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QA Technical Foundations
The nine core-skill books every QA engineer is assumed to have — manual testing, programming, Playwright, APIs, SQL, CI/CD, Git, and Linux.
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The following 9 books are included in this bundle...
- Manual Testing Fundamentals: The Bedrock
- Programming for QA: Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript from Zero to Fluent
- Browser Test Automation: Playwright, Patterns, and the Death of Fragile Tests
- API Testing Fundamentals: Postman to Pytest
- SQL and Database Testing: Query Your Way to Quality
- CI/CD Pipelines: From Commit to Confidence
- Git and Version Control: Beyond Push and Pull
- Test Management Tools: Making Quality Visible
- Linux and Command Line: Your Production Survival Kit
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The nine books covering the core skills every QA engineer is assumed to have: manual test design and exploratory testing, programming in Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript, browser automation with Playwright, API testing from Postman to pytest, SQL and database testing, CI/CD pipelines, Git, test management tools, and Linux command-line survival skills. A structured next step beyond formal courses — and the gap-filler for the fundamentals that most often sink otherwise-strong interviews.
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Manual Testing Fundamentals: The Bedrock
Test Design, Execution, and the Thinking Behind Every Test
The foundational skills every QA engineer needs. Covers test design techniques, equivalence partitioning, boundary analysis, exploratory testing, test case writing, and the art of finding bugs that automation misses.
The book is written to be approachable if you are early in your QA career — no prior expertise is assumed — while staying dense enough to serve as a working reference for practitioners.
This is Book 11 of 26 in The Modern QA Engineer Skillset — the "Technical Foundations" track of a series mapping the complete 2026 QA skill set, from AI-augmented automation to career strategy. Each book stands alone; together they form the curriculum behind modernQAcourse.com.
Programming for QA: Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript from Zero to Fluent
Three Languages, One Mission: Better Testing
A complete programming course designed for QA engineers, teaching Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript side by side. Every concept shown in all three languages with QA-relevant examples.
The book is written to be approachable if you are early in your QA career — no prior expertise is assumed — while staying dense enough to serve as a working reference for practitioners.
This is Book 12 of 26 in The Modern QA Engineer Skillset — the "Technical Foundations" track of a series mapping the complete 2026 QA skill set, from AI-augmented automation to career strategy. Each book stands alone; together they form the curriculum behind modernQAcourse.com.
Browser Test Automation: Playwright, Patterns, and the Death of Fragile Tests
From First Locator to Production Framework
Comprehensive guide to browser test automation with Playwright. Covers architecture, auto-waiting, locator strategies, Page Object Model, fixtures, network mocking, visual testing, CI/CD integration, and migration from Selenium and Cypress.
It is written for QA engineers with some hands-on experience who want to move from "it works on my machine" to confident, production-grade practice.
This is Book 13 of 26 in The Modern QA Engineer Skillset — the "Technical Foundations" track of a series mapping the complete 2026 QA skill set, from AI-augmented automation to career strategy. Each book stands alone; together they form the curriculum behind modernQAcourse.com.
API Testing Fundamentals: Postman to Pytest
From Postman Exploration to Automated REST, GraphQL, and gRPC Pipelines
A complete guide to API testing from zero to production-ready. Covers HTTP fundamentals, manual API exploration with Postman, automated testing with pytest, REST authentication and error handling, GraphQL and gRPC testing, and building comprehensive API test suites that run in CI/CD.
The book is written to be approachable if you are early in your QA career — no prior expertise is assumed — while staying dense enough to serve as a working reference for practitioners.
This is Book 14 of 26 in The Modern QA Engineer Skillset — the "Technical Foundations" track of a series mapping the complete 2026 QA skill set, from AI-augmented automation to career strategy. Each book stands alone; together they form the curriculum behind modernQAcourse.com.
SQL and Database Testing: Query Your Way to Quality
From First SELECT to Schema Migrations, NoSQL, and GDPR Compliance
The complete spectrum of database testing for QA engineers. Covers SQL query writing from fundamentals through advanced JOINs, schema migration testing, constraint verification, NoSQL document stores, database performance testing, and GDPR-compliant data masking. Every concept reinforced with hands-on exercises.
It is written for QA engineers with some hands-on experience who want to move from "it works on my machine" to confident, production-grade practice.
This is Book 15 of 26 in The Modern QA Engineer Skillset — the "Technical Foundations" track of a series mapping the complete 2026 QA skill set, from AI-augmented automation to career strategy. Each book stands alone; together they form the curriculum behind modernQAcourse.com.
CI/CD Pipelines: From Commit to Confidence
Building, Testing, and Deploying with Automation
How CI/CD pipelines work and how QA integrates into them. Covers GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI, test parallelization, quality gates, and pipeline-as-code patterns.
It is written for QA engineers with some hands-on experience who want to move from "it works on my machine" to confident, production-grade practice.
This is Book 16 of 26 in The Modern QA Engineer Skillset — the "Technical Foundations" track of a series mapping the complete 2026 QA skill set, from AI-augmented automation to career strategy. Each book stands alone; together they form the curriculum behind modernQAcourse.com.
Git and Version Control: Beyond Push and Pull
Branching Strategies, Collaboration, and QA Workflows
Git mastery for QA engineers covering branching strategies, merge conflict resolution, code review participation, git bisect for bug hunting, and version control best practices for test code.
The book is written to be approachable if you are early in your QA career — no prior expertise is assumed — while staying dense enough to serve as a working reference for practitioners.
This is Book 17 of 26 in The Modern QA Engineer Skillset — the "Technical Foundations" track of a series mapping the complete 2026 QA skill set, from AI-augmented automation to career strategy. Each book stands alone; together they form the curriculum behind modernQAcourse.com.
Test Management Tools: Making Quality Visible
Jira, TestRail, Zephyr, and Making Testing Effort Visible
A practical guide to making quality visible across the organization. Covers bug tracking with Jira, test case management with TestRail and Zephyr Scale, a library of 50+ JQL queries organized by use case, copy-paste-ready workflow templates, quality dashboards for executives, traceability matrices, and AI-powered test management capabilities.
It is written for QA engineers with some hands-on experience who want to move from "it works on my machine" to confident, production-grade practice.
This is Book 18 of 26 in The Modern QA Engineer Skillset — the "Technical Foundations" track of a series mapping the complete 2026 QA skill set, from AI-augmented automation to career strategy. Each book stands alone; together they form the curriculum behind modernQAcourse.com.
Linux and Command Line: Your Production Survival Kit
Shell Skills Every QA Engineer Needs for Modern Production Systems
A practical, hands-on guide to Linux and the command line for software professionals. Covers file operations, essential tools (grep, curl, jq, awk, sed), Bash scripting, Docker orchestration, log analysis pipelines, CI/CD pipeline debugging, and 100 progressively challenging exercises drawn from real-world QA scenarios.
The book is written to be approachable if you are early in your QA career — no prior expertise is assumed — while staying dense enough to serve as a working reference for practitioners.
This is Book 19 of 26 in The Modern QA Engineer Skillset — the "Technical Foundations" track of a series mapping the complete 2026 QA skill set, from AI-augmented automation to career strategy. Each book stands alone; together they form the curriculum behind modernQAcourse.com.
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