Software Testing Tools

Software Testing is the most important phase in any software development project, so that we can know whether our project is going to be successful or it will fail before it goes live.

Software Testing is a process used to identify the correctness, completeness and quality of developed software. In reality, testing can never establish the correctness of the software. It can only find defects. The testing process is carried out either manual or using automation tools or an effective combination of both.

Automation testing is expensive in terms of cost. It does not replace the need for manual testing or enable you to down-size your testing department. Automated testing is an addition to your testing process.

In Automation testing, tools are essential for every testing activity. It will be very difficult for any test engineer to perform all the testing activities without proper tool. There are many testing tools are available for Functional Testing, Security Testing, Unit Testing, Test Management, Test execution and Reporting.

Testing Tools are divided in to 5 Categories:

1. Open Source Tools
   a. Functional Tools
   b. Performance Tools
   c. Test Management
   d. Bug Tracking Tools

2. HP / Mercury Tools
   a. Winrunner
   b. QTP
   c. Loadrunner
   d. Quality Center

3. Borland / Segue Tools
   a. SilkTest
   b. Silk Performer

4. Rational Tools
   a. Rational Robot

5. Utility Tools
   a. PuTTy
   b. WinSCP 4.2.6

6. Other Tools
    a. TestersDesk.com
        TestersDesk.com is a FREE Online Toolkit for generating Test Data and to perform Test Design. Software Testers can           use the online tools to generate test inputs using Common Test Data Generators, reduce test combinations using         Pairwise TestCase Generator, prepare decision tables using N-way Combination Generator, and more.

    b. TestRail – Test Case Management Software
        TestRail is a comprehensive web-based test case management software to efficiently manage, track and organize your         software testing efforts. TestRail helps you manage and track your software testing efforts and organize your QA         department. Its intuitive web-based user interface makes it fun to create test cases, manage test suites and more.

    c. eggPlant - a QA Automation and Software Testing
        eggPlant is a low-overhead, non-invasive black-box test and process automation tool. Since it does not reside on the         system-under-test and is technology agnostic, it can test in many situations that other tools cannot. By using image         capture and advanced search techniques, most UI changes are not a problem... more.