<div><div class="wsite-image wsite-image-border-none " style="padding-top:10px;padding-bottom:10px;margin-left:0px;margin-right:0px;text-align:center"> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Head-First-Java-Kathy-Sierra/dp/0596009208" target="_blank" rel="noopener"> <img src="http://qahipster.weebly.com//uploads/8/1/4/4/8144013/51gsycdh-tl-sx430-bo1-204-203-200_orig.jpg" alt="Picture" style="width:auto;max-width:100%"> </a> <div style="display:block;font-size:90%"></div> </div></div> <div class="paragraph">This week the Ministry of Testing Bloggers Club is tackling "What non-testing focussed book do you wish you’d been given on your first day testing."<br><br>I have been working in the realm of manual testing for years. Over that time I have been given a lot of lead way and have been able to do more then our average tester. This is because I took a lot of programing courses in University. Being able to look at the code and understand what is going on and understanding why something breaks has helped me loads in testing.<br><br>It allows me to find new tools, learn coding for fixing minor bugs or just figuring out a little more then the manual tester. I think all QA should have some basic understanding of Object oriented programing. Not only does it help you become a better tester your developers listen to you more. <br><br>So when you have time learn some coding. This Head First book about Java is great but you can also try <a href="https://www.codecademy.com/learn" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Codecademy</a>.</div>
