Modern QA
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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
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Agentic Testing Architectures: Building Autonomous QA Systems
04
API and Contract Testing with AI: Schema to Shield
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Performance and Chaos Engineering: Breaking Things on Purpose
06
Observability-Driven Testing: Testing in Production
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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
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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
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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
The API Testing Landscape
02
🔒 OpenAPI Schemas as Test Specifications
03
🔒 Your First AI-Generated Test Suite
04
🔒 The Schema Analysis Pipeline
05
🔒 Constraint Extraction and Boundary Analysis
06
🔒 AI-Generated Test Patterns and Anti-Patterns
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🔒 Validating and Curating Generated Tests
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🔒 The Contract Testing Problem
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🔒 Pact Fundamentals -- Consumer Side
10
🔒 Pact Fundamentals -- Provider Side
11
🔒 AI-Enhanced Contract Generation
12
🔒 Contract Testing in CI/CD
13
🔒 From Random to Semantic Fuzzing
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🔒 Building a Semantic Fuzzer
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🔒 GraphQL-Specific Testing Challenges
16
🔒 Query Depth and Complexity Limits
17
🔒 N+1 Detection and DataLoader Testing
18
🔒 Federation and Schema Stitching Testing
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🔒 The Asynchronous Testing Challenge
20
🔒 Kafka Consumer Testing
21
🔒 Webhook and SQS/EventBridge Testing
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🔒 Asynchronous Testing Patterns
23
🔒 Event Schema Contracts
24
🔒 Schema Drift Detection
25
🔒 Building a Drift Scanner
26
🔒 Living Documentation Agents
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🔒 The Six-Layer API Test Strategy
28
🔒 Capstone Project -- Building a Complete API Test Platform
29
🔒 Appendix A: Tool Installation and Setup Guide
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🔒 Appendix B: Glossary
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🔒 Appendix C: Self-Assessment Answer Key
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🔒 Appendix D: Further Reading
Appendix B: Glossary
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