Some Software Testing Websites

So many times, I go out and try searching for some thing or the other and wonder that why I can’t find a good directory of websites which provide information on software testing. So this time, I did few searches and identified few of them and thought of sharing them with all. I have not done any extensive research so I would definitely be missing lot of them but I used Google and if you dont get listed on Google then you have it.

If you do want me to include some more then comment back and I will add it here. I could not find a better way to order them so I used Google’s Page Rank for the home pages of these websites.

1. http://www.stickyminds.com/
2. http://www.testingfaqs.org/
3. http://www.testing.com/
4. http://www.softwareqatest.com/
5. http://www.sqatester.com/

http://www.stickyminds.com/
Stickyminds looks like a new world website with a more professional look-n-feel. There are various sections including a discussion board. You can also submit your own stories on software testing and probably they will get featured on main page. All the information is organized by topics. There is a ‘Events’ section which has info on seminars etc. There is a news section and you can also subscribe to their news letter. All in all a better looking one.

Stickyminds has a Page Rank of 6 which is a good PR to have.

http://www.testingfaqs.org/
The nexdt in the list is TestingFaqs which is a warehouse of testing tools, from test case management to bug tracking. Again one of those old world ones. Page Rank is 6.

http://www.testing.com/
This is more of an old world blog site of a person. The good part is that since its by a practioner and hence is more trustworthy then a site from a testing organization which might have been done by professsional writers. Look-n-feel is text-ish.

Page Rank is 6 which is good.

http://www.softwareqatest.com/
This website is run by Rick Hower who gives consulting services in the field of software QA and QC. This looks like an old site and is essentially a large bank of testing questions. The UI is old world (text-is) and there is lot of text content. I didn’t see a forum or a chat board etc. Within FAQs I was able to see information which was as recent as May 2007 so this site is definitely getting updated. The usual links like conferences-seminar info, certifications info etc are also missing. Refer this site if you want to know about software testing theory.

It has a Page Rank of 5 which is not too decent but good.

http://www.sqatester.com/
SQAtester is more of a classified + general-info site. You would find information on various tools. There is not much information on software theory. A community link which opens to a Yahoo group.

SQAtester is at Page Rank 5 so thats good but not great.

After writing all this, I realize that there is such a big need for a dedicated, rich, new world, web 2.0 software testing site and I should start to think in that direction 🙂

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