration
  • Github Action + iOS
  • Third-party native iOS automation frameworks
  • Q&A + полезные ссылки
28 Native iOS testing. XCTest. Part III
And in this class, we're going to show you
  • 1. asserts and expectations
  • 2. Interaction with system dialogs
  • 3. XCTContext - making the test report informative
  • 4. Uploading reports to testops after running in Xcode
  • 5. Custom annotations for the report
29 Conferences - preparing a report and yourself for the presentation
In this lesson, we're going to show you
  • How to get to the conference as a speaker
  • How to prepare
  • Presentation - the good and the bad
  • Discussion before and after the report
  • For the sake of what? Pros and cons
How much does it cost course?
590$
531 $
  • 3 months of training
  • 32 live webinars, some of the classes are recorded + homework assignments
  • Own self-written application for testing
  • Diploma of course completion
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Course teachers

Our educators are defining the face of the industry.
QA engineers around the world use the software they develop on a daily basis.
  • John Powell
    QA Lead
    6 years of SDET experience from large-scale entreprise to tiny startups. Contributor to opensource projects related to testing in Python, Java, TypeScript.
  • Eric Brown
    QA Lead
    In testing since 2015, 3 years automating in Java, since 2018 automating in Python. Contributor Selene, webdriver-manager. Author of gitlab-allure-history, local-allure-history-trends-bash, pytest-rocketchat.
  • Jerome Miller
    Dodo Engineering
    Engaged in automation since 2015. Started in IT .Net (C#) as a developer. Now QA automation engineer and mobile SRE at Dodo Brands.
  • Mark Williams
    Qameta Software
    More than 14 years of experience in automating testing services in Yandex. Since 2011 developer of Allure Reports and Allure TestOps, used by testers all over the world.
  • Chad Griffin
    Founder of NextGen School
    More than 9 years of experience in test automation. Founder of Telegram community @qa_automation, organizer of qa.cyprusitforum.com conference.
  • Anthony Klein
    Dodo Brand
    In IT for over 12 years. Started in analytics, project management, currently mentoring, writing and automating in Java. Head of QA at Dodo Brands.
All classes are recorded with time codes added to make them easier to review. There is a lot of homework, so be prepared to hand it in regularly.