Alternative paths for self-education in Software Testing

Alternative PathsforSelf-Education In Software Testing
Markus Gärtner - http://blog.shino.de - Twitter: @mgaertne
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Education in Software Testing
My story
University studiesuntilOctober 2005
1st position as a softwaretester April 2006
1st trainingcourse in softwaretesting: October 2007
Appointed a softwaretestinggroupleadposition in September 2007!

Whoisresponsibleforyoureducation?
Youremployer?
Yoursuperior?
Yourteacher back in school?
Maybeyourhusband/wife?
Yourkids?

Whoisresponsibleforyoureducation?
No!

YOU!
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Feedback
Start a personal blogor private journal
Write an article
Contribute to mailinglists
Involveyourself in social media
Twitter
LinkedIn
Software Testing Club
Weekend Testing

Learn to program
Scriptinglanguages: Ruby, Python, Groovy
Design Patterns
Technology: TDD, Mocking
Pairing
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Hypothesis vs. Synthesis
Hypothesis
Books
Rapid Software Testing
Black-box software testing
Buccaneer-scholar
Synthesis
Black-box software testing
Testing Dojos & Challenges
Weekend Testing
Miagi-Do school
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Books
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Rapid Software Testing
Developedby James Bach and Michael Bolton
Taughtas a course, but slidesavailable online:
http://www.satisfice.com/rst.pdf
Contents include:
Whatistesting?
The Heuristic Test
Strategy Model
Heuristics, Oracles
andthetester‘smind
… andmuchmore
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Black-box Software Testing
Developedby Cem Kanerand James Bach
Online coursesby AST
Videos online available:
http://www.testingeducation.org/BBST/
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Black-box Software Testing
Bug advocacy
Testingtechniques
Domain testing
Scenario testing
Functiontesting
Risk-basedtesting
Combinationtesting
Specification-basedtesting
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Buccaneer-scholar
Bookby James Bach
Learning heuristics
SACKED SCOWS
Long Leash Heuristic
Obsessand Forget Heuristic
Procrastinateand Push Heuristic
… are just some of theunderlyingprinciples
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TestingChallenges
Testingchallenges
Practicalexercise of testingskills
Haveinternet will test:http://www.satisfice.com/blog/archives/322
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TestingDojos
Similar to CodingDojos
Collaboration
Save Environment
Deliberate Practice
Content:
Single Testing vs. PairedTesting
Test this, Evaluate Tools, Learnnewapproaches
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Weekend Testing
Testing on theweekend online
Typicalsession:
1 hourPracticaltesting
1 hourDiscussion
Content:
Test this
Evaluatetools
Learnnewapproaches
Watch out for traps!

Miagi-Do School of Software Testing
Foundedby Matt Heusser
Non-commercial, zero-profit
Improvetestingskill
Through practice
Belt system
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Summary
Educationisyourrepsonsibility
Different styles
Feedback
Hypothesis
Synthesis
Youmayhavepreferencesforoneortheother, butyoushouldapply as much as possible

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