Intermediate level Quality Assurance and Test Automation

Frameworks, API and Contract Testing, Performance and Accessibility

Build and run professional automation: strategy and design for testability, a maintainable Playwright framework in TypeScript, API and contract testing with schemas and Pact, reliable test data and environments with Docker, performance testing with k6, accessibility and cross-browser checks and CI pipelines with quality gates.

  • 42hours of work
  • 13parts
  • Reviewedcapstone
  • Lifetimeaccess
  • Automation architecture
  • Playwright with TypeScript
  • API and contract testing
  • Test data and environments
  • Performance testing with k6
  • Accessibility and CI quality gates

At a glance

Who it is for

Testers and developers who can write basic automated tests and want to design robust frameworks, test services and non-functional qualities, and operate automation in CI.

Before you start

The beginner programme in this track or equivalent: test design techniques, bug reporting, basic pytest or Playwright automation, API testing basics and Git. Basic JavaScript or TypeScript helps (it is introduced as needed); Docker is used for environments. Node.js 20 or newer is required.

How you finish

Pass the quizzes and labs, then submit a capstone project. The NIBVEDA team reviews it and either accepts it or sends it back with comments you can act on.

What you will be able to do

  1. 01Decide what to automate at which layer and design applications and tests for testability
  2. 02Build a maintainable, parallel, well-reported Playwright framework in TypeScript with fixtures and clean architecture
  3. 03Test REST APIs thoroughly with schema validation, contract tests with Pact and service virtualisation
  4. 04Create reliable test data and environments with Docker and manage secrets and configuration
  5. 05Measure performance with k6 and check accessibility, compatibility and quality gates in a CI pipeline

Curriculum 42 hours in 13 parts

Select a kind to highlight its parts.

Stage 1A service test suite with schema checks, Pact contracts and virtualised dependencies6 parts · 16 h
  1. 1
    Automation strategy, the test pyramid and designing for testabilityWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 hFree
  2. 2
    UI automation architecture with Playwright and TypeScriptWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    3 h
  3. 3
    Build and harden a framework against a multi-service applicationWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  4. 4
    Check yourself: automation strategy and Playwright framework designQuiz · Twelve questions, marked at once, with the reason behind each answer.
    1 h
  5. 5
    API testing in depth and contract testingWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    3 h
  6. 6
    A service test suite with schema checks, Pact contracts and virtualised dependenciesLab · Hands-on work. Many labs are checked automatically against what must exist.
    5 h
Stage 2A CI pipeline with performance, accessibility and compatibility quality gates5 parts · 13 h
  1. 7
    Test data, environments and Docker for reliable automationWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  2. 8
    Check yourself: API testing, contract testing, data and environmentsQuiz · Twelve questions, marked at once, with the reason behind each answer.
    1 h
  3. 9
    Performance testing with k6Workshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  4. 10
    Accessibility, cross-browser and mobile testingWorkshop · Follow along and build, with the steps and the traps written out.
    2 h
  5. 11
    A CI pipeline with performance, accessibility and compatibility quality gatesLab · Hands-on work. Many labs are checked automatically against what must exist.
    6 h
Stage 3K6, accessibility, compatibility and quality gates1 part · 1 h
  1. 12
    Check yourself: k6, accessibility, compatibility and quality gatesQuiz · Twelve questions, marked at once, with the reason behind each answer.
    1 h
FinishCapstone project1 part · 12 h
  1. 13
    A complete test automation platform with CI gates for a multi-service productCapstone · A full project for your portfolio.
    12 h
Free lessonAutomation strategy, the test pyramid and designing for testability
What you take away

An internship certificate with your skills on it.

Made for you automatically when you finish the last part, it names the internship programme, the level and the 42 hours, lists what you showed, and carries a number and a QR code. Anyone can check it on the NIBVEDA verification page, and it shows as withdrawn there if it is ever revoked.

  • Proof you completed all 42 hours of this internship programme
  • An Internship badge for your profile, CV or portfolio
  • Not a job, a stipend or an academic degree, and it says so
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