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April 30, 2014 at 2:18 pm #1531@emmaconnorOnly available when logged in
What are the top Software Testing books you would recommend, in what order and why?
April 30, 2014 at 4:29 pm #1532@huibschootsOnly available when logged inMy favorite testing books? Last year I did a poll and asked many (context-driven) testers what their most popular books are. The list can be found on my blog: popular books for testers.
What you should be reading depends on what you are ready to learn about next, and that varies from person to person.
My personal list is:
Lessons Learned in Software Testing – Cem Kaner, James Bach, Brett Petticord
Perfect Software and other Illusions about Software Testing – Gerald M. Weinberg
The Little Black Book on Test Design – Rikard Edgren
How to Break Software – James A. Whittaker
Explore It! – Elisabeth Hendrickson
A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design – Lee Copeland
Testing Computer Software – Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, Hung Q. Nguyen
Beautiful Testing – Tim Riley & Adam Goucher
How to reduce the cost of software testing – Matthew Heusser and Govind Kulkarni
Domain Testing Workbook – Cem Kaner, Sowmya Padmanabhan, Doug Hoffman
Foundations of Software Testing: A BBST Workbook –> still to be read, course is awesome. Book must be good 😀“Non-testing” books
a testereverybody in IT should read:
Thinking fast and slow – Daniel Kahneman
Tacit and Explicit Knowledge – Harry Collins
The Black Swan – Nassim Nicholas Taleb
An introduction to general systems thinking – Gerald M Weinberg
Quality Software Management Vol. 1-4 – Gerald M. Weinberg
Secrets of Consulting – Gerald M. Weinberg
The Leprechauns of Software Engineering – Laurent BossavitMay 2, 2014 at 12:02 pm #1553@ard-kramerOnly available when logged inIn addition to Huib (In Holland we say, he mowed the lawn before my feet away) I just read (again) the tester’s pocketbook” of Paul Gerrard. This little book also starts you think: how can I of how am I doing my job as tester. This perpective is always a good starting point for learning and retrospective on what you are doing.
March 5, 2015 at 2:54 pm #7060@ronanOnly available when logged inHas anyone read anything that they would add to this list from 2014?
I see the most popular software testing book on Amazon for 2014 was Peter Kim’s The Hacker Guide: Practical Guide to Penetration Testing
A few books about BDD were popular as well , this one by John Smart in particular.
June 24, 2016 at 1:58 pm #12574@ronanOnly available when logged inI thought this was a nice resource.
A list of freely available software testing books.
June 29, 2016 at 10:57 am #12627@andrei-domutaOnly available when logged inI am currently reading Gerald M. Weinberg’s ‘Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing’
The book is fabulous. It’s definitely empowering software testers to promote their workJuly 13, 2016 at 4:07 pm #13005@ronanOnly available when logged inI am currently reading Gerald M. Weinberg’s ‘Perfect Software: And Other Illusions about Testing’
The book is fabulous. It’s definitely empowering software testers to promote their workThat’s always been mentioned by people when I ask about testing books they recommend.
July 13, 2016 at 5:29 pm #13006@sysmodOnly available when logged inI have these old books on my shelf. I can post them to anyone in Ireland if they pay the postage (c. 8 euro each) (or hand them over at the next SoftTest event on Aug 18 featuring Mark Fewster )
Black-Box Testing, Boris Beizer, 1995
Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement, Lewis, 2000
Lessons Learned in Software Testing, Kaner+Bach+Pettichord, 2001
Software testing, a guide to the TMap Approach, Pol+Teunissen+Veenendaal, 2002July 13, 2016 at 6:08 pm #13007@gabyekeOnly available when logged inThe first book i’ve read about software testing is: Lessons Learned in Software Testing (Cem Kaner, James Bach, Brett Petticord). My passion about testing originates since then! 🙂
July 20, 2016 at 8:19 am #13082@ronanOnly available when logged inI have these old books on my shelf. I can post them to anyone in Ireland if they pay the postage (c. 8 euro each) (or hand them over at the next SoftTest event on Aug 18 featuring Mark Fewster )
Black-Box Testing, Boris Beizer, 1995
Software Testing and Continuous Quality Improvement, Lewis, 2000
Lessons Learned in Software Testing, Kaner+Bach+Pettichord, 2001
Software testing, a guide to the TMap Approach, Pol+Teunissen+Veenendaal, 2002That’s a very generous offer Patrick. We might take you up on your offer for the Book Club that will be happening at the EuroSTAR Conference this year.
July 21, 2016 at 9:53 pm #13143@eviltesterOnly available when logged inMy absolute favourite book has not been mentioned.
“Software Testing Techniques” by Boris Beizer
I studied this book.
It took me a few months but I went through this several times. I worked through every exercise.
I raised a defect with Mister Beizer and he pointed out I was wrong, I had not spotted a flaw in the exercise.
I learned tonnes with this book.
I have read it several times.
I own two copies.
Alan
October 16, 2016 at 6:03 pm #13978@archanaOnly available when logged inLessons Learned in Software Testing is one of my favorites too
October 19, 2016 at 10:23 am #14001@augusto-evangelistiOnly available when logged inI would suggest the 2 Crispin, Gregory books if you are interested in agile testing
Agile testing
More Agile Testing
October 27, 2016 at 1:50 pm #14112@testssonOnly available when logged inI can definitely recommend the series “50 quick ideas…“, books you can return to again and again.
- “50 quick ideas to improve your user stories” by Gojko Adzic and David Evans
- “50 quick ideas to improve your tests” by Gojko Adzic and David Evans
- “50 quick ideas to improve your retrospectives” by Tom Roden and Ben Williams
“How Google Tests Software” by James Whittaker, Jason, Arbon and Jeff Carallo – Direct and informative
“Continuous Delivery” by Jez Humble and David Farley. Gives good insight when moving towards Test Ops.
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