# Whatcha Reading? **URL:** \ **Category:** Archive\ **Tags:** learning, automation, career-development, resources\ **Created:** [26 October 2020 09:08 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whatcha-reading/44269 "2020-10-26T09:08:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![beardedtester](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/beardedtester/32/7762_2.png) [@beardedtester](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/beardedtester)\ **Post date:** [26 October 2020 09:08 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whatcha-reading/44269/1 "2020-10-26T09:08:49Z")
Hi, Been attempting to learn automation over the last 12 months, and looking for an idea of any suggested reading? Books, Blogs, Pamphlets or even Post it notes that would help. What help you and why. Also happy for anyone to self promote lol. ---
**Author:** ![han\_toan\_lim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/han_toan_lim/32/7551_2.png) [@han\_toan\_lim](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/han_toan_lim)\ **Post date:** [28 October 2020 12:46 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whatcha-reading/44269/2 "2020-10-28T12:46:10Z")
Interesting blogs are written by: - Angie Jones, who has a clear way to explain test automation: [https://angiejones.tech](https://angiejones.tech) - Bas Dijkstra, who focuses on good quality test automation code and purpose: [http://www.ontestautomation.com](http://www.ontestautomation.com) - Maaret Pyhäjärvi, who is combining exploratory testing and test automation: [https://visible-quality.blogspot.com](https://visible-quality.blogspot.com) (She is active on Twitter.) On my blog I wrote several series about test automation using Java: - Find In The Room serie is about finding elements and tackling flaky tests. The first blog post is: [https://mindfultester.com/find-the-button-in-the-room](https://mindfultester.com/find-the-button-in-the-room) - TDD in Test Automation serie is about the use of Test Driven Development in test automation. The first blog post is: [https://mindfultester.com/fast-forwarding-slow-down](https://mindfultester.com/fast-forwarding-slow-down) - Visual TDD in Test Automation is about the combination of Visual Testing, Test Driven Development, and Test Automation. The first blog post is: [https://mindfultester.com/visual-tdd-in-test-automation-part-1](https://mindfultester.com/visual-tdd-in-test-automation-part-1) I also wrote some posts about performance tests: > **[Performance techie | Mindful tester](https://mindfultester.com/category/performance-techie/)** ---
**Author:** ![sjprior](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/sjprior/32/7922_2.png) [@sjprior](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/sjprior)\ **Post date:** [29 October 2020 07:10 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whatcha-reading/44269/3 "2020-10-29T07:10:59Z")
With automation, I would agree with the suggested blogs by Angie and Bas, but you really can’t get better than being hands on. I’d recommend going through the free (They’re all free!) courses on Test Automation University site. > **[Test Automation University | Applitools](https://testautomationu.applitools.com/)** ---
**Author:** ![alihill](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/alihill/32/7301_2.png) [@alihill](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/alihill)\ **Post date:** [29 October 2020 09:38 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whatcha-reading/44269/4 "2020-10-29T09:38:14Z")
Breaking the rules a bit, because I’ve not read it myself yet - but I’ve ordered a copy of this. Looks really interesting: [Journey Through Test Automation Patterns - Dorothy Graham and Seretta Gambit](https://www.amazon.co.uk/Journey-through-Test-Automation-Patterns/dp/1727504887) ---
**Author:** ![beardedtester](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/beardedtester/32/7762_2.png) [@beardedtester](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/beardedtester)\ **Post date:** [29 October 2020 13:13 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whatcha-reading/44269/5 "2020-10-29T13:13:58Z")
Cheers, TAU is great I have been working my way through that. ---
**Author:** ![jesper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/jesper/32/8341_2.png) [@jesper](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/jesper)\ **Post date:** [31 October 2020 09:36 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whatcha-reading/44269/6 "2020-10-31T09:36:15Z")
Book: The DevOps Handbook by Kim, Humble, Debois & Willis. It might be a tad dated, it’s from 2016…, but it sets the scene for all things devOps. ---
**Author:** ![han\_toan\_lim](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/club.ministryoftesting.com/han_toan_lim/32/7551_2.png) [@han\_toan\_lim](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/u/han_toan_lim)\ **Post date:** [9 November 2020 07:15 UTC](https://club.ministryoftesting.com/t/whatcha-reading/44269/7 "2020-11-09T07:15:43Z")
A few years ago I wrote a blog post serie about the combination of TDD, Test Driven Development, and BDD, Behaviour Driven Development. The first blog post is: > **[Being Sidetracked – Part 1 | Mindful tester](https://mindfultester.com/being-sidetracked-part-1/)** Last week I figured out why BDD is applicable in this context. The purpose of the application was to process files according to a regulation. The business rules were described in a way that it was readable for business analysts.