Sunday, August 28, 2011

Good reads for software testers

I asked my software testing friends on twitter what they thought were good reads for software testers. So far I got these suggestions:





@Pandameisje Good reads: kaner.com, developsense.com, @geraldmweinberg books @sgershon @testsidestory : Start here: http://www.ayeconference.com/test-trimming-a-fable-about-testing/ (by @testertested PradeepSoundararajan)


@pandameisje I definitely second @testertested's suggestions. I'd add Lessons Learned in sw testing. + many books that are NOT abt testing (by @TestSideStory Zeger Van Hese)


@Pandameisje @rvansteenbergen Lessons Learned in Software Testing by @jamesmarcusbach. The basis for critical thinking for testers! (by @agiletesterNL Anko Tijman)


@agiletesterNL @Pandameisje Yes. That's a really good start. And of course testen 2.0 tells you all about testing within agile teams
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@Pandameisje Well, thr R sum favorite books of me on testevents.com & read testblogs (I mention my favs in my newsletter of chickenwings)
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@Pandameisje @agiletesternl Also a lot of good free testmagazines out there, with "tales from the trenches". Lot of practical usable info (by @rvansteenbergen Rob van Steenbergen)

@Pandameisje start with book perfect software by g. Weinberg.or abt context driven testing.why:"to get head straight about testing.." j bach (by @JeroenRo Jeroen Rosink)

@Pandameisje Alice in Wonderland is a good read for a tester! Seriously! The pragmatic programmer is very good, not only for programmers. (by @ola_hylten Ola Hyltén)

Of course I had to ask Ola, why Alice in wonderland?
This was his response:
Alice is confronted with things she doesn't understand and is forced to figure out new ways. I find many passages useful. If you don't find Alice useful, try something else :) There are no right or wrong here. If u can use it, do it, if not, don't

If I get more replies I'll add them here,
and when you have more suggestions feel free to add them as a comment (I will add it as clickable links if they are references to websites...)

I also found these sites via twitter, I think these might be very useful suggestions as well:
For junior (and also more senior) testers:
http://simonsaysnomore.wordpress.com/2011/08/28/good-start-for-a-junior-tester/
Suggestions by @testingclub:
A beginning to a testing career -http://www.softwaretestingclub.com/forum/topics/a-beginning-to-a-testing-career

Mieke

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