Free Learning Resources For Software Testers
An ongoing project to create a set of links to free online learning resources for new and experienced Software Testers (Click Readme.md to view).
Since computer science and IT university departments don't invariably offer dedicated software testing modules and resources are spread among various different providers linked to different methodologies, I created this project to help guide new testers into some sort of useful curriculum and collate some existing web-based resources into lists of links.
The rules I wish to implement are -
- Content must be relevant to testers
- Content must be informative and not overly "salesy"
- Content must be free of charge
(the exceptions to these being books and magazines, of which most have to be paid for, and blogs - some of which are linked to test consultancies and thus may have promotional pieces in them)
This project is very new and the more resources are added the better. I ask the testing community to help by contacting me to offer new content or fork and create a pull request. If you have any suggestions, please let me know. In the meantime, I hope you find the resources below useful.
Paul Maxwell-Walters @TestingRants, paulwalters2002@yahoo.co.uk
Introduction to Testing
The Testing Mindset (with some Logic and Philosophy)
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Agile Testing Mindset and the Role of the Agile Tester, Amir Gharai, Testing Excellence
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Philosophy for Beginners, Marianne Talbot, University of Oxford CCE
Test Design and Execution
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EuroSTAR Software Testing Video: Ten Minute Test Plan with James Whittaker
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CAST 2014 Keynote - Test Cases are Not Testing: Toward a Performance Culture
Testing Tools and Techniques
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What Testing Tools should I Learn, Mark Winteringham, Ministry of Testing
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Investing in Testing - The Importance of the Right Technique, Rex Black
Exploratory Testing
Test Automation
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Getting Started with Selenium WebDriver Pt1 (Alan Richardson, Evil Tester)
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Getting Started with Selenium Webdriver Pt2 (Alan Richardson, Evil Tester)
Test Reporting
Defect Lifecycle Management
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Bug Advocacy - How to Win Friends, Impress Programmers and Stomp Bugs, Cem Kaner
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Defect Life Cycle: Essentials of Software Testing, Jennifer Marsh, Udemy Blog
Testing in Agile
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Agile Test Planning with the Agile Testing Quadrants, Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory
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Quick Tools for Agile Testing, Lisa Crispin and Janet Gregory
Programming and Academic Computer Science
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Introduction to Computer Programming in Python, Fall 2016, MIT OpenCourseWare
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Building Dynamic Websites, David J. Malan, CS75.TV, Harvard Extension School
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CS2: Data Structures and Algorithms, Richard Buckland, University of New South Wales
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Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Peter Norvig and Sebastian Thrun, Udacity
Security and Penetration Testing
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Metasploit for Network Security Tutorials, Bucky Roberts, the New Boston
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Web Application Pen Testing tutorials with Mutillidae, IronGeek.com
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Web Pentesting Workshop with BurpSuite and Mutillidae Pt 1, Jeremy Druin
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Basic and Advanced SQL Injection Techniques, Brandon Perry, Infosec Southwest
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Ethical Hacking - Hacking for Fun and Profit!, Pentester University
Mobile Testing
Android
iOS
Developing as a Tester
Podcasts
Blogs
(In last name/company name alphabetical order to avoid order bias)
Magazines and Periodicals
Books
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Lessons Learned in Software Testing by Pettichord, Kaner, Bach.
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Perfect Software and Other Illusions about Testing by Weinberg.
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Fifty Quick Ideas to Improve Your Tests: by Gojko Adzic, David Evans and Tom Roden
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How Google Tests Software; by James A. Whittaker, Jason Arbon, Jeff Carollo
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Test Automation in the Real World: Practical Lessons for Automated Testing, Greg Paskal
Offbeat, possibly even Bonkers Stuff
Online Sessions
- https://weekendtesting.com
- Slack Channel : Women in Testing
- Skype Channel : Software testing 24 * 7
- Slack Channel : Ministry of Testing
- Slack Channel : Testers.io
Software Testing Conferences
Other Resources on Github
Tester Twitter Handles
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