Resources

Resources for Test/Dev Engineers!

Book Reviews

  • Become Your Company’s Performance Testing Yoda: Two Books to Help You Harness the Force
  • Performance Testing Guidance for Web Application
  • Metasploit – The Penetration Tester’s Guide
  • Practical Packet Analysis – Using Wireshark to Solve Real-World Network
  • The Cucumber Book – Behavior-Driven Development for Testers and Developers - this is a must read for anyone new to Behavior Driven Development even if you are not using Cucumber.

Books about Software Test Automation and Performance:

  • Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams
  • Software Test Automation– Effective Use of Test Execution Tools by Mark Fewster and Dorothy Graham, and
  • Just Enough Software Test Automation by Daniel J. Moslet and Bruce A. Posey.
  • QuickTest Professional Unplugged
  • Testing Computer Software, 2nd Edition
  • Performance Analysis for Java(TM) Websites
  • Performance Testing Microsoft .NET Web Applications (Pro-Developer)
  • J2EE Performance Testing

Books about Programming:

  • VBScript Programmer's Reference
  • Beginning C# 3.0: An Introduction to Object Oriented Programming (Wrox Beginning Guides)
  • Everyday Scripting with Ruby: For Teams, Testers, and You
  • Agile Java: Crafting Code with Test-Driven Development

My Video/Podcast Equipment 

  • Microphone: Heil PR-40 Dynamic Studio Recording Microphone
  • Mixer: Allen & Heath ZED-10FX

Website/Blogging

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