The qa.cafe curriculum

Practical skills.
Clear direction.

Focused courses for quality engineers at every stage—from the fundamentals to automation, specialist skills, and leadership.

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Testing foundationsWeb testingAPI testingAutomationSpecialist skillsLeadership

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9 coursesQA Automation

Build the knowledge that changes testing decisions into reliable technical feedback.

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4 coursesManual Testing

Build the product, process, and testing knowledge that you need to examine software with confidence.

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Course library

9 courses

Manual testing Beginner

API Testing for Manual QA

Learn how modern applications communicate and test REST, SOAP, GraphQL, gRPC, and WebSockets with practical tools.

HTTP and REST curl and Postman Swagger and OpenAPI

48 lessons36 hours

Foundations Beginner

IT Fundamentals for Digital Teams

Learn how software, networks, web applications, APIs, databases, cloud systems, delivery, testing, and security fit together—without needing a technical background.

Technical literacy Systems thinking Web and API fundamentals

64 lessons48 hours

Test automation Beginner

JavaScript for QA Automation

Learn JavaScript from the beginning and use it to create clear data checks, assertions, and asynchronous QA workflows.

JavaScript values and control flow Functions and scope Arrays, objects, and JSON

48 lessons36 hours

Foundations Beginner

Manual Testing — Introduction to the QA World

Understand the QA profession and learn how to test software thoughtfully from requirements to release.

Manual testing Test design Defect reporting

32 lessons14 hours

Programming Beginner

Python for QA Engineers

Learn Python from zero and build practical utilities for test data, investigations, and quality evidence.

Python fundamentals Test data JSON and CSV

32 lessons24 hours

Automation Beginner

Python Test Automation for QA Engineers

Design focused pytest suites, control dependencies, validate contracts, and produce trustworthy automation feedback.

pytest Test design Test doubles

32 lessons30 hours

Agile Delivery Beginner

Scrum in Practice

Learn how Agile thinking and Scrum help cross-functional teams turn uncertain product ideas into valuable, inspectable outcomes.

Agile delivery Scrum Product backlogs

28 lessons8 hours

Data Beginner

SQL for QA Engineers

Understand relational databases and use SQL to investigate, validate, and prepare application data.

SQLite SQL Data validation

32 lessons10 hours