SilkTest Question 58: SilkTest training from Borland

Last year, eager to maximize our automated testing abilities, my QA team signed up for a couple of SilkTest training courses at Borland. As local Silk Test guru I, without a doubt, decided to take Advanced Testing with SilkTest course. Two of my less experienced QA team members took Verification Testing with SilkTest class in hope to develop a real working knowledge of automated testing methodology and capitalize on the real benefits of utilizing 4Test scripting language in our automated test.

My SilkTest training course has the following description

A great introduction to the true power of SilkTest designed for those who want to take their verification testing capabilities to a higher level

and one of the prerequisites was attending of previous SilkTest class Verification Testing with Silk Test, but I decided to skip it due to my long experience in automated testing with Segue tool.

The list price, our company got from Borland for SilkTest training, was $2,400 per person, but as far as I know corporation paid a tad less due discount. Segue Certified SilkTest Engineer (SCSTE) Exam level 1 and 2 were included in price tag. All of us decided that I would be healthier to sign up for four days public classroom Silk Test training in MicroTek facilities, instead of using online or onsite SilkTest training. The onsite QA course is not perfect for us, because QA engineer has to go back to work chores after course ends and we have not enough headcount for on site QA class.

To my surprise, more then half of the students showed interest in using SilkTest for testing non web based applications. Somehow I thought that only web based applications remained in this world. Anyway in my opinion it would more useful to separate and organize SilkTest training based on QA Engineers preferences.

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