A review of “The Art of Software Testing”

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I have found “The Art of Software Testing” very helpful. I thought that maybe not everyone knew it so I wrote a review of it:

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We read this in our Book reading club by Ajay Balamurugadas. So I’m aware of it. I will read your review too.

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Thank you. I find the book to be a useful reference.

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This brings back great memories for me. I found this in a library in 2003 when asked to do some UAT but given no guidance. Read it over a weekend and they were so happy with what I’d done they offered me a tester role :grinning:
It is old but has a lot of great content.

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I’ll definitely take a read.

I’d love it if someone has written or wants to write a review of the rest of the classical testing books. Something about the history, what they introduced or captured about testing during those time would be good to have a reference of.

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@mikeharris Sounds like a book to add on my reading list :slight_smile:
From all the concepts in the book, which have helped you most in your everyday testing work? And which of them are not (well) described in other books?
Do the newer chapters add value? Do they explain things that aren’t explained (as well) in other books or online resources?

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@ifs The chapter on the Philosophy and Economics of Testing provides the most enduring value for me because it is timeless. The newer chapters are interesting. The chapter about testing and extreme programming would be very useful if you were working in an XP team. I am not sure that “testing and XP” is covered elsewhere.