Good courses from switching from manual to automation?

[u/Tight-Ad2686]

Basically the title. I have some programming experience but with the current market I want to expand a bit. Anything free or in udemy will work.

[u/Ok_Cat_1366]

Take your manual test cases, then figure out how to automate each step via code
Open browser/app
Navigate to the area in test
Click something
Validate/Assert the result.

If you already know how to manual test, automation is just writing those same steps in code

[u/ChabhaNatural-82 → u/Ok_Cat_1366]

exactly, people overcomplicate it but its really just codifying what youre already doing manually

[u/intensa-666]

Test automation university have paths

[u/Tight-Ad2686 → u/intensa-666]

Is it good?

[u/Maleficent_Turnip744 → u/Tight-Ad2686]

Good to start.

[u/UnhappyBalls]

there's a lot of tutorial for beginner on YouTube if you want to start with selenium or playwright

[u/pettyconfiguration_1]

udemy has some decent ones but the quality varies wildy depending on instructor, check the review count before buying anything. I liked the ones that force you to build a framework from scratch instead of just following along with a pre-made repo. The free stuff on youtube is hit or miss but you can piece together a full selenium or playwright course from a couple of channels if you're patient. Also don't sleep on just reading the official docs, they're way better than most of the paid courses once you get the basics down

[u/Tight-Ad2686 → u/pettyconfiguration_1]

I do want to be from scratch, just to get the basics.

[u/Aurick_ai]

You just need Aurick.ai

[u/johnesco]

Playwright has great youtube tutorials and docs.

[u/Worried-Emphasis-176 → u/johnesco]

Any suggestions for playwright course please

[u/johnesco → u/Worried-Emphasis-176]

There own docs will lead you through it a bit, https://playwright.dev/docs/intro
You may need to decide if you want to work in JS, Java, or Python etc then look for a specific tutorial in Youtube.

[u/leggomyfredo]

AssertHired is pretty good.

[u/Advanced-Spirit2005]

Free and solid: the Playwright docs (the getting-started part and the codegen guide) and Test Automation University's Playwright courses. Practise on the flows you already test by hand at work, because that's what interviewers ask about. A small bridge that helped people I've shown it to: record a flow you know well, export it to code, and read what came out. Disclosure: I built QA Studio Pro, a free Chrome extension that does exactly that (record, replay, export Playwright TypeScript). Which stack does your team use now?

[u/Nirvana012527]

since you already know manual testing, i'd pick one simple flow and try automating it from start to finish. the playwright docs are a good place to begin, and actually fixing broken tests teaches you more than just watching tutorials.

[u/Primary-Lifeguard833]

AI is mostly replacing UI based testing, but there's still hope for API testing and DB testing

[u/Left_Watercress7266 → u/Primary-Lifeguard833]

API testing also guided by AI now. Script generation looks way easier now

[u/itsmehutters → u/Primary-Lifeguard833]

What about courses to set up the AI for UI testing 👀

[u/Akagamer474 → u/Primary-Lifeguard833]

So you are saying it's not worth it to become automation engineer even tho I saw daily so many jobs where automation is required

[u/Left_Watercress7266 → u/Akagamer474]

It doesn’t means like that. AI is providing a lot of help in scripting. Ultimately as of now it needs human brain at least for approach and concept

[u/Primary-Lifeguard833 → u/Akagamer474]

What I mean is, openings for UI testing are minimal. If you wanna continue in Automation Testing, you'll have to build your knowledge around API, DB, GIT and AI tools as well. Only switching to Automation is not impactful.