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How to use this roadmap

API tests give faster feedback than UI and catch contract breaks early. This path goes Postman → Newman → code → OpenAPI → security — with checkpoints and a public portfolio repo.

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Study pace

Plan 1–1.5 hours daily. API testing rewards consistency — HTTP vocabulary becomes second nature.

  • Recommended: ~8–10 weeks at 7–10 hrs/week
  • Accelerated: ~5–6 weeks at 2–3 hrs/day
  • Slow: ~12 weeks
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Do this now

Create api-testing-journey repo on GitHub. Block calendar for 7 days.

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Chapter learning outcomes
  • 8–10 week pacing
  • Tools you will touch
  • Job-ready API portfolio definition

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Side quest

Day zero

README with goal, timeline, first commit.