How to test like Leonardo da Vinci - Software Testing Resources
Leonardo da Vinci had an unrelenting quest for continuous learning. A daVincian tester should continuously learn from experts, peers and all other resources he/she can find.
To get started, here are a few good resources:
Books:
The Art of Software Testing by Glenford Myers (John Wiley & Sons, 1979)
One of the oldest books on software testing ruled the "Software Testing" books arena for years
The Craft of Software Testing by Brian Marick (Prentice Hall, 1995)
A decent introduction book. The author posts interactive updates on www.rstcorp.com/marick )
Testing Computer Software by Cem Kaner (The Coriolis Group, 1993)
One of the most prolific and popular books on software testing, which has been adopted as the standard book by many software companies.
Black Box Testing by Boris Beizer (John Wiley & Sons, 1993)
One of the most methodical and prescriptive books with great examples, including graph techniques to test programs.
The Complete Guide to Software Testing (John Wiley & Sons, 1993)
Talks about life-cycle of a program and testing.
How to Break Software: A Practical Guide to Testing by James Whittaker(Addison Welsley, 2002)
A comparatively short(200 + pages) with pragmatic approach to testing.
Online resources:
www.io.com/~wazmo/qa
www.mtsu.edu/~storm
www-cse.ucsd.edu/users/howden
http://blogs.msdn.com/chappell/archive/2004/03/26/97003.aspx
http://blogs.msdn.com/chappell/articles/106056.aspx
http://www.kaner.com/pdfs/testarch.pdf
http://blogs.msdn.com/ppelland/
Testing careers at Microsoft:
http://weblogs.asp.net/jobsblog/archive/2004/03/23/95037.aspx
Please share any more resources, that you may know.
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