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Here are some topics from this Web that you may find useful -- Note: Some links may show up in multiple lists because they apply to several different areas:

- Best Practices (Not tool-specific)

AutomationBestPractices - This links to Gherkin, Java, & Selenium pages
HowNOTtoCode - A great list of coding anti-patterns
MakingAnAutomationProofOfConcept - A guide to making an Automation Proof-of-Concept to determine if a manual test or test suite is a good candidate for automation

- Reference

APIsForLearningAndPractice - A great list of APIs you can use to learn & practice API test automation. Some don't even need credentials!
AutomationLearningPath - A high-level breakdown of automated testing
BehaviorDrivenDevelopment - Short explanation of the BDD concept
BusinessAnalysisForTestAutomation - A short non-technical overview of automation for non-programmers
CodelessOverview - An overview of the topics covered in the Codeless Automation learning path
CodelessPathNotesByKellie - Lists of definitions & other notes around the Codeless Automation learning path
ImprovingTestingWithGithub - A guide on leveraging Git & GitHub to improve your testing
ShiftLeft - A short guide on the concept of "Shift Left" in the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
Tools - A short list of tools used for test automation
VersionControlGitInstall - Installing Git, Node.js, & Homebrew on MacOS
WhyAutomate - Why automate software testing?

- TOOL: Cucumber & Gherkin

ATaleOfTwoTests - A very detailed walkthrough of getting started with automated testing using Java or Ruby
ConvertManualToGherkin - A short explanation of the theory behind automating manual tests, followed by two thorough examples
CucumberGherkinExamples - An overview of Cucumber & Gherkin, followed by a very comprehensive suite of examples which turn Gherkin feature files into Java code with Cucumber & Selenium
GherkinLanguage - A short introduction to Gherkin with links to other Gherkin resources

- TOOL: Selenium

AmazonScraperByCashBarnes - A capstone which uses Python, Selenium, & Beautiful Soup 4
AngieJonesJavaSeleniumTips - A list of tips by the incomporable testing guru Angie Jones
ApplyingJavaGenericsandPageObjectModelsinSeleniumBasedTests - A beefy breakdown of good test automation practices specific to Java with Selenium
DataPersistenceInSelenium - Explains the concept of Data Persistence & how it can effect your Selenium tests
SeleniumIDE - A short introduction to the Selenium IDE (including links to installers for the Chrome Extension & Firefox add-on)
SeleniumCodingStandards - A stub article which *needs expanding*!
SeleniumIDEUsage - A guide on setting up, creating, running, & modifying your first test within Selenium IDE
SettingUpWebDrivers - A guide to setting up Webdrivers, often the most annoying and fiddly part of working with Selenium. Includes a section on setting it up in Python
StaleElementReferenceException - A short explanation of the "Stale Element Reference Exception" in Selenium and how to fix it
TestingGoogleTranslateWithSeleniumAndCucumber - A walkthrough on using Cucumber & Selenium to test Google Translate. Uses Java/Eclipse/Cucumber/!JUnit/Selenium/Maven
UITestingWithSelenium - A tutorial on writing an end-to-end test for a website feature. Uses Java/Eclipse/Cucumber/!JUnit/Selenium/Maven
UsingRestAssuredForAPITesting - A tutorial on getting started with RESTAssured in Java
WorkingWithMultipleTabsInSelenium - How to work with multiple browser tabs when testing in Java/Selenium

- TOOL: Postman

DataDrivenAPITestingInPostman - An intro to Data Driven Testing, followed by an excellent tutorial on Postman
PostmanBasics - A tutorial on setting up & using Postman. *Note: none of the embedded images currently work*
RestAPITestingWithPostman - A tutorial on using Postman (in Windows, Linux, & MacOS!) to test REST APIs
SettingUpNewmanAndNodeJS - A short tutorial on setting up Newman -- the Postman command-line collection runner, which uses Node.js
WorkingWithPublicAPIsForAutomationTests - Investigating & working with Public APIs in Postman

- TOOL: Applitools

IntroductionToCypressAndApplitools - A tutorial on using Cypress with Applitools for visual testing
VisualTestingwithApplitools - An explanation of where Applitools sits in our toolkit, & an installation/setup tutorial

- TOOL: TestRail

AutomatingTestrailReporting - A tutorial on using TestRail

- LANGUAGE: Javascript

APITestingWithJavascriptNotesByKellie - A great overview of terms & general topics related to automated testing
CypressAndSeleniumJSTutorial - A tutorial on testing with Cypress in JavaScript
CypressIntroduction - A short intro & installation guide for Cypress
IntroductionToJavaScript - A great 101 explainer of the JavaScript language
JavaScriptVSJavaAPICalls - A comparison of Java & JavaScript approaches to calling APIs
NodeJSFileSystem - A short introduction to the Node JS File System
WebBrowserAutomationWithSeleniumAndNodeJS - This tutorial has broken image links and needs help

- LANGUAGE: Java

ApacheMaven - An intro to Apache Maven for Java
ApplyingJavaGenericsandPageObjectModelsinSeleniumBasedTests - A beefy breakdown of good test automation practices specific to Java with Selenium
CreateaMavenprojectwithTestNG - How to create a project with uses TestNG (from the Eclipse Marketplace) in a Maven project
DataDrivenRestAssuredAPITestingWithPublicAPIs - A tutorial for testing with Java/Eclipse/!TestNG/Maven
EclipseIDE - A short article regarding Eclipse installation
EndToEndJavaAutomationExample - A tutorial which will help you create an automated test in Java/Maven/Selenium/Eclipse using the Page Object Model methodology
WebUIJavaSeleniumTutorialAPODsearch - A tutorial on web UI testing with Java/Maven/Selenium/Eclipse using NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day (APOD) site
InstallingJUnitInEclipseWithMaven - A tutorial on setting up JUnit/Java/Maven/Eclipse
InstallingMaven - A tutorial on setting up Maven/Eclipse in Windows 10 & MacOS
JavaCodingStandards - A short set of Java coding standards -- unverified, and needs some work
JavaExcel - A tutorial on using Java to read an Excel sheet. Uses Java/Maven/Eclipse/Apache POI-ooxml
JavaRESTAssuredTutorial - A tutorial on working with RESTAssured in Java/Maven/Eclipse
JavaScriptVSJavaAPICalls - A comparison of Java & JavaScript approaches to calling APIs
JavaSeleniumQuickReference - A really well-formatted set of Selenium reference info, selector examples, & methods
JavaSeleniumTutorial - A tutorial on setting up Java/Maven/Selenium/Eclipse
ProjectObjectModel - A quick intro to setting up your Maven project using the Project Object Model (POM) -- which is a separate concept from the Page Object Model (POM) that we're all used to talking about
RESTAssuredWithJava - An overview & tutorial on using RESTAssured with Java/Maven/!TestNG OR JUnit/Hamcrest
RestAssuredQuickReference - Covers Parameters, Authentication, Assertions, & a few other things in RestAssured
RestAssuredsFluentInterfaceDesign - An explanation of why REST Assured behaves the way it does (Fluent Interface Design) & its Gherkin-like syntax
TestingGoogleTranslateWithSeleniumAndCucumber - A walkthrough on using Cucumber & Selenium to test Google Translate. Uses Java/Eclipse/Cucumber/!JUnit/Selenium/Maven
WebUIAutomationTestingOnIntelliJ - Tutorial on setting up IntelliJ/Java/Gherkin/Cucumber/Selenium & then using it to test Rotten Tomatoes
WebUIAutomationTestingWithSeleniumAndJUnit - A tutorial on testing a shopify website using Java/Maven/Eclipse/Cucumber/!JUnit/Selenium
WorkingWithMultipleTabsInSelenium - How to work with multiple browser tabs when testing in Java/Selenium

- LANGUAGE: Python

AmazonScraperByCashBarnes - A capstone which uses Python, Selenium, & Beautiful Soup 4
SettingUpWebDrivers - A guide to setting up Webdrivers, often the most annoying and fiddly part of working with Selenium. Includes a section on setting it up in Python

- LANGUAGE: R

JSONinRandRMarkdown - Setting up an R project using jsonlite for JSON file handling & plotly to display the JSON with R Markdown, as well as some more advanced info around converting the JSON to data frames