📍 Module 1: Introduction to Automation Testing

• What is Automation Testing?

• Manual vs Automation Testing

• Advantages & Disadvantages of Automation

• When to Automate & When Not to Automate

• Types of Automation Frameworks (Data Driven, Keyword Driven, Hybrid, BDD)

📍 Module 2: Java Fundamentals for Selenium

• Introduction to Java & OOP Concepts

• Data Types, Variables & Operators

• Conditional Statements (if-else, switch)

• Loops (for, while, do-while, enhanced for)

• Arrays & Strings

• Methods, Constructors, Access Modifiers

• Inheritance, Polymorphism, Encapsulation, Abstraction

• Exception Handling (try-catch-finally, throw, throws)

• Collections Framework (List, Set, Map)

• File Handling in Java

🛠️ Hands-on: Writing small Java programs for automation pre-requisites

📍 Module 3: Selenium WebDriver Basics

• Introduction to Selenium & Components

• Setting up Selenium with Java & Maven

• WebDriver Architecture

• Locators: ID, Name, Class, XPath, CSS, LinkText, PartialLinkText, TagName

• Browser Navigation Commands

• Handling WebElements: Click, SendKeys, GetText, GetAttribute

• Handling Dropdowns, Checkboxes & Radio Buttons

• Synchronization: Implicit & Explicit Waits

• Taking Screenshots in Selenium

🛠️ Hands-on: Automating a sample login/logout scenario

📍 Module 4: Advanced Selenium WebDriver

• Handling Multiple Windows & Tabs

• Handling Frames & iFrames

• Handling Alerts & Popups

• Mouse & Keyboard Actions (Actions Class)

• Drag & Drop, Double Click, Right Click

• JavaScriptExecutor in Selenium

• Handling WebTables (Static & Dynamic)

• File Upload & Download Automation

📍 Module 5: TestNG Framework

• Introduction to TestNG

• Installing & Configuring TestNG in Eclipse/IntelliJ

• Writing TestNG Test Cases

• TestNG Annotations (@Test, @BeforeSuite, @AfterSuite, etc.)

• Assertions & Reporting in TestNG

• Parallel Execution in TestNG

• TestNG XML Configuration

• Groups & Prioritization in TestNG

🛠️ Hands-on: Creating TestNG test cases with parallel execution

📍 Module 6: Maven & Build Management

• What is Maven?

• Installing & Configuring Maven

• Maven Build Lifecycle (Clean, Validate, Compile, Test, Package, Install)

• Understanding pom.xml

• Adding Dependencies (Selenium, TestNG, Apache POI, Extent Reports)

• Maven Surefire Plugin for reporting

⚙️ Setup: Configure a Selenium Maven project

📍 Module 7: Hybrid Framework Design (Data Driven + Keyword Driven)

• Introduction to Hybrid Framework

• Project Structure & Naming Conventions

• Page Object Model (POM) with PageFactory

• Utility Classes for Reusability

• Config File for Environment Setup

• Reading Data from Excel using Apache POI

• Logging using Log4j

• Generating Reports using Extent Reports

• Exception Handling & Retry Mechanism

• CI/CD Basics with Jenkins (optional)

🛠️ Hands-on: Build a Hybrid Automation Framework from scratch

📍 Module 8: Database Testing with Selenium

• Introduction to JDBC

• Connecting Java with Database

• Executing SQL Queries via Java

• Validating UI data with DB results

📍 Module 9: Automation Best Practices

• Writing Clean & Maintainable Code

• Reusability & Modularization

• Handling Test Data Effectively

• Version Control with Git & GitHub

• Debugging & Troubleshooting Selenium Scripts

📍 Module 10: Final Project (Capstone)
Objective: Implement a Hybrid Framework to automate an end-to-end scenario.

🔍 Project Scope:

• Automate an E-commerce Web Application (Search → Add to Cart → Checkout → Payment → Order Confirmation)

• Implement Page Object Model + Data Driven Testing

• Validate UI + API (if applicable) + Database

• Generate Extent Report & Logs

• Execute suite via TestNG & Maven

Deliverables:
✔️ Hybrid Automation Framework Source Code
✔️ Test Cases & Execution Report
✔️ Extent HTML Reports & Logs

📍 Module 11: Interview Preparation

• Common Selenium & Java Interview Questions

• Framework-related Interview Questions

• Resume Building for Automation QA Profiles

• Mock Interviews