Comments on: A Test Celebrity Worth Seeing And Reading! http://softwareentomologist.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/a-test-celebrity-worth-seeing-and-reading/ "Bugs Are My Life!" Sat, 13 Nov 2010 17:51:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Cap'n Dave http://softwareentomologist.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/a-test-celebrity-worth-seeing-and-reading/#comment-98 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:22:02 +0000 http://softwareentomologist.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-98 Thanks for the input Joe! It always good to hear from you.

I think “Exploratory Testing” is a great book for the novice tester. It may not be for us old guys…ok me. My recommendation would be to read this one first and then the “How to Break…” books. I even learned a thing or two!

This one is head and shoulders above any of the other test books I’ve seen on the market. Especially those written by the “4 Testers of the Apocalypse.” It’s not self-serving, boring as hell, crap that the others tend to spew. Its a good read.

Just my opinion. Take it or leave it.

]]> By: Joe Strazzere http://softwareentomologist.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/a-test-celebrity-worth-seeing-and-reading/#comment-97 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 13:07:17 +0000 http://softwareentomologist.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-97 I agree that James Whittaker seems like a nice guy. And listening to his Webinars, and reading his blog postings has been fun.

But his “Exploratory Software Testing” book? I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree here. I thought it was his weakest book by far.
http://strazzere.blogspot.com/2010/04/book-exploratory-software-testing.html

-joe

]]> By: Anonymous Coward http://softwareentomologist.wordpress.com/2010/09/01/a-test-celebrity-worth-seeing-and-reading/#comment-95 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 23:09:18 +0000 http://softwareentomologist.wordpress.com/?p=144#comment-95 Would love to see more people stand up against the conceit and superiority that drives the ego-driven world of context-driven testing.

Thanks for the post.

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