Renas AcademyYou leave with a framework, not a certificate
The capstone is a real automation framework on your GitHub — UI and API suites running in CI. It is the thing interviewers ask about.
QA Automation Course
Become a Playwright automation test engineer
Go from manual testing to writing automated suites in TypeScript with Playwright, testing APIs, and running it all in a CI pipeline. Live teaching, real projects, career support from day one.
from 1,000+ students enrolled
- Duration24 weeks · part-time
- Format100% online, live classes
- LevelBeginner to intermediate
Tools you'll use
PlaywrightTypeScriptPostmanJenkinsDockerJira
Who this course is for
You do not need a testing background. You need to like breaking things and working out why they broke.
Starting from scratch
No coding or QA experience. The first modules build the web and programming basics you need.
Manual tester moving up
You already test by hand and want the automation skills that change what you get paid.
Changing careers
QA is one of the most accessible routes into tech, and demand keeps outpacing supply.
Developer widening your range
Own quality end to end: write the suite, wire the pipeline, and stop shipping regressions.
Ten modules, one full stack of testing skills
Twenty-four weeks that take you from IT fundamentals to a Playwright suite running in CI, ending in a month-long capstone.
IT fundamentals
The groundwork everything else sits on: how the web works, how software gets built, and the vocabulary of a testing team.
What you'll be able to do
- Read a system architecture
- Use the terminal confidently
- Understand client–server basics
HTML, CSS & Bootstrap
How pages are structured, styled and componentised — the single most useful thing for writing selectors that do not break.
What you'll be able to do
- Read the DOM
- Write robust CSS selectors
- Handle responsive component markup
JavaScript & TypeScript
The programming foundation of the course: functions, async behaviour and the event loop, then static typing on top. Playwright is built for TypeScript, and typed tests catch mistakes before they run.
What you'll be able to do
- Write functions and handle async
- Type objects, interfaces and generics
- Debug in the browser
Git & GitHub
Branch, review and merge like the team you are joining. Your test code lives in the same repo as the product.
What you'll be able to do
- Branch and merge cleanly
- Open and review a PR
- Resolve conflicts
SQL & databases
Query the database directly so you can verify what the UI claims actually landed in the data — from simple SELECTs through joins, aggregations and window functions.
What you'll be able to do
- Write queries and joins
- Aggregate with window functions
- Seed, validate and reset test data
Testing foundations
The craft behind the tooling: how software gets planned and released (SDLC), the testing lifecycle itself (STLC), exploratory and manual testing, and managing it all in Jira with Xray.
What you'll be able to do
- Write a test plan and design cases
- Run exploratory sessions and file clear bugs
- Manage tests and defects in Jira & Xray
Playwright
The core of the course. Cross-browser automation in TypeScript: locators, fixtures, the page object model, parallel runs and traces.
What you'll be able to do
- Build a page object framework
- Run cross-browser suites in parallel
- Debug with traces
API testing
Test the layer under the UI with Postman and Playwright request fixtures — faster, steadier and easier to maintain.
What you'll be able to do
- Test REST endpoints
- Assert on schemas and status
- Automate API suites
CI/CD, Docker & AWS
Get your suite running on every push and running the same everywhere: Jenkins pipelines, containerised runs, cloud execution, reporting and failure triage.
What you'll be able to do
- Build a Jenkins pipeline
- Containerise and run tests in Docker
- Execute on cloud runners
Final project
A month building a complete automation framework for a real application — UI and API suites, running in CI, with reporting.
What you'll be able to do
- Ship a full framework
- Cover UI and API
- Present your results
What happens after the course
QA automation is one of the steadiest routes into tech — entry-level roles start around $56,000 and mid-level around $90,000.
$56k–90ktypical entry-level salary range
15%annual growth in test automation demand
24 weeksfrom first lesson to finished framework
Roles graduates move into
- QA Automation Engineer41%
- SDET22%
- QA Analyst20%
- Automation Test Lead17%
Four ways to pay for the course
Pick the route that fits your situation — we will help you work out which one applies.
- Pay in full before the course starts, with an early-bird discount
- Split tuition into monthly instalments while you study
- Pay per module as you progress through the course
- Employer sponsorship, if your company covers professional training
What is available depends on where you live and how you work. Our admissions team goes through the options with you before you commit to anything.
Course tuitionStarts from$2,500
Covers all 24 weeks of live teaching, the platform, the capstone project and lifetime career services. No hidden materials fee.
Talk about financingInstalment plans start at $420/month.
Common questions
The things people ask us most often before they apply.
Do I need coding experience?
No. The course starts at IT fundamentals and builds HTML, CSS, JavaScript and TypeScript before you touch Playwright, so beginners and manual testers both start on solid ground.
Why Playwright rather than Selenium?
Playwright is the tool most new automation projects choose: faster, less flaky, with cross-browser support, auto-waiting and tracing built in. The concepts transfer directly if a team uses Selenium.
How much time should I plan for each week?
Around 20 hours a week across 24 weeks, including live sessions and independent practice. It is designed to run alongside a full-time job.
What will I have to show at the end?
A complete automation framework on GitHub — UI and API suites in TypeScript, containerised and running in a CI pipeline with reporting.
What jobs can I apply for?
QA Automation Engineer, SDET, QA Analyst, Test Automation Engineer and Automation Test Lead are the most common. Career services helps you target the right level.
Why Renas Academy
Learning designed to stick
The things students tell us made the difference, in their words as much as ours.
Built around a job
Twenty-four weeks part-time, fully online, with sessions recorded so a busy week never puts you behind.
The modern stack
Playwright and TypeScript, plus Docker, Jenkins and AWS — what new automation projects are actually being built with.
Career coaching built in
Coaching starts in week one: portfolio reviews, mock technical interviews and warm introductions to hiring partners.
A platform built for learning
Track progress, replay any lesson, and keep access to every update we ship to the course — for life, at no extra cost.
Alumni
What graduates say
“I was a manual tester for four years. Six months after finishing I was the one building our regression suite — and earning a lot more for it.”
“The Playwright and CI modules were the difference. In my interview I walked them through my own pipeline instead of talking theory.”
“I came in having never written code. TypeScript was intimidating for about two weeks, and then it just clicked.”