Owing to the lack of time we always trying to find appropriate sources to get information. I’ll share the list of influencers, blogs, Twitter accounts, communities, and podcasts to follow to keep yourself on track with software testing news, trends, ideas, and opinions.
Testing Blogs
Here is a list of some blogs I follow. The reasons are clear, authors have various experiences, ideas to share, and topics to discuss. The content is well written, it’s always a lot of things to think about.
- James Bach Satisfice blog
- Michael Bolton DevelopSense blog
- Joe Colantonio TestGuid blog
- Lisa Crispin blog
- Janet Gregory blog
- Bas Dijkstra OnTestAutomation
- Paul Grizzaffi Responsible Automation
- Alan Richardson Evil Tester
Newsletters
A newsletter is the best way to track different blogs from different sources. The variety of authors and topics is fascinating. If you don’t have enough time – following a newsletter is the best option.
- Software Testing Weekly
- Ministry of Testing Blog Feed
- Trending in Testing
- Software Testing Notes
- Five for Friday
You’ll find the same articles in different news aggregators from time to time, let’s be honest, it’s almost impossible to read all the blogs mentioned. But anyway it’s a good idea to look through the titles and pick several articles to read.
Twitter accounts
Why do I consider Twitter a useful source? Because it’s not only about articles and stories. There is a lot of info related to different testing events, news, and tools. Short messages do not take too much time to overview.
Of course, I’m following all the authors from the Testing Blogs section, so there is no point to duplicate their names here. But here is a list of some other valuable accounts:
- Angie Jones
- Ilari Henrik Aegerter
- Andrey Ladutko
- Testing References
- Blake Norrish
- Nicola Lindgren
- Maaret Pyhäjärvi
Software Testing Communities
The community is not only about reading, it’s more about participating, and sharing ideas and impressions.
- StickMinds is probably the oldest community I know. It has a lot of articles covering different areas, and an awesome Q&A section
- Ministry of Testing is a friendly testing community that has a lot of valuable content and offers even more with member subscription
Podcasts
The podcast trend continues to grow each year. They are easy to access, multitask-friendly, and provide a lot of information covering different topics. Here is my top podcasts list:
- TestGuild
- The Evil Tester Show
- TestingPeers
- Ministry Of Testing
- The Guilty Tester
- Qualitest: The testing show
- AB Testing
Corporate Blogs
Technology leader companies have corporate blogs where a lot of useful information for Test Engineers could be found. I do not read those blogs all the time, but following them helps to understand Test industry trends. The list of companies who has tech blog could be much longer, but I’ve decided to focus on the top 5 from my point of view
Additional
Of course, my list of information sources does not cover all possible choices. For example, the are plenty of influencers on Linkedin, I just don’t use it often and decided not to put it on my recommendation list. There are plenty of awesome authors on Medium: Michael Bright, Omar Elgabry, Blake Norrish, Alan Richardson — EvilTester.com, The Test Lead, Luís Soares, and many others.
And last, but not least I recommend you to follow blogs that cover not only testing aspects(it could be developers, management, or general IT blog). I strongly recommend these two:
Conclusion
As you can see, there are plenty of options and various sources of information nowadays. The main challenge is to get the most valuable for you in the current moment and find enough time to consume and work on the information you get. Some of the authors provide more serious content, some of them are easier to read, but anyway you have a lot of options to choose from. If you think I forgot someone valuable to add, please drop a comment.
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