1. What
   1. Test Categories
      1. Smoke | Regression | Retesting
   2. Test Layers
      1. Unit | API | Database | UI
   3. Test types
      1. Functional
         1. Applications
            1. Web
            2. Types
            3. Single page | Multi page | Progressive web Ecommerce | CRM | Portal
            4. Platform/Browsers
            5. Windows
            6. Chrome|Firefox|IE|Edge
            7. Linux
            8. Chrome|Firefox
            9. Mac
            10. Chrome|Safari
            11. Android
            12. Chrome
            13. iOS
            14. Safari
            15. Cross browser testing services
            16. Sauce labs | Browser stack | Headspin | LambdaTest
            17. Tech Stack
            18. HTML | CSS |JavaScript
            19. Frameworks
            20. Angular |React |Vue
            21. Design
            22. Responsive| Adaptive
            23. Tools
            24. Commercial
            25. TestComplete | Ranorex | UTF | Sahi Pro| Testim
            26. Open source
            27. Selenium | Webdriverio | Robot Framework | Serenity| Galen | Karate DSL
            28. Both (Opensource/Commercial)
            29. Katalon Studio | Test Project | Cypress | Applitools | TestCafe
            30. Desktop
            31. Platforms
            32. Windows
            33. WPF/UWP/WinForm
            34. Cross platform
            35. JavaFX | Swing |Electron/QT
            36. Mobile
            37. Native App
            38. Android
            39. Tech stack
            40. JAVA | Kotlin
            41. Frameworks
            42. Android UI/Jetpack Compose
            43. iOS
            44. Tech stack
            45. Objective-C/Swift
            46. Frameworks
            47. UI KIT/Switch UI
            48. Hybrid App
            49. Tech stack
            50. React Native | Xamarin | Cordova |Ionic |Flutter
            51. Tools
            52. Commercial
            53. TestComplete | Test.io | Ranorex | Xamarin.UITest
            54. Open source
            55. Appium | Robot Framework
            56. Both (Opensource/Commercial)
            57. Katalon Studio | Test Project | Applitools
            58. Database
            59. Relational | NoSQL
            60. Tools
            61. Open source
            62. DB specific CLI tools | Workbenches| GreatExpectations
            63. Commercial
            64. RedGate SQL|QuerySurge|DataGaps
            65. Server
            66. Architecture
            67. Monoliths | Event and Streaming | Serverless | Microservices
            68. Cloud providers
            69. AWS | Azure | GCP
            70. Protocols
            71. HTTP | HTTPs |SOAP | MQTT
            72. Messaging
            73. Type
            74. Async
            75. Kafka | MQTT | AMQP
            76. Sync
            77. REST | gRPC | GraphQL
            78. Format
            79. JSON | XML | ProtoBuf | Avro
            80. Contracts
            81. OpenAPI/Swagger | gRPC IDL SOAP WSDL | GraphQL Schema
            82. Tools
            83. Commercial
            84. Rapidapi | Tosca
            85. Open source
            86. Karate DSL | Rest Assured | JMeter | RestSharp | Request
            87. Both (Opensource/Commercial)
            88. SoapUI | Katalon Studio | PostMan
         2. Business Process
            1. Tools
            2. Commercial
            3. UiPath | AutomationAnywhere | Blue Prism | Pega
            4. Open Source
            5. TagUI |Taskt | Openrpa
      2. Non-Functional
         1. Performance
            1. Open source
            2. JMeter|Gatling|Locust|Locust|Taurus|Apache Bench
            3. Commercial
            4. LoadRunner|NeoLoad | Silk Performer
         2. Security
            1. Open source
            2. Zed Attack Proxy|Wfuzz|SonarQube|Nogotofail
            3. Commercial
            4. Netsparker|Metasploit
2. Where
   1. Local
      1. Standalone machine/VM
      2. Containers
   2. Remote
      1. Cloud hosted VMs
         1. AWS|Azure
      2. Cloud services
         1. SauceLabs|BrowserStack|Perfacto
3. Who
   1. Creators
      1. Testers
      2. Developers
   2. Users
      1. Anyone
4. How
   1. Feasibility analysis
      1. Testability Aspects
         1. Test Interfaces
         2. Test hooks
         3. Dependencies
      2. Tools
         1. Tech stack
         2. Skill set available
         3. Timelines
         4. Cost
      3. Infrastructure
         1. Version control
         2. Execution
   2. Create automation strategy
      1. Setup short term/ long term goals
      2. Come up with automation road map
      3. Identify risks and mitigation plans
      4. Create high level design
   3. POC
      1. Create a prototype
      2. Demonstrate the solution
   4. Implementation
      1. Create the building blocks
      2. Follow coding standards
      3. Follow design guidelines
      4. Enforce code review process
   5. Maintenance
5. Why
   1. To save time
      1. Setting up environments | configurations
      2. Filling up long forms
      3. Classifying errors/logs
      4. Performing pre/post requisite checks
      5. Checking known work flows
      6. Creating data | reports | dashboards |monitors
      7. Comparing static content | files | reports
      8. Database seeding
      9. Capture logs/screenshots/video
      10. Parsing images | pdfs
      11. Consolidating information from different sources
   2. To improve productivity
      1. Managing repetitive work
         1. Sending scheduled reminders/alerts
         2. Upload/download data from known location
         3. Create custom rules/templates
         4. Create/manage backups
6. Why should we automate? How it will help?
7. How to automate? What process we should follow?
8. - What we can automate? - What info we need to start with?
9. Automation Ideas By Dimpy Adhikary