Training course program "Basics of Software Testing"
1. Introduction to software testing (4 LCs)
1.1. History of testing development.
1.2. The importance of testing and what can be tested.
1.3. Knowledge and skills required by a tester.
1.4. Basic testing terminology.
1.5. Software development models and their relationship with testing.
1.6. Testing life cycle.
1.7. Testing classification.

2. Test planning (2 LC + 6 LAB)
2.1. Goals and objectives of test planning.
2.2. Test plan structure.
2.3. Example of a test plan.
2.4. Practice developing a test plan.

3. Requirements testing (2 LC + 10 LAB)
3.1. What is a requirement and why are requirements important?
3.2. Methods for collecting and extracting requirements.
3.3. Levels and types of requirements.
3.4. Properties of quality requirements.
3.5. Requirements testing techniques.
3.6. Example requirements.
3.7. Requirements testing practice.

4. Test cases and test scripts (2 LC + 10 LAB)
4.1. Checklists.
4.2. Basic testing techniques.
4.3. Test cases.
4.4. Properties of high-quality test cases.
4.5. Sets of test cases.
4.6. Example of checklists, test cases, test case sets.
4.7. Focus on important details.
4.8. The logic of writing high-quality test cases.
4.9. Practice writing checklists and test cases.

5. Defect reports (2 LC + 10 LAB)
5.1. Defects and defect reports.
5.2. Defect report fields.
5.3. Typical mistakes when writing defect reports.
5.4. Recommendations for writing defect reports.
5.5. Example of defect reports.
5.6. Practice writing defect reports.

6. Reports on test results (2 LC + 6 LAB)
6.1. Test results report.
6.2. Sections of the test results report.
6.3. An example of a test results report.
6.4. Practice writing a report on test results.

7. Basics of test automation (2 LC + 6 LAB)
7.1. What is test automation.
7.2. Areas of high performance test automation.
7.3. Useful tips in the field of test automation.
7.4. Record and Playback technology.
7.5. Selenium IDE review.
7.6. Selenium IDE interface.
7.7. Selenium IDE commands.
7.8. Selenium IDE locators.
7.9. Selenium IDE CSS locators.
7.10. Selenium IDE xPath locators.
7.11. An example of using Selenium IDE.
7.12. Practice writing automated tests.

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