Introduction
I do QA work for my job and love studying new issues, methods or methods of doing
my job higher. The Software program Testing Masterclass (2019) – From Novice to Knowledgeable
caught my eye throughout certainly one of Udemy’s many gross sales. This course is barely 5 hours lengthy
so I figured it might be a fast overview (and I might be capable to skip of the ‘novice’) half
of the course. It was created by Ozan İlhan. Their Udemy biograph says they
have been an expert software program tester for the final 10 years.
Course
First issues first, English shouldn’t be the teacher’s first language. In a lot of the
course this isn’t an issue, however remember that there are some grammatical issues
that will throw a local speaker. Usually, I would not depend this towards the
teacher, however they particularly name out within the course description:
All movies have hand edited subtitles. We spent many hours to right all of the subtitles that will help you to have a easy studying expertise.
Sadly, these subtitles are precisely what was stated, so the grammar points
are much more obtrusive.
The “high-quality sound” that boasted about within the course description does not
appear correct. Sound from one lesson to the subsequent varies wildly. In a single lesson
it’s troublesome to listen to the teacher and within the subsequent they’re tremendous loud.
OK, on to the precise content material.
I felt this course didn’t take the “to Knowledgeable” a part of the title to coronary heart. A lot
of the content material was energy level slides being learn to the coed. The “Novice”
portion of the course was laying a groundwork for college students to grasp the
various kinds of testing, software program improvement life cycle, methods to report bugs,
and methods to construct take a look at circumstances.
The trainer offered a template for bug reporting and take a look at case checklists. I
cringe a bit of bit as a result of these are Excel paperwork, however I’ve labored within the
company world and Excel is the hammer used to pound each nail. I’ve seen and used
templates that look very comparable. It isn’t flashy or “an app”, however it’s what’s
used “in the actual world”, even when I hated utilizing it on the time.
I believe the “Knowledgeable” a part of the course is labeled “Advance Testing Ideas”,
which covers various kinds of assessments in additional element. This covers, black field testing,
smoke and sanity testing, reggression testing, danger primarily based testing and some others.
Sadly, that is offered as Energy Level slides once more.
The final actual content material within the course is masking how to join numerous
issues like GitHub, JIRA, TestRail and TestLodge.
Lastly, the course ends with what appears like a bunch of ads for
freelance testing companies. There are very temporary overviews of uTest, Testlio,
and BugFinders.
Remaining Ideas
Total, I’m dissatisfied on this course. I used to be actually hoping the “Knowledgeable” half
coated a bit extra and even new strategies. Sadly, all the pieces right here I’ve heard
of and used at one level or one other.
Moreover, I am actually dissatisfied that a lot of the course was being learn
a Energy Level presentation. I hoped to see some testing frameworks in motion
to match/distinction the advantages of 1 over the opposite.
Because of the over use of Energy Level although, and the final a part of the course feeling
like plugs for numerous companies, I can not advocate this course.
