C# for Automation Test Engineers in Madrid, Spain

This course is designed to equip Automation Test Engineers with core and intermediate C# programming skills required to build reliable and scalable test automation frameworks. It covers essential programming concepts, C# syntax, object-oriented principles, and application of C# in test automation using tools like Selenium, NUnit, and SpecFlow. Through hands-on labs, participants will write, maintain, and run automated test scripts in a C# environment.

Course Agenda

Introduction to C# for Test Automation

• Overview of C# in QA automation

• Setting up the development environment (Visual Studio, .NET SDK)

• Writing your first C# program

C# Basics for Test Engineers

• Variables, Data Types, and Operators

• Control Structures (if, switch, loops)

• Methods and Parameters

• Error handling with try-catch

Object-Oriented Programming in C#

• Classes, Objects, and Constructors

• Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Encapsulation

• Interfaces and Abstract Classes

• Static vs Instance members

Collections and LINQ

• Arrays, Lists, Dictionaries

• Using LINQ to filter and query data

• Iteration and manipulation of test data

Working with Files and Logs

• File I/O for test data

• Logging using built-in or third-party libraries

• Reading and writing test inputs and outputs

NUnit and MSTest Frameworks

• Creating test cases

• Using test attributes ([Test], [TestCase], [SetUp], etc.)

• Assertions and Result Reporting

• Parameterized Tests

Selenium WebDriver with C#

• WebDriver Architecture

• Locating Elements and Performing Actions

• Page Object Model (POM)

• Waits, Alerts, Frames, and Dropdowns

• Browser setup and teardown using NUnit

BDD with SpecFlow

• Introduction to BDD

• Writing Feature files (Gherkin syntax)

• Mapping steps to C# code

• Running tests using SpecFlow with NUnit

• Report generation

Hands-on Exercises