QA Learning Portfolio

Projects &
Tools

A transparent view of Tshepiso's QA learning journey — tools mastered, actively in progress, and on the horizon. Each project links directly to the GitHub repository as it develops.

Completed

Active Learning

In Progress

Upcoming

Automation Projects

01 Active

Selenium Test Automation Framework

Building a structured UI automation framework using Selenium WebDriver. Covers core automation patterns and real-world testing scenarios.

Setting up Selenium WebDriver with Python & pytest View on GitHub
Page Object Model (POM) design pattern implementation View on GitHub
Automated login & checkout flow test cases View on GitHub
Cross-browser test execution (Chrome, Firefox, Edge) View on GitHub
HTML test reporting with pytest-html View on GitHub

Selenium Python pytest POM

02 Active

Playwright End-to-End Testing Project

Exploring Playwright's modern automation capabilities for reliable cross-browser end-to-end testing with built-in tracing and screenshots.

Playwright setup with JavaScript & Node.js View on GitHub
User registration & authentication workflows View on GitHub
Trace viewer & screenshot capture for debugging View on GitHub
Cross-browser testing: Chromium, Firefox, WebKit View on GitHub
API testing integration with Playwright View on GitHub

Playwright JavaScript Node.js E2E

03 In Progress

Appium Mobile Testing Project

Venturing into mobile automation, learning to test Android applications using the Appium framework with Java and mobile-specific testing strategies.

Appium server setup & Android emulator configuration View on GitHub
Mobile element location strategies (XPath, UI Automator) View on GitHub
Gesture testing: swipe, scroll, tap interactions View on GitHub
Android UI automation test suite — coming soon View on GitHub

Appium Java Android Mobile

04 In Progress

Cucumber BDD Testing Framework

Learning Behaviour-Driven Development with Cucumber, writing human-readable Gherkin scenarios that bridge business requirements and automated tests.

Writing Gherkin feature files (Given/When/Then) View on GitHub
Step definition implementation in Java View on GitHub
Cucumber + Selenium integration for BDD UI testing View on GitHub
Cucumber HTML report generation — coming soon View on GitHub

Cucumber Gherkin BDD Java

Testing Foundations

05 Completed

Manual Testing Fundamentals

Comprehensive study and practice of manual testing principles, test case design techniques, and structured defect management.

Test planning & test case design (equivalence partitioning, boundary value) View on GitHub
Bug reporting with JIRA-style defect templates View on GitHub
Exploratory testing sessions & session notes View on GitHub
Test execution reports & defect lifecycle tracking View on GitHub

Manual Testing Test Cases Bug Reports

06 Upcoming

Performance Testing Exploration

Upcoming exploration of load and stress testing tools to validate application stability and performance under real-world conditions.

Introduction to JMeter for load testing View on GitHub
Designing load test scenarios & ramp-up profiles View on GitHub
Response time analysis & bottleneck identification View on GitHub
Performance test reporting — planned View on GitHub

JMeter Load Testing Performance

Tools & Progress

Learning Snapshot

An honest overview of every tool in the learning stack, with direct GitHub links.

Tool	Category	Progress	Status	GitHub
Manual Testing	Testing Fundamentals	85%	Completed	Repository
Selenium	Web Automation	55%	Active	Repository
Playwright	Web Automation	40%	Active	Repository
Appium	Mobile Automation	25%	In Progress	Repository
Cucumber BDD	BDD Framework	30%	In Progress	Repository
Performance Testing	Load & Stress	10%	Upcoming	Repository

Projects &Tools