eXtreme software testing resources page
Useful Software QA and Testing Resources.
- Open directory software testing resources Main Page
Free Software Testing Tool for Windows that every tester must have.
- A free multi-threaded link checking software to analyze web sites to find broken links. Runs on Windows 95, 98, NT, 2000, XP and Vista.
- Online HTML Validation Service from W3C http://validator.w3.org/
- most popular viewer worldwide freeware for optimization all website images.
Archive tool Open source Windows utility - 7-Zip for manipulating archives. Formats 7z, ZIP, GZIP, BZIP2 and TAR
CCleaner is a freeware system optimization, privacy and cleaning tool http://www.ccleaner.com/
FTP program - Filezilla is open source software distributed free http://filezilla-project.org/ (GNU/GPL) FTP client for Windows, Mac OS X and GNU/Linux.
Defect Tracking System Bug tracking system used by the Mozilla projects. Inherently web-based, written in Perl, and uses MySQL as its database back-end. Open-Source.
Differencing and merging tool - WinMerge is an Open Source File comparison tool for Windows. WinMerge can compare both folders and files, presenting differences in a visual text format that is easy to understand and handle. http://winmerge.org/
Notepad++ - This replaces and enhances notepad in very useful ways.( https://notepad-plus-plus.org/)
Autohotkey - If you do a lot of repetitive steps, this is the automation tool for you. (https://autohotkey.com/)
PhraseExpress - Store and recall commonly used keywords using shortcuts to save time typing the same stuff over and over again. (http://www.phraseexpress.com/)
OneNote - This is my note taking software of choice for now. Once you install it on all your devices, you can get it to sync notes to all your devices. (https://www.onenote.com/)
SumatraPDF - When you're tired of Adobe pdf asking you to update for the 200th time, you install this. (http://www.sumatrapdfreader.org/free-pdf-reader.html)
Find and Replace - When you need to find and replace keywords in a file, folder, or all subfolders recursively.( https://findandreplace.codeplex.com/)
RegexBuilder is a free simple tool which helps developers to create and test regular expressions.
Text Editor – Crimson | Free Portable USB Pen Drive Applications http://www.crimsoneditor.com/
SIW - System Information for Windows for U3 - performs computer configuration analysis and diagnostics.A small tool that fits on every USB and doesn't need to be installed.
GIMP - The free alternative to Adobe Photoshop (https://www.gimp.org/)
Examdiff - When you need to compare the difference between two files. (http://www.prestosoft.com/edp_examdiff.asp)
Windows Grep When you need to search for a keyword in file, folder, or all subfolders recursively. (http://www.wingrep.com/)
Bulk Rename - Rename files in a folder, or all subfolders recursively.( http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.php)
InCtrl5 is a piece of PC utility software for Windows computers, and is the fifth
version from the InCtrl series. The utility software monitors the changes made a computer system when new software is installed, and enabling users to troubleshoot
any problems that come up.[From Wikipedia]
Online testing tools
web accessibility evaluation tool
Google free testing tools
ACC (Attribute Component Capability) analysis
The Browser Integrated Testing Environment, or BITE ( not supported any more.)
RPF: Google’s Record Playback Framework
Test data generators
GenerateData.com: free, open GNU-licensed, random custom data generator for testing software. http://generatedata.com
Combinatorial testing tool; http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/SNS/acts/documents/comparison-report.html
Combinatorial Test Case Generation http://www.pairwise.org/default.html
Test Vector Generator (TVG) is a project-based MDI application. Basically, TVG, providing a software tester with GUI to generate combinatorial Test Vectors based on the input-output relationship, N-way coverage or randomly.
Video recording of test activities (reproduce the bug)
Free Content Management solution Plone lets non-technical people create and maintain information using only a web browser.
More software testing resourses coming soon.
Under review:
Erigami Online Tools. Free online tool for evaluating website accessibility, privacy, performance, quality.
http://checkwebsite.erigami.com/accessibility.html
Supported web standards and validations: US ADA Section 508, WCAG 1 for UK DDA and German BITV, web analytics validation, COPPA and PII, website visibility in search engines, any custom web standard including crawling AJAX web sites.
http://seleniumhq.org/ Selenium Remote Control (RC) runs your tests in multiple browsers and platforms.
[DISCLAIMER: Please be advised that downloading and installing
this software is at your own RISK. We are not responsible
for any damage or viruses you might get from using
this software.]
On this site you can find information about software testing
and automated software testing tools, recommendations for
software testing training course, list of books about software
testing with recommendations and books suggested for software
testing certification, online software testing quiz, interview
questions for software testers, software testing dictionary,
samples of software testing documentation including test case
template and more ...
Suggested technologies and tools (summer 2013)
|
Type |
Name |
Notes |
Alternatives |
|
OS |
Ubundu Linux |
Most popular Linux distro. |
OS X, Windows, BSD |
|
Text Editor |
Emacs |
Customizable with strong REPL integration |
vim, Textmate, nano, Visual Studio |
|
DVCS |
git |
Distributed version control champion. |
hg, fossil |
|
Language |
Python |
The Next Modern Language |
Javascript, Ruby, Scala, Haskell, Go |
|
Database |
PostgreSQL |
Popular/robust fully open-source relational db |
MySQL, MongoDB |