# SWTC Belfast - Designing Tests **URL:** \ **Category:** Archive\ **Created:** [26 March 2019 17:56 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/swtc-belfast-designing-tests/24164 "2019-03-26T17:56:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![heather\_reid](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/heather_reid/32/29_2.png) [@heather\_reid](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/heather_reid)\ **Post date:** [26 March 2019 17:56 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/swtc-belfast-designing-tests/24164/1 "2019-03-26T17:56:56Z")
Hey folks, bit delayed with this one! Thank you again for joining us at the Software Testing Clinic in Belfast. ![IMG_20190320_192815899](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ministryoftesting/original/2X/1/1dac8d3e7a2786bf5897674373609bc9a3502094.jpeg) ![IMG_20190320_201029614](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/uploads/ministryoftesting/original/2X/2/24805e44c16a1ba9fa367c93d120f689a9d9ee75.jpeg) The charters for the exercise Some resources mentioned during the evening: - Elisabeth Hendricksons book: [https://pragprog.com/book/ehxta/explore-it](https://pragprog.com/book/ehxta/explore-it) - Cem Kaner on Oracles [http://kaner.com/?p=190](http://kaner.com/?p=190) - FEW HICCUPS [https://www.developsense.com/blog/2012/07/few-hiccupps/](https://www.developsense.com/blog/2012/07/few-hiccupps/) - Katrina Clokie about heuristics and oracles [http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2014/09/heuristics-and-oracles.html](http://katrinatester.blogspot.com/2014/09/heuristics-and-oracles.html) - BBST Foundations course [https://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/courses/foundations/](https://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/courses/foundations/) - RST course [https://www.developsense.com/courses.html](https://www.developsense.com/courses.html) If you’ve found any others you’d like to share, please add them to the thread 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![christianfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@christianfield](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/christianfield)\ **Post date:** [29 March 2019 16:42 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/swtc-belfast-designing-tests/24164/2 "2019-03-29T16:42:10Z")
Here’s a very recent review of the BBST (Black Box Software Testing) Foundations course run by AST: > **[My experience with the AST BBST Foundations Course](https://mikethetesternz.wordpress.com/2019/03/25/my-experience-with-the-ast-bbst-foundations-course/)** > > I’ve recently completed the 4 week BBST Foundations through the AST – here’s what I thought about the whole thing ---
**Author:** ![christianfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@christianfield](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/christianfield)\ **Post date:** [9 April 2019 15:44 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/swtc-belfast-designing-tests/24164/3 "2019-04-09T15:44:59Z")
I spotted a webinar on Oracles coming up next month: > **[Webinar: The Often Overlooked Test Oracle: The Key to More Powerful Testing...](https://www.associationforsoftwaretesting.org/2019/04/02/webinar-overlooked-test-oracle-with-doug-hoffman/)** > > Doug will discuss Test Oracles and how they are they key to more powerful testing sign up here: [https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6619211029995126019](https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/6619211029995126019) ---
**Author:** ![alexm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/alexm/32/5405_2.png) [@alexm](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/alexm)\ **Post date:** [10 April 2019 15:01 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/swtc-belfast-designing-tests/24164/4 "2019-04-10T15:01:40Z")
Let’s not forget the big list of naughty strings > **[minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings](https://github.com/minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings)** > > The Big List of Naughty Strings is a list of strings which have a high probability of causing issues when used as user-input data. - minimaxir/big-list-of-naughty-strings