Reading List
Submitted by micahel on Wed, 08/03/2006 - 16:38.
Apoorva suggests, "[H]ow about linking to any other test/dev blogs/sites/resources that you frequent, or feel would do good for beginners/seasoned testers as a read."
I'll do this in three parts: books permanently on my bookshelf, key blogs I track, and useful websites.
Books Permanently On My Bookshelf
Testing
Testing Computer Software, Cem Kaner, Hung Quoc Nguyen, Jack Falk: This book taught me testing.
How to Break Software, James A. Whittaker: Short and sweet and jam-packed with simple ways to bring your app down in flames.
Software Design and Development
Agile Software Development, Robert C. Martin: Don't let the title fool you - this book is mostly about a core set of principles on which your software designs should be founded.
Object Thinking, David West: One of the most important books when it comes to object-oriented design.
Object Design, Rebecca Wirfs-Brock, Alan McKean: More good OOD info.
Domain Driven Design, Eric Evans: And yet more.
Design Patterns, Erich Gamma, Ralph Johnson, Richard Helm, John M. Vlissides: The famous Gang of Four design patterns book.
Head First Design Patterns, Eric Freeman, Bert Bates, Elisabeth Freeman: Sure, get the GoF book for a reference, but get this book first.
Patterns of Enterprise Application Architecture, Martin Fowler: Patterns 201, kind of.
Holub on Patterns, Allen Holub: If you can get over your shock, Allen has some very thought-provoking ideas about how software should be designed.
UML Distilled, Martin Fowler: The best UML reference I've found.
About Face: The Essentials of User Interface Design and The Inmates are Running the Asylum, Alan Cooper: Lots of good information here about how applications *should* work and the importance of understanding your customer.
User Interface Design for Programmers, Joel Spolsky: UI design explained. Joel's revising and expanding this on his website, but the original is still worth reading.
Software Process
Agile Software Development, Alistair Cockburn: The best reference I've found on the many flavors of Agile.
Software Craftsmanship, Pete McBreen: I am proud to say I am a Software Craftsman.
The Pragmatic Programmer, Andrew Hunt and David Thomas. Which is to say I am a Pragmatic Software Craftsman.
Journey of the Software Professional, Luke Hohmann: This and Jerry Weinberg's Becoming a Technical Leader (below) are required reading for anyone pursuing a technical path.
Thinking
Cracking Creativity and Thinker Toys, Michael Michalski: Great ideas for getting your creative juices flowing.
The Jerry Section
Pretty much anything by Jerry Weinberg is guaranteed to be good. My favorites:
Are Your Lights On?
Becoming a Technical Leader
An Introduction to General Systems Thinking
Secrets of Consulting
More Secrets of Consulting
What Did You Say? (with Charles N. Seashore and Edith Whitfield Seashore)
Weinberg on Writing
Blogs
Testing
Michael Bolton: Michael (no, not *that* Michael Bolton) is my favorite source of make-me-think-hard ideas in the testing world.
Jonathan Kohl: Jonathan is another deep thinker about testing coming from an Agile perspective.
James Bach: James doesn't post very often, but when he does you can be sure it'll be worth reading.
Others
Joel Spolsky: Joel has something to say regarding just about every topic remotely related to software development.
Steve Pavlina: If you're interested in improving your self - and every tester should be - Steve is a must read.
Kathy Sierra: Lots of good info about how to make great software.
Websites
http://www.stickyminds.com: Loads of good info about testing and product development. http://www.sdmagazine.com: Loads more info. http://www.developsense.com: Michael Bolton's website http://www.kohl.ca: Jonathan Kohl's website http://www.qualitytree.com: Elisabeth Hendrickson could get even your *development manager* to understand testing - and have fun doing it! http://www.satisfice.com: James Bach's website http://www.joelonsoftware.com/: Joel Spolsky's website
*** Want a fun job on a great team? I need a tester! Interested? Let's talk: Michael dot J dot Hunter at microsoft dot com. Great coding skills required.作者: archonwang 时间: 2006-3-9 17:40
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