I) Beginner Level

The beginner Level is subdivided into two levels: Basics and Advanced Basics. At the beginner level, topics and concepts to be covered are: Data Types, Variables, Conditional Statements, and Control Loops in any programming language, and get some knowledge about object-oriented programming like creating classes, objects, and functions.

Make sure to do a project, implementing all these concepts to get a better understanding.

Basics:

In this level, we’ll focus on covering the fundamentals of Automation Testing which includes learning: Programming Languages, Scripting Languages, and Version Controls.

Let’s see them in detail.

1. Python/Any Programming Language:

Python is a very popular programming language that is used for building websites, analyzing data, building software, and creating automated tasks. It has many libraries like Pandas, Matplotlib, Scikit-learn, etc.

List of contents to learn in Python:

Data Types, Variables, Conditional Statements, Control Loops, Lists, Tuples, Dictionaries, and Sets.

2. Scripting Languages:

Scripting Languages are those programming languages that will be used to create some run-time instructions to add extra functionalities to the application. They can also be used for integrating complex systems. Having a bit of Scripting knowledge is a plus point and can speed up your learning process.

The Scripting languages required for this course are:

• JSON: It is a text format scripting language and is derived from JavaScript Object Notation Syntax.
• Extensible Markup Language (XML): It helps in defining and storing the data, and establishes communication between websites and APIs.

3. DevOps Version Controls

Software and tools that provide a collaborative platform to host, track changes in the code, and maintain multiple copies of code independently of each other.

Tools:

• Git: Git is a version control system that helps in tracking the changes that are made to the code regularly.
• GitHub: Cloud-based hosting service that helps in managing the Git repositories.
• GitLab: This is commonly used for large DevOps projects.

Estimated Time to Learn: 30 days [3hrs/day]

As a beginner, it may take up to 3 months to cover all the basics. Firstly, a beginner has to check if he has satisfied all the prerequisites.

Advanced Basics:

Advanced basics is focused on learning Cloud Services like Azure, Google Cloud, AWS, etc. We can choose any of them as per our requirements. Let’s see them in detail.

1. Microsoft Azure:

Microsoft Azure is a cloud-computing platform offered by Microsoft that provides its services through global data centers. It has a variety of certifications that can be achieved by writing the relevant examinations.

The services that should be covered in Microsoft’s Azure are:

• Azure Active Directory
• Azure CDN
• Azure Data Factory
• Azure SQL
• Azure Function
• CosmosDB

2. Amazon Web Services:

Amazon Web Services is a cloud computing platform and a subsidiary of Amazon. It provides a pay-as-you-go service. It has a variety of certifications called AWS Certified Learners that can be achieved by writing the relevant examinations.

The services that should be covered in Amazon Web Services (AWS) are:

• Elastic Compute (EC2)
• Elastic IP
• Elastic Load Balancer (ELB)
• Auto-Scaling (ASG)
• IAM User
• Virtual Private Network (VPC)

3. Google Clouds:

Google Cloud is a cloud computing platform offered by Google, that provides services like Big Data, Networking, Computing, etc. and runs on the same infrastructure used by Google Search and YouTube.

The services that should be covered in Google Cloud are:

• Computing
• Data Analytics
• Machine Learning
• Vertex AI
• Disk Storage
• VPN Connections
• Server space on virtual machines.

Estimated Time to Learn: 2-3 months

It takes at least 1 month to completely learn one tool. Overall, requires a time of 3 months. The best resources to learn the tools discussed above are lecture videos from Udemy, edX, and Coursera or you can always refer to YouTube for free lectures.

Implementing a real time project with the above mentioned concepts would give a better grip of the topics learned. Once this stage is covered, let’s move to the Intermediate Level.

Automation Testing is the fourth important step in the Software Development Life Cycle. Before sending any product to production, it is crucial to run manual and automation tests on the product to ensure its efficiency, accuracy, and reliability, so as not to experience any failure at the time of production.

As challenging as it looks, it can be mastered through consistent learning and practice. In this blog, let’s have a look at how long will it take to learn automation testing and what it is exactly.