How did you acquire knowledge and develop skills in the field of automated testing (AQA)?

To develop skills in automated testing (AQA), I used the following approach:

• Studied the basics of testing and automation through online courses and books.
• Practiced on real projects, starting with writing simple automated tests.
• Mastered popular tools and frameworks, such as Selenium WebDriver, NUnit, JUnit, TestNG, Postman for API testing.
• Regularly read articles and participated in specialized communities to stay updated on new approaches and best practices.
• Wrote tests using CI/CD for automatic execution and integration.

Example of a simple automated test in C# using NUnit and Selenium:

[Test]
public void LoginTest()
{
    var driver = new ChromeDriver();
    driver.Navigate().GoToUrl("https://example.com/login");
    driver.FindElement(By.Id("username")).SendKeys("user");
    driver.FindElement(By.Id("password")).SendKeys("pass");
    driver.FindElement(By.Id("loginButton")).Click();
    Assert.IsTrue(driver.Url.Contains("dashboard"));
    driver.Quit();
}