📅 6-Week QA Automation Crash Course (Daily Breakdown)
🔹 Week 1 – Java + Selenium Basics Start + Postman Kickoff
Java: Variables, Data Types, Operators, Loops, Methods.
Selenium: Intro, Browser setup, Locators, First script.
Postman: Install + Basics (GET request).
Project: Setup repo, basic login page automation.
Day 1 (Mon)
Java: Variables & Data types.
Selenium: Intro + Install + First Script.
Postman: Install + Intro.
Project: Setup repo + OrangeHRM login page inspect.
Day 2 (Tue)
Java: Operators & Conditions.
Selenium: Locators (ID, Name, CSS).
Postman: Simple GET requests.
Project: Automate login test.
Day 3 (Wed)
Java: Loops.
Selenium: XPath practice.
Postman: Status codes & response body.
Project: Validate login success message.
Day 4 (Thu)
Java: Methods.
Selenium: sendKeys(), click(), getText().
Postman: Query params & headers.
Project: Automate Logout flow.
Day 5 (Fri)
Java: OOPs basics (Class, Object).
Selenium: Handling Buttons, Links.
Postman: POST request basics.
Project: Combine login + logout test.
Day 6 (Sat)
Java: Constructors, this keyword.
Selenium: Handling Dropdowns.
Postman: JSON response validation.
Project: Start test report setup.
Day 7 (Sun) → Revision Day
Revise all Java & Selenium done.
Rerun Postman APIs.
Fix project bugs.
🔹 Week 2 – Java OOPs + Selenium Advanced + API Basics
Java: Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation.
Selenium: Waits, Alerts, Frames, Windows.
Postman: POST/PUT requests.
Project: Automate form fill + assertions.
🔹 Week 3 – Selenium Framework + API Deep Dive
Java: Collections, Exceptions, File Handling.
Selenium: TestNG framework.
Postman: Chaining requests, Environment variables.
Project: Implement TestNG + multiple test flows.
🔹 Week 4 – API Automation + Selenium POM
Java: File Read/Write.
Selenium: Page Object Model (POM).
API: RestAssured intro + basic test cases.
Project: Convert OrangeHRM scripts into POM model.
🔹 Week 5 – Data-Driven + Reporting
Java: Apache POI (Excel read/write).
Selenium: Data-driven testing.
API: RestAssured advanced assertions.
Project: Integrate Excel input + Extent reports.
🔹 Week 6 – Final Integration + CI/CD
Java: Wrap-up + revision.
Selenium: Parallel execution.
API: End-to-end flows automated.
CI/CD: Jenkins + GitHub integration.
Project: Finalize full automation suite + push to GitHub.