September 25, 2009

Some Testing and QA Blogs You Should Read



Blogs are a great way to quickly read what others in the Testing and QA field have to say about our profession.

Here are some good ones.  I read them often.  Perhaps you should check them out:


Matt Heusser's Blog - Testing at the Edge of Chaos
Matt is a software craftsman with an interest in testing, project management, development, how people learn and systems improvement
Matt Heusser
http://blogs.stpcollaborative.com/matt/


I.M. Testy
Treatises on the practice of software testing
Bj Rollison
http://www.testingmentor.com/imtesty/

Tooth of the Weasel
Notes and rants from Alan Page.
Alan Page

Test Obsessed
Elisabeth Hendrickson’s Thoughts on Testing, Agile, and Agile Testing
Elisabeth Hendrickson
http://testobsessed.com/

Google Testing Blog
If it ain't broke, you're not trying hard enough
http://googletesting.blogspot.com/

DevelopSense Blog
Observations on software testing and quality, by Michael Bolton
Michael Bolton
http://www.developsense.com/blog.html

James Bach’s Blog
The Consulting Software Tester
James Bach
http://www.satisfice.com/blog/


Practical QA
Common Sense Quality for the Rest of Us
Linda Wilkinson
http://www.practicalqa.com/


Abakas
I specialize in tactical QA - preventing, finding and fixing software problems no matter what the circumstances. No excuses, no problem.
Catherine Powell
http://blog.abakas.com/


Steve Rowe's Blog
Ruminations on Computing - Programming, Test Development, Management and More
Steve Rowe
http://blogs.msdn.com/steverowe/default.aspx


Exploration Through Example
Example-driven development, Agile software development, testing, Ruby, and other things of interest to Brian Marick
Brian Marick
http://www.exampler.com/blog/


Collaborative Software Testing
Jonathan Kohl's blog on software investigation
Jonathan Kohl
http://www.kohl.ca/blog/


Test This Blog - Eric Jacobson's Software Testing Blog
Refinements on the art of software testing
Eric Jacobson
http://www.testthisblog.com/


Expected Results
Testing, managing, consulting, quality and the art of motorcyle maintenance
Phil Kirkham
http://expectedresults.blogspot.com/


PractiTest QA Blog
Testing Tools & Methodologies for the Practical QA Tester
Joel Montvelisky
http://qablog.practitest.com/

Adam Goucher
Quality through Innovation
Adam Goucher
http://adam.goucher.ca/

Steve Souders - High Performance Web Sites
Steve works at Google on web performance and open source initiatives...
Steve Souders
http://stevesouders.com/

QA Hates You
You suspected it.  Now you know it.
The Director
http://www.qahatesyou.com/wordpress/

(last updated December 30, 2009)