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Speaking as someone who was once in your shoes, by far the fastest way to learn to write automated test cases is to learn from existing ones. Suppose someone more senior than you has written a test that does this:

- Set up the framework and connect to the app under test - enter "fred" in the username field - enter "derf" in the password field - click the Submit button - verify that the login is successful

Then if you copy-paste that test and spend some time experimenting with it, you can probably turn it into a test that enters an incorrect password and verifies that it is unsuccessful without really doing any actual "coding". That's the best way to contribute while you come up to speed - the more cases you write, the more comfortable you will get with the language and with the framework.

If you don't have someone senior to copy off of, you can still do it, it'll just go slower. "How do I get selenium to click a button" plus an afternoon will get you well underway. Steer clear of any "programming fundamentals" - you don't need to understand classes and interfaces and the difference between "final" and "static" yet, you just need enough basic syntax to get some simple tests built so you can experiment with them.

Good luck!