A4Q Certified Selenium 4 Tester Foundation

This course provides a basic foundation to the issues around automation, how to access HTML and XML syntax, coding with Selenium WebDriver and Python or Java, and preparing maintainable test scripts.

This is the accredited Selenium Foundation course as provided by A4Q (Alliance for Qualification) but we also provide you with an online Amazon Web Service instance as your training environment during the course for the exercises.

The business outcome from the course are:

• Have an understanding of Selenium automation tools
• Have an understanding of the different TAS that can be implemented using Selenium tools
• Have an understanding of the underlying web technologies and how they are used on Selenium
• Adopt the best practices when onboarding Selenium automation projects
• Understand how to maximize the return on investment for the automation projects

1 - Introduction to Test Automation

• 1.1 Test automation in a nutshell
• 1.2 Manual testing and test automation
• 1.3 Test Automation Solutions Design

2 - Automation Web Technologies

• 2.1 Webpage Architecture
• 2.2 Document Object Model
• 2.3 Automation locators
• 2.3.1 Types of locators
• 2.4 XPath
• 2.5 CSS Selector

3 - Selenium Automation Tools

• 3.1 Overview of Selenium test automation
• 3.2 Flavors of the Selenium automation tool
• 3.3 Selenium WebDriver ecosystem
• 3.4 Selenium 4

4 - Using Selenium WebDriver

• 4.1 Managing Selenium libraries
• 4.2 Selenium WebDriver in action
• 4.3 Selenium GUI interface
• 4.4 Parallelism of tests
• 4.5 Machine learning and test automation
• 4.6 Best practices

5 - Implementation of Test Automation in an organization

• 5.1 Factors to consider
• 5.2 Evaluation of efficiency and effectiveness of test automation
• 5.3 Success Factors

6 - Adapting a Selenium TAS

• 6.1 Dynamic Variables
• 6.2 Custom Automation Actions
• 6.3 Extended verifications 

Although it is beneficial that attendees have a coding background (ideally in Python or Java), this is not essential.

Code examples are provided during the course which are available in the training environment for attendees less experienced in Python or Java to access.

• Using Selenium with Workshop
• ISAQB® Certified Professional for Software Architecture - Foundation Level (CPSA-F)
• ISTQB® Certified Tester: Advanced Level Test Analyst
• ISTQB® Certified Tester – Foundation Level
• Requirements Verification

• Testers wishing to become test automation specialists.
• Test automation specialists looking to learn Selenium
• Agile testers

"The trainer created a friendly and fun learning environment, and delivered the course very well. I enjoyed my time learning throughout the course."
Ayasha Kirana, Associate Technical Engineer

"The delivery from the trainer and the exercises in between chapters helped learning"
Dylan McDonald