B.5. Publications

The following periodicals and magazines might be of interest to those working in the areas of software and hardware testing and quality assurance. Nonprofit publishers include:

  • The Association for Computing Machinery, Communications of the ACM, www.acm.org.

  • The American Society for Quality, Quality Progress and Software Quality Professional, www.asq.org.

  • The Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) also publishes various periodicals through their Special Interest Groups that pertain to testing and quality assurance. See ieee.org.

For-profit publishers include:

  • Software Quality Engineering, Software Testing and Quality Engineering, www.stqe.net.

  • Software Dimensions, Journal for Software Testing Professionals, www.softdim.com.

  • QBIT, Professional Tester, www.qbit.com.

Of course, not all publications are on paper anymore. The following online journals and periodicals might be of interest to those working in the areas of software and hardware testing and quality assurance. Publishers include:

Many, many, many others exist. New ones come about every day. Search the Internet to find these and others. However, check out their backgrounds. Who is sponsoring the site? How do they make money? Can they offer unbiased advice?

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