Software Testing Training in Plymouth

Apigee is Google Cloud’s full lifecycle API management platform that enables organizations to design, secure, deploy, monitor, and scale APIs. Its testing and automation features allow teams to validate APIs, enforce policies, and ensure high-quality deployments in CI/CD pipelines.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level QA engineers and developers who wish to automate API testing and validation using Apigee tools and integrations.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up Apigee for API testing and monitoring.
• Automate API test cases using Apigee and integrated tools.
• Validate API performance, security, and reliability.
• Integrate test automation into CI/CD pipelines.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Hands-on exercises and practice.
• Implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level testers and developers who wish to deepen their knowledge and skills in automation testing, focusing on tools like Selenium, TestComplete, and integrating with Oracle APEX and .Net Core.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up and configure Selenium and TestComplete for automation testing.
• Develop advanced test scripts and frameworks.
• Integrate automation testing with Oracle APEX and .Net Core applications.
• Apply machine learning techniques to enhance test automation.
• Transition from manual to automated testing effectively.
• Manage outsourced testing projects and maintain quality standards.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level test engineers and automation specialists who wish to explore advanced TestStand features and techniques for maximizing test automation efficiency and effectiveness.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Utilize advanced features and functionalities of TestStand to enhance test automation workflows.
• Customize user interfaces and develop advanced test sequences.
• Implement advanced result processing and reporting techniques.
• Integrate TestStand with external databases, systems, and hardware.
• Apply best practices for maintaining, managing, troubleshooting, and debugging complex test sequences.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level test engineers and automation engineers who wish to learn the fundamentals of using TestStand to create, execute, and manage automated test sequences.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the basic concepts and architecture of TestStand.
• Create test sequences and execute test sequences.
• Utilize TestStand's collaborative features for team-based test developement environments.
• Integrate TestStand with other software tools and test instruments.
• Develop custom test steps and plugins in TestStand.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at experienced automation test engineers who want to learn advanced C# programming concepts for automation testing.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand advanced C# programming concepts and best practices.
• Apply advanced object-oriented programming principles to create efficient and flexible automation solutions.
• Design and develop modular and reusable automation frameworks using industry best practices.

Jersey is the open source reference implementation of JAX-RS (Java API for RESTful Web Services). It provides libraries to build REST APIs in Java quickly and effectively. Combined with modern testing tools, Jersey enables developers to design, build, test, and document APIs efficiently.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level Java developers and testers who wish to learn API development and testing using Jersey and supporting tools.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Set up a Jersey project with Maven.
• Develop and deploy RESTful APIs using Jersey.
• Test APIs using Postman and automated frameworks.
• Handle errors, security, and documentation for APIs.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Hands-on exercises and practice.
• Implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level professionals who wish to gain hands-on experience in planning, executing, and managing UAT processes effectively.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the role and importance of UAT in the software development lifecycle.
• Design and execute UAT test cases and scenarios.
• Use industry-standard tools to manage and track UAT progress.
• Identify, report, and track defects effectively.
• Collaborate with developers, testers, and stakeholders for successful UAT execution.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level automation developers who wish to harness the power of BlazeMeter for automation tasks, enabling them to build intelligent and interactive automation solutions.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of BlazeMeter and its role in automation.
• Utilize BlazeMeter to automate tasks and processes.
• Develop custom automation solutions using BlazeMeter.
• Apply best practices for leveraging BlazeMeter in automation projects.

The ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Automation Engineer (CTAL-TAE) is a globally recognized certification focused on designing, developing, and maintaining test automation solutions in real-world environments.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level software testers and automation professionals who wish to gain practical, exam-oriented knowledge aligned with the official CTAL-TAE syllabus and succeed in their certification exam.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the CTAL-TAE syllabus and certification objectives.
• Design and implement scalable and maintainable test automation architectures.
• Evaluate and select appropriate automation tools and frameworks.
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines.
• Apply structured methods to plan, develop, and maintain automated test solutions.
• Practice with exam simulations and gain familiarity with real test formats.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level quality assurance engineers who wish to use Apache JMeter for software performance testing.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand performance testing principles and the role of Apache JMeter.
• Install, configure, and navigate Apache JMeter to create and execute test plans.
• Design comprehensive test plans with advanced features like parameterization and scripting.
• Analyze test results to identify performance issues and optimise applications.
• Conduct distributed testing and apply best practices in real-world scenarios.

ISTQB Certified Tester Advanced Level – Test Manager (CTAL-TM) is a professional-level certification that focuses on advanced test management practices, leadership skills, and strategic decision-making aligned with the ISTQB syllabus.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level to advanced-level test managers and QA professionals who wish to master the ISTQB Advanced Level Test Manager syllabus and prepare for certification.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Develop and manage comprehensive test strategies and plans.
• Apply risk-based testing techniques to optimise testing efforts.
• Monitor, control, and improve test processes within projects.
• Lead and develop test teams while managing stakeholder expectations.
• Utilize tools and metrics for test management, reporting, and continuous improvement.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Exam-oriented exercises and practice questions.
• Hands-on case studies and simulations aligned with ISTQB CTAL-TM syllabus.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level testers who wish to learn how to execute performance testing using the LoadRunner Enterprise platform.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the fundamentals of performance testing and its importance in software development.
• Effectively plan and design performance tests based on business requirements and system specifications.
• Configure and manage test environments, including servers, networks, and client systems.
• Execute performance tests, monitor system resources, and collect relevant performance metrics.
• Analyze test results and identify performance bottlenecks.
• Generate comprehensive reports to communicate test findings and recommendations.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at intermediate-level software testing professionals who wish to become certified in TOSCA and demonstrate proficiency in test automation using Tricentis Tosca.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Understand the TOSCA certification structure and requirements.
• Master TOSCA concepts, including test case design, automation, and execution.
• Apply best practices for building reusable and maintainable test cases.
• Prepare for the practical and theoretical components of the TOSCA certification exam.

This course provides training for handling testing projects and provides hands on experience with web applications, functional test automation and cross browser test automation using Selenium test suite.

The target audience for this course is software test engineers and manual testers.

Upon completion of the training, participants will be able to effectively use Selenium WebDriver in real-world projects.

This course provides training for handling testing projects using Selenium test suite and continuous testing with Jenkins.

Intended Audience:

• Software test engineers
• Software developers involved in agile development
• Release managers
• QA engineers

At the end of Selenium training the delegates will be able to:

• Use Selenium test suite effectively in real projects
• Use Selenium for cross browser testing
• Distribute the tests using Selenium Grid
• Run regression Selenium tests in Jenkins
• Prepare test reports and periodict reports using Jenkins

In this instructor-led, live training in Plymouth, participants will learn how to enhance an automated test suite using advanced techniques to drive Selenium.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Resolve complex web application test automation issues with Selenium.
• Apply regular expressions and pattern-based verification techniques.
• Handle exceptions that halt test execution.
• Programmatically search for web objects.
• Dynamically capture data from web controls.
• Create a data-driven testing framework.
• Distribute testing with Selenium Grid.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) introduces participants to automated testing with Selenium WebDriver and C# in Visual Studio. If you do not have C# programming experience or wish to brush up on C#, please check out the course: C# for Automation Test Engineers.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at software testers who wish to use Cypress for automating tests.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Perform end-to-end automation testing with Cypress.
• Implement integration and unit tests in a web application.
• Use Cypress as an alternative to Selenium.

Automate software testing with HP UFT, the industry-standard functional testing tool. This test automation course covers recording-and-playback scripts, object identification, parameterized testing, reusable actions, web application testing, and API validation through hands-on labs. Learn to convert manual test cases into robust automated scripts, use checkpoints and synchronization, and build scalable test frameworks for enterprise-grade quality assurance workflows and regression testing.

Master mobile automation testing with this comprehensive Appium training course. Build powerful test automation frameworks for Android and iOS mobile apps using the industry-leading Appium framework gained hands-on experience configuring Appium, writing test scripts, identifying native and web elements, and generating detailed test reports. Ideal for QA engineers and testing professionals adding mobile testing and automation skills to their toolkit. Perfect starting point for Appium certification and career advancement in mobile quality assurance.

Selenium is an open-source framework for automating web application testing across different browsers. With Selenium 4, enhanced WebDriver APIs, native relative locators, and improved grid support are available. Python offers simplicity and strong integration with testing frameworks like Pytest, making it a powerful choice for developing scalable and maintainable test automation suites.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level to intermediate-level testers and developers who wish to use Selenium with Python to automate web application testing in real-world environments.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Install and configure Selenium with Python in a test environment.
• Build robust test automation scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Pytest.
• Apply Page Object Model (POM) for maintainable test frameworks.
• Run tests across multiple browsers using Selenium Grid.
• Integrate automated tests with CI/CD pipelines.
• Troubleshoot common issues and apply best practices for automation stability.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth is designed for anyone interested in learning Java for the purpose of test automation. It is a streamlined, intensive course with plenty of hands-on exercises to get participants ramped up quickly with the essential programming skills needed to apply to software automation testing. The focus is on the Java fundamentals which can be directly and immediately applied to test automation.

This course does not cover in depth test automation frameworks such as Selenium. It also bypasses the conventional "Hello World" approach to learning Java, as this is not a course on application development. This course is squarely aimed at getting participants up and running quickly with test automation. If you are already versed in Java and wish to get straight into testing with Selenium, please check out: Introduction to Selenium (https://www.nobleprog.com/introduction-selenium-training).

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at engineering and design professors who wish to understand, apply, and teach modern software development practices relevant to systems engineering, civil engineering, design, and architecture disciplines.

This course has been created for test managers, quality assurance staff, testers, software developers, project managers and management in order to explain how the Agile project management frameworks (notably SCRUM) deal with testing.

At the end of the course, each of the delegates will design and execute a test plan for a sample application (it can be an actual client application if available)

This 2-day course provides a brief introduction to Agile software testing. It deals with foundational test concepts, within the context of Agile (Scrum) development and uses Crispin & Gregory’s Agile Testing Quadrants model as a framework to explore contemporary principles and practices of Agile testing.

Intended Audience

This course is intended for development teams who want to improve their testing practices in an Agile context.

It is also suitable for those intending to pursue testing as a specific career and is a suitable pre-requisite for the iSQI Certified Agile Tester course.

This training program is designed to empower software QA engineers with essential AI knowledge and hands-on skills to enhance their testing productivity and software quality outcomes. Participants will gain a foundational understanding of artificial intelligence, machine learning, and their application in test automation, bug detection, test case generation, risk-based testing, and performance analysis.

Through a mix of theory, demos, and practical labs, QA professionals will learn how to leverage AI to reduce manual efforts, improve test coverage, and increase defect detection accuracy—thereby driving overall efficiency and effectiveness in QA processes

This instructor-led, live workshop in Plymouth begins with an introduction to BDD, what it is and how it is used by companies to promote good software design, development and testing. We do this from a non-engineering point-of-view, with an eye on the end-users, their requirements, language, and way of thinking. We also address the communication challenges that business stakeholders are likely to encounter as they work closer with their technical-minded peers.

By the end of this training, participants will know how to:

• Write succinct user stories that capture the usage patterns of real users of the software.
• Translate their user stories into the behavioral language of BDD (Given, When, Then.)
• Derive test cases from these stories, for use by engineers to implement and test.
• Understand the relationship between product requirements, acceptance criteria, and test cases.
• Demystify the technical jargon that impedes communication and understanding.
• Install and use great tools for writing BDD feature files.
• Understand and appreciate what happens once the work is handed to engineers.
• Play a more active role in the iterative development cycle.

Cypress is an end-to-end testing framework. Cypress allows users to set up, write, run, and debug tests for any frontend application or website.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at software testers who wish to use Cypress for automating tests.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Perform end-to-end automation testing with Cypress.
• Implement integration and unit tests in a web application.
• Use Cypress as an alternative to Selenium.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

Fundamentals of QA and Modern Testing with AI is a comprehensive training program that combines the ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL v4.0) syllabus with a practical introduction to AI-assisted testing tools and techniques. This course is designed as a preparation pathway toward the ISTQB Foundation Level certification while equipping participants with immediately applicable AI-assisted testing skills.

This instructor-led, live training (online or onsite) is aimed at QA professionals, software testers, and test engineers who wish to build a structured understanding of quality assurance fundamentals while learning to leverage modern AI tools for test case generation, test automation, and defect analysis.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Apply the seven testing principles and the tester's role across the software development lifecycle.
• Design test cases using black-box, white-box, and experience-based techniques per ISTQB standards.
• Report, track, and manage defects through their full lifecycle.
• Plan testing using risk-based approaches, estimation techniques, and test progress metrics.
• Evaluate and select test automation tools for your organizational context.
• Use generative AI and LLMs to draft, review, and refine test cases from requirements.
• Apply AI-powered tools for self-healing test automation, visual regression testing, and defect prediction.
• Navigate the ISTQB Foundation Level exam structure and answer sample questions confidently.

Format of the Course

• Interactive lecture and discussion.
• Lots of exercises and practice.
• Hands-on implementation in a live-lab environment.

Course Customisation Options

• To request a customised training, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at beginner-level / intermediate-level / advanced-level QA professionals and technical team members who wish to use Katalon Studio to transition from manual testing to automated regression testing.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to: explain QA and automation fundamentals, automate REST API checks, build web UI regression tests, and apply Katalon Studio for maintainable test execution.

Audience

• Performance Testers
• Performance Engineers
• Developers who wants to grow their career as Performance Architects.

Format of the course

50% lectures, 50% labs

This instructor-led, live training in Plymouth (online or onsite) is aimed at software testers who wish to use Postman for API testing.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Execute tests using automated requests and workflows.
• Define, develop, test, and observe an API using a version control system.
• Generate dynamic data in a request.
• Document and organize tests in collections for team revision.

In this instructor-led, live training in Plymouth, participants will learn how to use TestComplete's features, including its test object model, check points, name mapping, and UI to carry out automated testing on desktop, web, and mobile applications.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Create, record and run functional tests.
• Create a scalable and maintainable test framework.
• Create checkpoints, adjust tests for multiple devices and analyze test results.
• Use TestComplete's script extensions.