awesome-quality-assurance-roadmap
A curated learning roadmap for aspiring Software Quality Assurance and Quality Automation Engineers. It serves as a starting point for building a career in software testing, covering the essential concepts, skills, and methodologies needed in the field. The resource emphasizes understanding how software components work and integrate, and developing the critical skill of identifying unintended behaviors through systematic testing. The roadmap includes a structured learning path for QA and software testing, a downloadable generic test plan sample PDF suitable for various software testing deliveries, and professional advice for practitioners. Key guidance includes not trusting test code you have not seen fail, mastering manual testing before jumping into automation, ensuring test code actually validates functionality, avoiding the common pitfall of trusting 200 OK server responses for unauthorized API calls, and writing test code that is readable, reusable, and does not require additional testing. Ideal for begi