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SQA, Test Automation & SDET · Course #043

SDET Fundamentals

SDET Fundamentals focuses on the full working context behind the topic: the sdet role, product risk, test design and evidence and programming foundations for test code. Participants learn to understand the SDET role as a blend of software engineering, test design, automation, delivery tooling and quality advocacy while accounting for product risk, maintainability and collaboration. Learners analyse a sample system, choose appropriate test layers, write small checks, review code and trace how version control, CI, environments and diagnostics support engineering-quality feedback. Guided reviews help learners identify fragile assumptions, improve their evidence and choose proportionate techniques. They gain a realistic capability map and technical foundation for choosing a language, automation stack and deeper SDET pathway.

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Overview

SDET Fundamentals focuses on the full working context behind the topic: the sdet role, product risk, test design and evidence and programming foundations for test code. Participants learn to understand the SDET role as a blend of software engineering, test design, automation, delivery tooling and quality advocacy while accounting for product risk, maintainability and collaboration. Learners analyse a sample system, choose appropriate test layers, write small checks, review code and trace how version control, CI, environments and diagnostics support engineering-quality feedback. Guided reviews help learners identify fragile assumptions, improve their evidence and choose proportionate techniques. They gain a realistic capability map and technical foundation for choosing a language, automation stack and deeper SDET pathway.

Course Highlights

SDET role and capability map

Test layers and engineering feedback

Programming and code-quality foundations

Automation architecture overview

CI, environments and diagnostics

Modules & Curriculum

The SDET role: software engineer in quality

Product risk, test design and evidence

Programming foundations for test code

Test layers and automation selection

UI, API, database and component boundaries

Framework structure and reusable services

Git, code review and collaborative engineering

CI pipelines, environments and result artefacts

Debugging, observability and flaky-test awareness

SDET capability assessment and learning roadmap

Learning Outcomes

  • Explain how SDET responsibilities differ from manual QA and feature development.
  • Allocate checks across unit, service, interface and journey layers.
  • Read and improve a small automated test for clarity and reliability.
  • Describe how Git, CI and environments support test engineering.
  • Identify useful diagnostics and maintainability signals.
  • Create a staged SDET skills and project roadmap.

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Understand the SDET role and build a focused engineering development roadmap.

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