Becoming an Automated Tester Using TypeScript, Selenium, NodeJS, and Mocha

Overview

In order to be an automated tester you must be able to:

• Develop in JavaScript
• Develop in the TypeScript language which is a super set of the JavaScript language.
• Understand NodeJs which is a JavaScript runtime
• Use yarn which downloads packages that other people have built in TypeScript or JavaScript.
• Work with Selenium which is a library that interacts with the Web Browser.
• Work with Mocha which is a testing framework.
• Use regular expressions for matching text on a web page.

The path to being an automated tester

Learn JavaScript

• JavaScript Tutorial for Beginners: Learn JavaScript in 1 Hour
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6NZfCO5SIk

• JavaScript Courses
• http://sixfootcoder.blogspot.com/2017/02/javascript-resources.html

Learn TypeScript

• Take all these courses except the one on Angular
• http://sixfootcoder.blogspot.com/2017/02/typescript-resources.html

Learn NodeJS

• Node.js Tutorial for Beginners: Learn Node in 1 Hour
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlB_eWDSMt4

Learn Yarn

• http://sixfootcoder.blogspot.com/2017/04/yarn-package-manager.html

Learn Selenium 

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3pTXG9a1oQ&list=PLt1BzgDPWET4m4c4hrOZe--apdA6P2WoA

Learn Mocha

• https://testautomationu.applitools.com/mocha-javascript-tests/

Learn Regular Expressions

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6I-Ahc0HB4&list=PL4cUxeGkcC9g6m_6Sld9Q4jzqdqHd2HiD