Software Test Automation & AI Engineering

• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Manual Testing vs Automation Testing
• Functional and Non-Functional Testing
• Smoke, Sanity, Regression and Retesting
• Test Scenarios and Test Cases
• Bug Life Cycle
• Test Design Techniques
• Test Pyramid
• UI Testing vs API Testing
• QA vs QE vs SDET
• Selenium vs Playwright
• Introduction to Modern Test Automation

• JavaScript Introduction and Setup
• Variables - var, let, const
• Data Types
• Primitive vs Reference Types
• Operators
• Type Conversion and Coercion
• Conditional Statements
• Loops
• Strings and String Methods
• Arrays and Array Methods
• Objects and Nested Objects
• Functions and Parameters
• Function Declarations vs Expressions
• Arrow Functions
• Template Literals
• Destructuring
• Spread and Rest Operators
• Optional Chaining
• Error Handling
• JavaScript Modules - Import and Export

• Execution Context
• Call Stack
• Hoisting
• Temporal Dead Zone
• Scope and Scope Chaining
• Lexical Scope
• Closures
• this Keyword
• call(), apply(), bind()
• Callback Functions
• Higher-Order Functions
• map(), filter(), reduce()
• find(), some(), every()
• Function Currying Fundamentals
• Shallow Copy vs Deep Copy
• Object References and Mutability
• Prototype and Prototypal Inheritance
• Event Loop Fundamentals

• Synchronous vs Asynchronous Programming
• Callbacks
• Callback Hell
• Promises
• Promise States
• resolve() and reject()
• .then(), .catch(), .finally()
• Promise Chaining
• async and await
• Error Handling in Async Functions
• Sequential vs Parallel Execution
• Promise.all()
• Promise.allSettled()
• Promise.race()
• Promise.any()
• Microtasks and Macrotasks
• Event Loop Execution Order
• Fetch API
• Async JavaScript in Playwright

• JavaScript vs TypeScript
• TypeScript Installation and Configuration
• Type Inference
• Primitive Types
• Arrays and Tuples
• Union and Intersection Types
• Type Aliases
• Interfaces
• Interface vs Type
• Optional and Readonly Properties
• Functions and Return Types
• Generics
• Enums
• Type Narrowing
• Type Assertions
• Utility Types
• TypeScript Modules

• Classes and Objects
• Constructors
• Properties and Methods
• Access Modifiers
• Encapsulation
• Inheritance
• Polymorphism
• Abstraction
• Abstract Classes
• Interfaces
• Composition vs Inheritance
• Static Members
• Getters and Setters
• OOP in Playwright Framework Design

• Introduction to Playwright
• Playwright vs Selenium
• Playwright Architecture
• Browser, Browser Context and Page
• Browser Lifecycle
• Test Isolation
• Playwright Test Runner
• Fixtures and Workers Overview
• Chromium, Firefox and WebKit
• Node.js and npm
• Playwright Installation
• VS Code Configuration
• package.json
• Playwright Project Structure
• playwright.config.ts
• Running the First Test
• Headed, Headless and Debug Execution

• test() and test.describe()
• Test Hooks
• beforeEach() and afterEach()
• beforeAll() and afterAll()
• Page Fixture
• Async Test Functions
• Test Steps
• Test Annotations
• Test Tags
• Skipping and Fixing Tests
• Test Timeouts
• Browser Configuration
• Test Execution Commands

• HTML Fundamentals
• DOM Structure
• HTML Attributes
• Browser Developer Tools
• Accessibility Roles and Names
• getByRole()
• getByText()
• getByLabel()
• getByPlaceholder()
• getByTestId()
• getByAltText()
• CSS Selectors
• XPath
• Locator Chaining
• filter(), has, hasText
• first(), last(), nth()
• Dynamic Locators
• Locator Strictness
• Playwright Inspector
• Codegen
• Locator Debugging

• Text Fields
• Buttons and Links
• Checkboxes
• Radio Buttons
• Dropdowns
• Multi-Select
• Mouse Actions
• Keyboard Actions
• Hover
• Drag and Drop
• File Uploads
• File Downloads
• Alerts and Dialogs
• Browser Tabs and Windows
• iFrames
• Shadow DOM
• SVG Elements
• Calendars and Date Pickers
• Web Tables
• Pagination
• Infinite Scrolling
• Dynamic Web Elements

• Playwright Auto-Waiting
• Actionability Checks
• Locator Assertions
• Page Assertions
• Text Assertions
• URL Assertions
• Visibility Assertions
• Negative Assertions
• Soft Assertions
• Custom Assertion Messages
• expect.poll()
• expect.toPass()
• Waiting for Responses
• Waiting for Navigation and URLs
• Waiting for UI State
• Timeouts
• Race Conditions
• Synchronisation Best Practices

• Built-In Fixtures
• Browser Fixture
• Context Fixture
• Page Fixture
• Request Fixture
• Custom Fixtures
• test.extend()
• Test-Scoped Fixtures
• Worker-Scoped Fixtures
• Fixture Dependencies
• Automatic Fixtures
• Fixture Setup and Teardown
• Reusable Fixtures
• Authentication Fixtures
• Fixture Design Patterns

• UI-Based Authentication
• API-Based Authentication
• Cookies
• Local Storage
• Session Storage
• Storage State
• Reusing Authentication
• Multiple User Accounts
• Multiple User Roles
• Role-Based Access Control
• Session Isolation
• Parallel Authentication
• Authentication Setup Projects

• Client-Server Architecture
• HTTP and HTTPS
• REST APIs
• Request and Response
• HTTP Methods
• Status Codes
• Headers
• Path Parameters
• Query Parameters
• Request Body
• JSON
• API Authentication
• Bearer Tokens
• API Keys
• OAuth 2.0 Fundamentals
• Postman Fundamentals
• Positive and Negative API Testing
• API Test Design

• APIRequestContext
• API Request Fixtures
• GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE
• Request Configuration
• Response Validation
• JSON Response Parsing
• API Assertions
• Response Schema Validation
• API Chaining
• Token-Based Authentication
• API Error Handling
• Reusable API Clients
• API Test Data
• API Setup and Cleanup
• Contract Testing Fundamentals

• UI and API Integration
• API-Based Test Setup
• Creating Data Through APIs
• Validating API Data in UI
• Validating UI Actions Through API
• API-Based Cleanup
• Reusable Hybrid Workflows
• End-to-End Business Scenarios
• Reducing UI Test Dependencies

• Network Events
• page.route()
• Request Interception
• Response Interception
• Modifying API Responses
• Mocking API Endpoints
• Mocking Error Responses
• Simulating Network Failures
• Simulating Delays
• HAR Recording and Replay
• Deterministic Testing
• Testing Third-Party Dependencies

• Introduction to Page Object Model
• Page Classes
• Locator Encapsulation
• Reusable Page Methods
• Constructors
• Component Objects
• BasePage Design
• Page Object Fixtures
• Reusable UI Components
• Separation of Responsibilities
• Composition vs Inheritance
• Maintainable Page Objects
• Common POM Anti-Patterns

• JSON Test Data
• CSV Test Data
• Environment-Specific Data
• Data-Driven Testing
• Parameterized Tests
• Test Data Factories
• Dynamic Test Data
• Unique Data Generation
• Parallel-Safe Data
• Test Data Isolation
• Test Setup and Teardown
• Data Cleanup Strategies
• Database Testing Fundamentals
• SQL Queries for Testers
• Database Validation

• Framework Design Principles
• Layered Architecture
• Project Folder Structure
• Test Layer
• Page Object Layer
• API Service Layer
• Fixture Layer
• Test Data Layer
• Utility Layer
• Configuration Layer
• Environment Management
• Dependency Management
• Reusable Business Workflows
• Logging
• Error Handling
• Framework Documentation

• playwright.config.ts
• Base URL Configuration
• Browser Projects
• Environment Projects
• Device Emulation
• Timeouts
• Retries
• Workers
• Test Tags
• Smoke and Regression Suites
• HTML Reporter
• JSON Reporter
• JUnit Reporter
• Allure Reporting
• Screenshots
• Video Recording
• Trace Viewer
• Custom Reporters

• Playwright Workers
• Parallel Execution
• Fully Parallel Execution
• Serial Execution
• Test Isolation
• Worker Lifecycle
• Shared State Problems
• Parallel Authentication
• Parallel Test Data
• Worker-Scoped Fixtures
• Retries
• Resource Conflicts
• Test Sharding
• Distributed Execution
• Report Merging
• Optimizing Test Execution

• Playwright Inspector
• Trace Viewer
• VS Code Debugger
• Screenshots and Videos
• Browser Console Logs
• Network Logs
• Locator Failures
• Timing Failures
• Authentication Failures
• Data-Related Failures
• Parallel Execution Failures
• Root Cause Analysis
• Flaky Test Identification
• Flaky Test Prevention
• Retry Analysis
• Test Quarantine
• Stable Automation Design

• Git Fundamentals
• GitHub Repositories
• Branching
• Commits
• Pull Requests
• Merge Conflicts
• Code Reviews
• CI/CD Fundamentals
• GitHub Actions
• Jenkins Fundamentals
• GitLab CI Fundamentals
• Running Playwright in CI
• Environment Variables
• Secrets Management
• Scheduled Test Execution
• Pipeline Artifacts
• Publishing Reports
• Parallel CI Execution
• Test Quality Gates

• Introduction to Docker
• Containers vs Virtual Machines
• Docker Images
• Docker Containers
• Dockerfile
• Docker Commands
• Playwright Docker Images
• Containerized Test Execution
• Environment Variables
• Volumes
• Test Reports
• Docker Compose Fundamentals
• Running Tests in CI Containers

• Accessibility Testing
• Semantic HTML and ARIA Roles
• Keyboard Accessibility
• Automated Accessibility Checks
• Visual Regression Testing
• Screenshot Baselines
• Visual Comparison
• Masking Dynamic Elements
• Performance Testing Fundamentals
• Browser Network Performance
• Selenium vs Playwright Architecture
• Selenium to Playwright Migration
• Migrating Page Objects
• Migrating TestNG/JUnit Concepts
• Migration Strategy and Planning

• Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
• Machine Learning vs Generative AI
• Introduction to Large Language Models
• How LLMs Work
• Tokens and Tokenization
• Context Windows
• Training vs Inference
• Transformer Architecture Fundamentals
• Attention Mechanism Overview
• Reasoning Models
• Temperature and Model Parameters
• Hallucinations
• Model Limitations
• AI Model Evaluation
• AI Security and Privacy
• Responsible AI Usage in Testing

• Introduction to Prompt Engineering
• Anatomy of an Effective Prompt
• Zero-Shot Prompting
• One-Shot and Few-Shot Prompting
• Role-Based Prompting
• Structured Prompting
• Chain-of-Thought Concepts
• Task Decomposition
• Output Formatting
• JSON-Based Structured Output
• STAR Prompting Framework
• CLEAR Prompting Framework
• CRISP Prompting Framework
• RICE-POT Prompting Framework
• Prompt Templates
• Prompt Testing
• Prompt Evaluation
• Prompt Injection Awareness
• Prompt Optimization for QA Tasks

• Cloud AI vs Local AI
• Open-Source vs Proprietary Models
• GPT Models
• Claude Models
• Gemini Models
• DeepSeek Models
• Model Selection for QA
• Ollama Installation
• LM Studio Installation
• Running Local LLMs
• Model Download and Management
• Local Model APIs
• Hardware Requirements
• CPU vs GPU Inference
• Model Performance Comparison
• Local Model Limitations
• Confidential Test Data Handling
• Enterprise AI Privacy
• Secure AI Development Practices

• AI-Assisted Requirement Analysis
• Requirement Summarization
• User Story Analysis
• Acceptance Criteria Generation
• Test Scenario Generation
• Positive Test Cases
• Negative Test Cases
• Boundary Value Test Cases
• Equivalence Partitioning
• Risk-Based Test Selection
• Test Plan Generation
• Test Strategy Generation
• Test Coverage Analysis
• Test Case Optimization
• Test Data Generation
• Bug Report Generation
• QA Metrics and Reports
• Test Documentation Generation
• Reviewing AI-Generated Test Cases

• Introduction to AI Coding Assistants
• GitHub Copilot
• Claude Code
• Cursor
• AI-Assisted IDE Workflows
• Generating Selenium Test Scripts
• Generating Playwright Test Scripts
• Generating REST Assured API Tests
• Generating Playwright API Tests
• Generating Page Objects
• Generating Test Fixtures
• Generating Reusable Methods
• AI-Assisted Framework Refactoring
• AI Code Review
• AI-Based Error Analysis
• Debugging with AI
• Validating AI-Generated Code
• Detecting Hallucinated APIs and Locators
• Secure AI-Assisted Coding

• Introduction to AI Agents
• AI Assistants vs AI Agents
• Agent Architecture
• LLM-Based Agents
• Agent Planning
• Agent Reasoning Loops
• Agent Tool Calling
• Agent Memory
• Short-Term and Long-Term Memory
• Agent State Management
• Agent Workflows
• Agent Guardrails
• Human-in-the-Loop Approval
• Agent Error Handling
• Agent Evaluation
• Single-Agent Systems
• Multi-Agent Systems
• QA Agent Use Cases
• Designing an AI Test Automation Agent

• Introduction to n8n
• n8n Architecture
• Cloud vs Self-Hosted n8n
• Installation and Setup
• Nodes and Connections
• Triggers
• Webhooks
• HTTP Request Node
• Expressions
• Data Transformation
• JSON Processing
• Conditional Logic
• Loops
• Credentials Management
• Error Handling
• Workflow Scheduling
• API Integrations
• Jira Integration
• GitHub Integration
• Slack and Email Notifications
• AI Model Integration
• AI Agent Nodes
• Workflow Monitoring

Practical QA Automation Workflows

• Jira -> AI Test Case Generator
• User Story -> Test Scenario Generator
• Requirements -> Test Plan Generator
• Failed Test -> AI Failure Summary
• Bug Report -> Jira Ticket Creation
• Playwright Report -> AI Analysis
• Daily Test Execution Summary
• AI QA Agent Using n8n

• Introduction to MCP
• Why MCP Is Used
• MCP Architecture
• MCP Hosts
• MCP Clients
• MCP Servers
• MCP Tools
• MCP Resources
• MCP Prompts
• Tool Discovery
• Tool Execution
• MCP Transport Concepts
• MCP Authentication and Authorization
• Building a Simple MCP Server
• Connecting an AI Agent to MCP
• Playwright MCP Integration
• GitHub and Jira Tool Integration
• Custom QA MCP Tools
• MCP Security and Guardrails

• Introduction to Retrieval-Augmented Generation
• Why RAG Is Required
• RAG vs Fine-Tuning
• Document Loading
• Text Chunking
• Embeddings
• Vector Databases
• Similarity Search
• Semantic Search
• Retrieval Techniques
• Metadata Filtering
• Context Construction
• Grounded Answer Generation
• Source Citations
• Retrieval Quality
• RAG Evaluation
• Hallucination Reduction
• Secure Document Retrieval
• Building QA Knowledge Assistants

• Introduction to LangChain
• LangChain Architecture
• Model Integrations
• Prompt Templates
• Output Parsers
• Structured Outputs
• Tools
• Document Loaders
• Text Splitters
• Embeddings
• Vector Store Integration
• Retrievers
• RAG Chains
• Introduction to LangGraph
• Graph-Based Agent Workflows
• Nodes and Edges
• State Management
• Conditional Routing
• Memory and Persistence
• Tool-Calling Agents
• Human Approval Workflows
• Agent Error Recovery
• Multi-Step QA Agents
• Evaluating Agent Workflows

• Requirement Upload
• Document Parsing
• Requirement Extraction
• AI Test Plan Generation
• Test Scenario Generation
• Test Case Generation
• Test Priority Classification
• Structured JSON Output
• Excel and PDF Export
• Human Review and Editing
• Test Plan Versioning
• Project Documentation

• API Specification Parsing
• OpenAPI/Swagger Fundamentals
• Endpoint Discovery
• API Test Scenario Generation
• Positive and Negative Test Generation
• Authentication Handling
• AI-Generated API Requests
• Playwright API Execution
• Response Assertions
• API Schema Validation
• Test Execution Reporting
• Failure Analysis
• Safety Controls for API Execution
• Human Approval for Destructive Actions

• Screenshot Capture
• Visual Comparison
• Image-Based Defect Detection
• UI Layout Analysis
• Visual Regression Analysis
• Screenshot-Based AI Reasoning
• Bug Description Generation
• Severity Suggestions
• Jira Bug Report Integration
• Screenshot Attachments
• Reviewing AI-Generated Bug Reports

• Uploading Requirement Documents
• Test Documentation Ingestion
• Knowledge Base Creation
• Embedding Generation
• Vector Database Integration
• Semantic Retrieval
• Requirement-Based Question Answering
• Test Scenario Recommendations
• Source-Based Responses
• Hallucination Checking
• User Authentication
• Document Access Permissions
• Chat Interface
• RAG Evaluation

• Jira Story Retrieval
• Requirement Analysis
• AI Test Scenario Generation
• Test Case Review
• MCP Tool Integration
• Playwright Test Generation
• Test Execution Trigger
• Report Collection
• AI Failure Analysis
• Bug Ticket Preparation
• Human Approval
• Workflow Notifications
• Audit Logs
• End-to-End Workflow Demonstration

• SaaS Architecture Fundamentals
• Frontend Application Fundamentals
• Backend API Fundamentals
• REST API Design
• Database Fundamentals
• Authentication and Authorization
• Multi-Tenant Architecture Fundamentals
• LLM API Integration
• Model Selection
• Token Usage Tracking
• AI API Cost Estimation
• Rate Limiting
• Background Job Processing
• File Uploads
• Report Generation
• Data Security
• Application Logging
• Error Handling
• Evaluation and Monitoring
• Docker Deployment
• Cloud Deployment Fundamentals
• Production Readiness

• Time and Space Complexity
• Big O Notation
• Arrays
• Strings
• Hash Maps
• Sets
• Two-Pointer Technique
• Sliding Window Technique
• Prefix Sum
• Sorting
• Binary Search
• Stack
• Queue
• Recursion
• Linked Lists
• Trees Fundamentals
• Searching Techniques
• Problem-Solving Patterns
• JavaScript Coding Challenges
• LeetCode-Style SDET Interview Questions

Project 1 - E-Commerce Automation

• Authentication
• Product Search
• Cart Management
• Checkout
• Assertions
• Page Objects
• Test Data
• Reporting

Project 2 - Enterprise Application Automation

• Multi-User Authentication
• Role-Based Permissions
• Business Workflows
• API Integration
• Database Validation
• Parallel Execution
• Reporting

Project 3 - Enterprise Playwright Framework

• JavaScript/TypeScript
• Page Object Model
• Reusable Fixtures
• API Clients
• Authentication Management
• Test Data Factories
• Environment Configuration
• Allure Reporting
• Parallel Execution
• Sharding
• GitHub Actions
• Docker

• JavaScript Interview Questions
• TypeScript Interview Questions
• OOP Interview Questions
• Async JavaScript Coding Questions
• Playwright Interview Questions
• API Automation Interview Questions
• Framework Architecture Questions
• Parallel Execution Questions
• Debugging and Flaky Test Questions
• CI/CD and Docker Questions
• AI & LLM Interview Questions
• Prompt Engineering Questions
• AI Agent and MCP Questions
• RAG Interview Questions
• DSA Coding Interviews
• Framework Design Interviews
• GitHub Portfolio
• Project Documentation
• Architecture Diagrams
• Resume Preparation
• Mock Technical Interviews