Fundamentals of Testing

• Principles of testing: correctness, completeness, efficiency, and effectiveness.
• Testing throughout the software development life cycle.
• The psychology of testing: understanding the tester's mindset.

Testing and Quality

• The relationship between testing and quality assurance.
• Defining and measuring software quality.
• The cost of quality and the economics of testing.

Testing Techniques

• Black-box testing techniques: equivalence partitioning, boundary value analysis, and decision table testing.
White-box testing techniques: statement coverage, decision coverage, and condition coverage.
• Experience-based testing techniques: exploratory testing and error guessing.

Static Testing

• Static testing techniques: reviews, inspections, and walkthroughs.
• Static analysis tools and their role in identifying defects early in the development process.

Test Management

• Test planning: defining the scope, objectives, and approach of testing.
• Test estimation: estimating resources, time, and effort required for testing.
• Test monitoring and control: tracking progress, identifying risks, and making adjustments.

Test Execution

• Test case design: creating test cases based on requirements and specifications.
• Test execution: running test cases, recording results, and reporting defects.
• Regression testing: retesting modified code to ensure no new defects have been introduced.

Defect Management

• Defect lifecycle: identification, logging, prioritisation, fixing, and verification.
• Defect tracking tools and their role in managing defects throughout the development cycle.

Test Tools

• Overview of test automation tools: Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, etc.
• Test management tools: HP Quality Center, JIRA, TestRail, etc.
• Performance testing tools: JMeter, LoadRunner, etc.

Testing in Agile and DevOps

• Testing in Agile methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, etc.
• Testing in DevOps: continuous integration, continuous testing, and continuous deployment.