Free, practical email courses

Learn the work.
Keep the judgment.

Start with QA Fundamentals, turn that thinking into a trustworthy Playwright suite, then put AI to work without letting it make the release call. You practise onTumble Kitchen, not a made-up slide exercise.

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One path, three useful outcomes

Take them in order if you are new

You do not have to enrol in all three. Each course leaves you with work you can show and explain.

  1. Start hereQA Fundamentals10 days · Brand new to QA
  2. Build nextTest Automation Basics21 days · Manual testers moving into automation
  3. Add lastAI in QA10 days · Working QA engineers using or evaluating AI tools

Course details

Course 2 of 3
Enrollment paused

Test Automation Basics

21 days from your first locator to a small suite that tells the truth

For manual testers moving into automation. Install Playwright on day two, learn enough JavaScript to read every line, and build a real suite against a real practice store: page objects, honest waiting, API checks, CI, and two deliberate bugs your tests will catch. The certificate requires a private competency assessment and an approved practical.

Length
21 days
Daily time
About 30 minutes a day
Before you start
Basic QA knowledge. QA Fundamentals is recommended

What you will be able to do

  • Set up Playwright and read the JavaScript you use
  • Build stable UI and API checks against a real store
  • Diagnose failures, use CI and explain every test
See the syllabus
  1. Part 1Locators, Playwright setup and practical JavaScript
  2. Part 2Page objects, assertions, waits and test data
  3. Part 3API checks and a cart suite that catches real bugs
  4. Part 4Failure diagnosis, CI, strategy and a capstone suite
Your course evidence

A five-test Playwright capstone with page objects, honest waits and an API check.

Course 3 of 3
Enrollment paused

AI in QA

Ten days to put an AI agent to work on real QA, with every decision still yours

For working QA using or evaluating AI tools. Ten hands-on lessons from my real practice: give an agent real access, write the rules file, build a skill, generate risk-first plans and edge cases, review the output properly, and keep the release call human. Every prompt is one I actually use.

Length
10 days
Daily time
30 to 45 minutes a day
Before you start
Working QA knowledge. Use the safe demo pack if workplace tools are unavailable

What you will be able to do

  • Give an agent useful context without giving up control
  • Create rules and repeatable QA workflows
  • Review AI output and keep release judgment human
See the syllabus
  1. Part 1What AI can see, where it is weak and real access
  2. Part 2Rules files, skills and risk-first test plans
  3. Part 3Test data, edge cases and evidence-led review
  4. Part 4The human control layer and a full-loop capstone
Your course evidence

A rules file, reviewed tests and an evidence-backed release note.

The practice environment

Test a store that can actually surprise you

Tumble Kitchen has search, sign-in, product data, a cart, delivery rules and deliberate bugs. The same store carries your work from your first test case to your automation and AI review.

ObserveRead product promises and find risk
TestCollect UI, network and data evidence
DecideMake and defend the release call
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Enrollment will reopen after final review

I will not promise a daily course while delivery is paused. The course details and practice store remain available above.

Already finished?

Resume in the learner hub, take the final quiz and claim your certificate, revisit the practice store, or pick a free QA tool for your next project.