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微软的软件测试之道(Microsoft核心技术丛书)

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Originally Published Thursday, September 10, 2009
I am really happy to announce that our book has been released in China and available on the Chinese Amazon site! This was really a monumental effort driven by my friend and colleague Kelly Zhang.
We look forward to the feedback from the Chinese testing community, and we hope [...]

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The Ultimate Desktop Reference

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Originally Published Wednesday, December 24, 2008
I have a library of books and white papers on software testing, engineering processes and management, and software development that I have read and reference quite often. For new testers I generally recommend A Practitioner’s Guide to Software Test Design by Lee Copeland, and How to Break Software: A [...]

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How We Test Software At Microsoft

Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Originally Published Saturday, December 06, 2008
This past year has been quite busy for me. Too busy. Besides trying to keep up with my busy teaching schedule, driving some key initiatives and collaborating on others, planning new course development for SDETS, I presented at 11 conferences around the world, wrote a few magazine articles, and [...]

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Tester’s Guide to Gaining ‘System’ Knowledge

Thursday, November 12, 2009

Originally Published Thursday, May 10, 2007
In retrospect, my father had the incredible foresight to introduce me to electronics at a young age. When I was in junior high we built a vacuum tube AM radio kit from Heathkit. That thing put out enough heat to warm a small apartment, but there was something satisfying about [...]

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Peopleware: A Must Read for Everyone (Especially Managers)

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

Originally Published Tuesday, October 24, 2006
I recently went to Portland, and when I am there I make it a point to always stop by Powells Book Store. They have a whole building about the size of a typical Barnes & Noble dedicated to technical books. It had been several years since I had read Peopleware: [...]

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Programming Basics for (Non-Coding) Testers

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Originally Published Monday, August 28, 2006
I suspect one reason why many testers do not learn to read or write code is because they find the initial hurdle of learning a modern programming language insurmountable. But, there is a growing demand for testers with coding skills. As software grows in size and complexity many organizations [...]

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Top 5 Recommended Books on Software Testing for New Software Testers

Tuesday, November 10, 2009

It now astounds me that some individuals can spend years in a testing role and never read a single book on the subject. I say ‘now’ because when I first started in software testing I hadn’t read a book on the subject  either. In fact, it wasn’t until I had to start teaching software testing [...]

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