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About TesterPath

A free site for learning software testing the practical way. Most testing tutorials explain the theory and stop there. TesterPath shows the exact steps, the real error messages and what to do when things break, so you can follow along on your own machine.

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What you will find here

Everything is free and works without an account.

Start here5 stepsA roadmap from manual testing to API, automation and performance testing, with what to learn at each step.Guides9 guidesStep-by-step tutorials. Every command, screenshot and error message comes from a real run.Practice tests3 levels, timedInterview-style questions for freshers, 1 to 3 years and 3+ years, with an explanation for every answer.Interview prep107 questionsShort answers you can say in your own words, from testing basics to Playwright, SQL and Agile.Resources12 filesTemplates, checklists and cheat sheets you can view on the site or download.Glossary187 termsTesting words in plain English, most with a small example from real work.

How every guide is made

These rules apply to every guide on the site.

  • Every step is run before the guide is published.
  • Screenshots come from a real screen, not from stock images.
  • Real error messages are kept, along with what fixed them.
  • Each guide shows the tool versions it was tested with, and the date.
  • When a tool changes, the guide and its date are updated.
  • Opinions are marked as opinions.

Who it is for

Pick the line that sounds like you.

New to testing

Freshers and people switching careers who want to learn manual testing properly first.

Start with step 1

Manual tester, moving up

Testers who know manual testing and want to add API testing and automation.

Go to API testing

Getting ready for interviews

Anyone with an interview coming up who wants to check what they know.

Take a practice test

Who writes it

TesterPath is written by Ashish Mitra, a QA engineer who works on both manual and automation testing. The guides are written from that hands-on work: what to test, how to test it, and what tends to go wrong along the way.

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