Modern QA
2026
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Books
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Agent Skills for Browser Automation: The Complete Guide
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AI-Augmented Test Design: From Prompts to Test Suites
03
Agentic Testing Architectures: Building Autonomous QA Systems
04
API and Contract Testing with AI: Schema to Shield
05
Performance and Chaos Engineering: Breaking Things on Purpose
06
Observability-Driven Testing: Testing in Production
07
Security Testing for AI Applications: The New Attack Surface
08
Infrastructure as Code Testing: Terraform to Kubernetes
09
Mobile and Cross-Platform Testing: 24,000 Devices, One Strategy
10
Visual and Accessibility Testing: Pixels and People
11
Manual Testing Fundamentals: The Bedrock
12
Programming for QA: Python, JavaScript, and TypeScript from Zero to Fluent
13
Browser Test Automation: Playwright, Patterns, and the Death of Fragile Tests
14
API Testing Fundamentals: Postman to Pytest
15
SQL and Database Testing: Query Your Way to Quality
16
CI/CD Pipelines: From Commit to Confidence
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Git and Version Control: Beyond Push and Pull
18
Test Management Tools: Making Quality Visible
19
Linux and Command Line: Your Production Survival Kit
20
Agile and Scrum for QA: Quality in Every Sprint
21
Communication and Stakeholder Management for QA: Influence Without Authority
22
Test Strategy and Quality Metrics: Measuring What Matters
23
QA Leadership and Mentoring: Multiplying Your Impact
24
Technical Writing for QA: Documents That Drive Action
25
Interview Preparation and Career Strategy: Land the Job
26
Testing Like a Senior: Patterns & Anti-Patterns Across Software QA Career Levels
Chapters
01
From Scripts to Agents -- A Fundamental Shift
02
🔒 The ReAct Core Loop
03
🔒 Mapping ReAct to Real Commands
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🔒 Production-Ready ReAct Implementation
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🔒 The Orchestrator Pattern
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🔒 The Swarm Pattern
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🔒 The Critic-Actor Pattern
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🔒 The OpenObserve Council of Sub-Agents
09
🔒 The Five Guardrails
10
🔒 Building a Production Test Harness
11
🔒 The Dead Man's Switch
12
🔒 The Determinism Spectrum
13
🔒 Multi-Agent Communication Protocols
14
🔒 Cost Analysis and ROI
15
🔒 Capstone Project -- Building a Complete Agentic Testing System
16
🔒 Testing Agentic Systems -- MCP, A2A, and Agent Evals
17
🔒 Appendix A: Self-Assessment Quizzes
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🔒 Appendix B: Glossary
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🔒 Appendix C: Quick Reference Cards
Appendix B: Glossary
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