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QA courses that teach testing by actually testing.

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Why paid courses

More than a free course: practice, proof and a portfolio

What you get	Free	Academy
Short lessons with examples
Quick checks and certificate
Hands-on labs checked automatically
Section tests and a timed final exam
Portfolio capstone project with milestones
Cheat sheet, interview pack and lab answers to download
Verified skills on your profile and Skill Passport

Courses

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13 paid courses, each with free preview lessons. Looking for free ones? See the free courses page.

Free courses

13 courses

Paid course5 free lessons

Beginner – Advanced

Playwright Automation

Build fast, reliable browser tests for modern web apps.

254 lessons · 16 practice · ~55h · Certificate

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Paid course4 free lessons

Beginner – Advanced

API Testing

Test REST APIs end to end: HTTP, Postman, auth, schema and contract checks, automation in TypeScript and CI.

123 lessons · 12 practice · ~35h · Certificate

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Paid course5 free lessons

Beginner – Advanced

AI Testing

Use AI to test faster and learn to test AI products: prompts, LLM evaluation, hallucinations, RAG, AI agents, tool calling and MCP, coding assistants, safety and CI.

198 lessons · 19 practice · ~66h · Certificate

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Paid course5 free lessons

Beginner – Intermediate

JavaScript/TypeScript for QA

Modern JavaScript and TypeScript for testers: variables, strings, functions, arrays, objects, async/await, classes, page objects, TypeScript types and generics, and test-writing, with a live code playground in every lesson.

109 lessons · 13 practice · ~41h · Certificate

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Paid course5 free lessons

Beginner – Intermediate

Git & GitHub for QA

Version control for testers: commits, history, undoing mistakes, branches, merge conflicts, remotes, pull requests, rebase, stash, tags and team workflows, with a practice Git terminal in every lesson.

85 lessons · 10 practice · ~29h · Certificate

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Paid course5 free lessons

Intermediate

CI/CD for QA

Run your test suites automatically: YAML, GitHub Actions, Playwright and API tests in CI, caching, sharding, secrets, quality gates, flaky tests, nightly runs, Jenkins and GitLab CI, ending with a complete QA pipeline.

76 lessons · 10 practice · ~30h · Certificate

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Paid course5 free lessons

Beginner – Intermediate

SQL for QA

SQL for testers: SELECT, filters, NULLs, functions, GROUP BY, joins, subqueries, CTEs, window functions, data changes, constraints and data validation checks, with a live SQL editor on a real practice database in every lesson.

114 lessons · 13 practice · ~40h · Certificate

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Paid course5 free lessons

Beginner

Manual Testing

Software testing from zero: principles, SDLC/STLC and Agile, test design techniques, test cases, bug reports, smoke/regression/exploratory testing, DevTools, API and SQL basics, ending with real release reporting and interview prep.

48 lessons · 8 practice · ~16h · Certificate

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Paid course5 free lessons

Beginner – Intermediate

Selenium with Java

Selenium WebDriver with Java from the first script: Java essentials, CSS and XPath locators, explicit waits, frames and windows, TestNG with data providers and parallel runs, Page Object Model framework design, CI and Selenium Grid, ending with a portfolio capstone and interview prep.

48 lessons · 8 practice · ~17h · Certificate

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Paid course5 free lessons

Beginner – Advanced

REST Assured API Automation with Java

Automate REST API testing with Java from the first request: Maven and TestNG setup, Given-When-Then, CRUD methods, headers and parameters, response assertions and JSONPath, authentication, POJOs, test data and chaining, JSON Schema contracts, negative and security tests, framework design, reports and CI, ending with a capstone API framework and interview prep.

72 lessons · 12 practice · ~26h · Certificate

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Paid course5 free lessons

Beginner – Advanced

JMeter Performance Testing

Learn performance testing with Apache JMeter: metrics and percentiles, test plans, samplers and assertions, CSV test data, correlation, smoke/load/stress/soak tests on safe environments, CLI runs, HTML reports and CI, ending with a capstone performance report and interview prep.

66 lessons · 11 practice · ~23h · Certificate

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Paid course5 free lessons

Intermediate – Advanced

Automation Framework from Scratch

Build a production-style Playwright + TypeScript framework step by step: project structure, environment config and secrets, page objects and components, fixtures and storageState login, test data builders, a typed API layer with hybrid tests, reporting and trace debugging, GitHub Actions with sharding and Docker, ending with a portfolio capstone and 'explain your framework' interview prep.

48 lessons · 8 practice · ~15h · Certificate

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Paid course5 free lessons

Beginner – Advanced

Claude AI & GitHub Copilot for Testers

Use Claude and GitHub Copilot from beginner to advanced: safe prompting, test design, bug reports, logs, API and SQL help, Copilot Chat and instruction files, Playwright and Selenium automation, flaky-test fixes, agent mode, Claude Code and Playwright MCP, with 130+ ready-to-copy prompts and a portfolio capstone.

48 lessons · 8 practice · ~15h · Certificate

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Compare Selenium, REST Assured and JMeter

UI, API and performance testing. Numbers come from the published lessons. Prices are checked live on our server.

Comparison of three Java-track courses
Course	Selenium with Java	REST Assured API Automation with Java	JMeter Performance Testing
Focus	Browser UI automation	API test automation	Performance and load testing
Tools	Java, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven	Java, REST Assured, TestNG, Maven	Apache JMeter, CLI, HTML reports
Level	Beginner to Intermediate	Beginner to Advanced	Beginner to Advanced
Lessons	48 lessons	72 lessons	66 lessons
Duration	About 17 hours	About 26 hours	About 23 hours
Practice	Practice lab in every section + 3 graded labs	Practice lab in every section + 2 graded labs	Practice lab in every section + 2 graded labs
Capstone	Portfolio project, rubric-scored (80/100 to pass)	Portfolio project, rubric-scored (80/100 to pass)	Portfolio project, rubric-scored (80/100 to pass)
Final exam	40 questions, 60 minutes, 80% to pass	40 questions, 60 minutes, 80% to pass	40 questions, 60 minutes, 80% to pass
Free preview	5 lessons	5 lessons	5 lessons
You need	Basic computer skills. Java basics help but are taught in the course.	Know what an API request and response are. Basic Java helps.	Know how a web request works. No programming needed to start.
Price	—	—	—
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Learning paths by career goal

Suggested order only. Each step is an existing course, so courses you already own count straight away.

Java Automation Engineer

Automate browsers and APIs in Java and run them in a pipeline.

API Automation Specialist

Test APIs by hand, automate them, check the data behind them, ship it in CI.

Performance Testing Specialist

Understand requests, load-test them safely and report the results clearly.

How it works

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How to choose the right QA course

Each course on SoftwareTestPilot follows the same pattern: a short lesson explains one idea, a practice lab makes you apply it in real code, and a section check confirms you understood it before moving on. Pick based on the testing you do today, or the job you want next.

For manual testers moving to automation

Start with Playwright Automation, then add API testing. Together they cover most automation job descriptions.

For automation engineers levelling up

AI Testing covers testing LLM features and AI agents. Git and CI/CD courses help you run suites in pipelines like a team would.

Practice what you learn for free

Answer real interview-style questions by skill and level in Interview Prep.
Solve timed coding problems for testers in Coding Rounds.
Revise with the Playwright interview questions and API testing interview questions guides.

QA course questions

1.Which QA course should I start with?

If you are new to automation, start with Playwright Automation: it begins with setup and basic locators before moving to frameworks and CI. If your daily work is backend or microservices testing, start with API Testing. Testers who already automate and want to test chatbots, LLM features or AI agents can go straight to AI Testing.

2.Do I need coding experience?

No. The Playwright and API courses explain the code they use line by line. If you have never written JavaScript, the JavaScript for Testers course covers the parts testers actually need first.

3.Can I try a course before paying?

Yes. Every course page shows the full curriculum, and lessons marked as free previews can be opened before you buy. The current price and any offer end date are shown on each course card.

4.How long do I keep access after buying?

Buying a course gives lifetime access to that course. Your progress is saved to your account so you can continue on any device.

5.What do I get when I finish a course?

A completion page that lists the sections, labs and assessments you finished, which you can share to the community or LinkedIn. It is proof of the work you did, not an industry certification like ISTQB.