QA / Test Engineer

Learning path

Take these courses in order, from beginner to mid-level.

1. 1

   Step 1: STEM Foundations: The Universal Skill Stack

   The shared base every STEM career uses: working with numbers and units, testing ideas fairly, handling data and code, and explaining your work.

   Level: Beginner4 modules · 12 lessons · 7h 18mAlso used in 34 other careers
2. 2

   Step 2: Digital Literacy for Tech & STEM Work

   The everyday computer, internet, safety and AI skills every tech and STEM job assumes you already have.

   Level: Beginner4 modules · 12 lessons · 6h 8mAlso used in 34 other careers
3. 3

   Step 3: HTML & CSS Foundations

   Learn how the web works and build, style and publish your own responsive website with semantic HTML and modern CSS.

   Level: Beginner4 modules · 14 lessons · 11h 9mAlso used in 8 other careers
4. 4

   Step 4: JavaScript Essentials

   The programming language of the web: variables, functions, the DOM, arrays and objects, and fetching data from APIs.

   Level: Beginner4 modules · 13 lessons · 8h 16mAlso used in 7 other careers
5. 5

   Step 5: Professional Communication & Teamwork

   Write clear emails and documents, present and run meetings, work well on teams, and navigate résumés, interviews and networking.

   Level: Beginner4 modules · 12 lessons · 7h 24mAlso used in 34 other careers
6. 6

   Step 6: Math for Tech & STEM

   The practical math behind tech and STEM work: numbers, algebra, functions, geometry, logic and counting, with short code exercises.

   Level: Beginner5 modules · 15 lessons · 7h 32mAlso used in 34 other careers
7. 7

   Step 7: Git & the Command Line

   Use the terminal with confidence, track your work with Git, and collaborate on GitHub with pull requests.

   Level: Beginner3 modules · 9 lessons · 5h 57mAlso used in 15 other careers
8. 8

   Step 8: Python Fundamentals

   Learn to program in Python from zero: values, decisions, loops, functions, data structures, files, modules and a small data project.

   Level: Beginner5 modules · 15 lessons · 9h 53mAlso used in 22 other careers
9. 9

   Step 9: SQL Fundamentals

   Query, summarise, join and change data in a relational database with SQL, practised in your browser.

   Level: Beginner4 modules · 12 lessons · 5h 44mAlso used in 11 other careers
10. 10

    Step 10: Foundations for Software, Data, Design & Tech Education Careers

    Understand tech roles and career ladders, pick a realistic learning route, build portfolio evidence, and navigate postings, interviews and your first 90 days.

    Level: Beginner3 modules · 9 lessons · 7h 22mAlso used in 20 other careers
11. 11

    Step 11: Accessible & Responsive Interfaces

    Build interfaces that work for everyone on every screen: WCAG 2.2, keyboard and ARIA, fluid layouts, responsive images and real audits.

    Level: Intermediate3 modules · 10 lessons · 6h 21mAlso used in 4 other careers
12. 12

    Step 12: Data Structures & Algorithms

    Measure efficiency with Big-O, then use searching, sorting, hash maps, stacks, linked lists, trees, graphs and dynamic programming in Python.

    Level: Intermediate4 modules · 12 lessons · 7h 37mAlso used in 7 other careers
13. 13

    Step 13: Back-End Web APIs

    Design REST routes, validate JSON, build Node and Express APIs on a SQL database, secure them, test them and ship them.

    Level: Intermediate4 modules · 12 lessons · 7h 11mAlso used in 4 other careers
14. 14

    Step 14: Software Engineering Practices

    Design, test, refactor, review, estimate and run software the way professional teams do.

    Level: Mid-level4 modules · 12 lessons · 9h 45mAlso used in 3 other careers

Skills you'll build

Free resources to get started

Hand-picked courses and reading from trusted free providers.

• freeCodeCamp

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  JavaScript Algorithms and Data Structures

  Free certification covering JavaScript fundamentals, ES6, regex, debugging, and algorithm scripting.

• MIT

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  The Missing Semester of Your CS Education

  Free MIT lectures on the tools real engineers use every day: shell, Git, editors, debugging.

• Git SCM

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  Pro Git

  The free official Git book: first commits, branching, remotes, and how Git works under the hood.

• Harvard / edX

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  CS50: Introduction to Computer Science

  Harvard's free intro CS course — widely considered one of the best on-ramps to programming.

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