Software Test Tools - TESTGUI

Kind of Tool


Automated testing of GUI applications for IBM, Microsoft & Oracle platforms

Organization

Original Software

http://www.origsoft.com/

Software Description

TestGUI offers unrivalled GUI test automation for the IBM iSeries (AS/400), SQL Server, MS Access and Oracle platforms.

• Detailed testing of all Windows applications
• Intelligent interrogation of individual screen elements
• Complete understanding of Jwalk?, Cool:Plex, Delphi and Visual Lansa, Visual Basic and C++ object classes
• Also supports Microsoft.Net and VideoSoft Flexgrid controls
• Fast-start function & regression testing
• Full verification of underlying batch & interactive processes for the AS/400
• Dramatic increase in applications quality and performance

Platforms

AS/400, SQL Server, Oracle, MS Access

Web Development Testing Tools - W3C Validation Services

W3C is THE standard in all of web validation. The W3C Validator looks into the markup of any website and display errors based on industry standards. It comes in over a dozen languages and a dozen varieties. Here are some of the most important validators:


- W3C Markup Validation
- W3C CSS Validation
- W3C mobileOK Checker
- W3C Link Checker
- W3C Feed Validation Service

These tools are designed to make websites as fast and bug-free as possible by detecting problems early. At the very least, they will let a developer know whether or not he or she needs to scream at Internet Explorer 6 for a while.

Software Test Tools - AUTOTESTER FOR WINDOWS

Kind of Tool
GUI Test Driver
Organization
AutoTester Inc.
http://www.autotester.com/
Software Description

AutoTester for Windows is an automated testing solution designed for the creation, execution and documentation of automated tests for Windows 3.x. NT, and 95 applications.

Platforms

Windows 3.X, Windows 95, Windows NT

Software Test Tools - ABBOT

Kind of Tool
Java GUI test framework (freeware)
Organization
Timothy Wall
http://abbot.sourceforge.net/
Software Description

The Abbot framework is a Java library that provides methods to reproduce user actions and examine the state of GUI components. Improving upon the very rudimentary functions provided by the java.awt.Robot class (A Better 'Bot). The framework may be invoked directly from Java code or accessed without programming through the use of scripts. It is suitable for use both by developers for unit tests and QA for functional testing.

Distributed under the GNU LGPL.
Platforms
Platforms supported by Java.

Software Test Tools - Seapine Software

Seapine's software development and testing tools streamline your development process, saving you significant time and money. Enjoy feature-rich tools that are flexible enough to work in any software development environment. With Seapine integrated tools, every step in the development process feeds critical information into the next step, letting you focus on developing high quality software in less time.
Seapine Website http://www.seapine.com/
Seapine Software Software Test Tools

QA Wizard - Incorporating a user friendly interface with integrated data and a robust scripting engine. It adapts easily to new and evolving technologies and can be mastered in a short period of time. The result--you deliver higher quality software faster.

Software Test Tools - Candela Technologies

Candela Technologies provides powerful and affordable Ethernet traffic generation equipment featuring large port counts in a compact form factor.

Candela Website http://www.candelatech.com/

Candela Technologies Software Test Tools

LANforge FIRE - LANforge now has better support of Microsoft Windows operating systems. Please see the bottom of this file for details on the supported features. LANforge on Linux is still the most precise, featureful, and highest performing option.

Software Test Tool - AccordSQA

Leading the revolution in business process optimization through true-automation in quality assurance. Break through the programming wall with next-generation test automation technology and accelerate your Time-to-Quality™.


AccordSQA Website http://www.accordsqa.com/

AccordSQA Software Test Tools

SmarteScript - First functional and regression testing tool built on next-generation technology. Powered by the patent pending Grid-Visualization Engine™, SmarteScript empowers the AccordSQA user with the ability to incorporate the business logic of their application directly into the testing process through Smarte Process Optimization™ – the true test of software quality and performance. The result is the highest level of quality assurance for the most complex of software applications. Simply comprehensive testing.

Software Test Tools - Dynamic Memory Solutions

DMS software is focused on Quality Tools for Software Development. DMS is headquartered in Connecticut, USA and is privately owned.


Website http://www.dynamic-memory.com/

Dynamic Memory Solutions Software Test Tools

Dynamic Profile - The Dynamic Profile delivers the Unix Performance information your staff needs to keep your software running fast. All too often, production jobs run slower than predicted for some reason. A storm of conjecture and blames ensues regarding the diagnosis of the problem. Is it the new patch, the database, the network, a disk, ...? With the Dynamic Profile your operations staff can gather key information to diagnose the problem.

Dynamic Profile - The Dynamic Profile delivers the Unix Performance information your staff needs to keep your software running fast. All too often, production jobs run slower than predicted for some reason. A storm of conjecture and blames ensues regarding the diagnosis of the problem. Is it the new patch, the database, the network, a disk, ...? With the Dynamic Profile your operations staff can gather key information to diagnose the problem.

Dynamic Leak Check for UNIX - Dynamic Memory Solutions offers a complete solution to memory leak problems in the UNIX environment. Primarily targeted at medium to large software companies, Dynamic Leak Check makes leak detection easy and fast. Your programmers, testers and operations team can improve software quality, lower support costs, and increase customer satisfaction simply by using Dynamic Leak Check. The tool is so effective that our customers often experience an immediate total Return On Investment.

Dynamic Code Coverage - The Dynamic Code Coverage user guide may be downloaded by clicking on this link: User Guide Dynamic Code Coverage allows your team to identify untested portions of your code. This measurement leads to more effective testing. Effective testing a cornerstone of software quality. By using, Dynamic Code Coverage your team will improve your software quality immediately.

Dynamic Debug - Dynamic Debug identifies and pinpoints a wide variety of memory errors including:
Overflow errors on heap, stack, global and shared memory.
New/delete, malloc/free errors. C/C++ has a large variety of errors associated with heap memory interfaces.
Interface errors to standard libraries e.g. strcpy, printf
Uninitialized memory access
Accessing memory after free/delete
Null Pointer problems
I/O problems

Software Test Tools - WinPerl

winperl.com is a small company with a simple nice product called WinPerl++/GUIdo.
WinPerl Website http://www.winperl.com/

winperl.com Software Test Tools

WinPerl++/GUIdo - A suite of tools written to solve the need for a Windows UI automation tool with an easy to learn and use scripting language. For this reason, the Perl programming language was chosen. Winperl is a collection of windows dll's, Perl modules, developer UI and related tools which make its use in various environments possible. The WinPerl++ a.k.a GUIdo tool suite is ideal for the following purposes:

- Windows UI application automation.
- Corporate SQA application test efforts.
- Ideal for automating repetitive tasks.
- IT functions to eliminate human interaction.

Software Test Tools - Parasoft

Parasoft is the leading provider of innovative solutions that automatically identify and prevent software errors from reoccurring in the development and QA process. For more than 15 years, this privately held company has delivered easy-to-use, scalable and customizable error prevention tools and methodologies through its portfolio of leading brands, including, Jtest, C++test, Insure++ and SOAtest.


Parasoft Website http://www.parasoft.com/

Parasoft Software Test Tools

WebKing - An automated Web application testing product that automates the most critical Web verification practices: static analysis, functional/regression testing, and load testing.

Jtest - An automated Java unit testing and coding standard analysis product. It automatically generates and executes JUnit tests for instant verification, and allows users to extend these tests. In addition, it checks whether code follows over 500 coding standard rules and automatically corrects violations of over 200 rules.

C++test - An automated C/C++unit testing and coding standard analysis product. It automatically generates and executes unit tests for instant verification, and allows users to customize and extend these tests as needed. In addition, it checks whether code follows over 700 coding standard rules

SOAtest - An automated Web services testing product that allows users to verify all aspects of a Web service, from WSDL validation, to unit and functional testing of the client and server, to performance testing. SOA Test addresses key Web services and SOA development issues such as interoperability, security, change management, and scalability.

.TEST - An automated unit testing and coding standard analysis product that tests classes written on the Microsoft® .NET Framework without requiring developers to write a single test case or stub.

Software Test Tools - AutoTester

AutoTester was founded in 1985 and was the first automated test tool company. Since its inception, AutoTester has continually led the automated software testing industry with its innovative and powerful testing tools designed to help customers worldwide with e-business, SAP R/3, ERP, and Windows software quality initiatives.


AutoTester Website http://www.autotester.com/

AutoTester Software Test Tools

AutoTester ONE - Functional, regression, and systems integration testing of Windows, Client Server, Host/Legacy, or Web applications. Provides true end-to-end testing of applications.

Software Test Tools - OpenSTA

OpenSTA is a distributed software testing architecture designed around CORBA, it was originally developed to be commercial software by CYRANO. The current toolset has the capability of performing scripted HTTP and HTTPS heavy load tests with performance measurements from Win32 platforms. However, the architectural design means it could be capable of much more.


OpenSTA Website http://www.opensta.org/

The OpenSTA toolset is Open Source software licensed under the GNU GPL (General Public License), this means it is free and will always remain free.

Software Test Tools - Empirix

Empirix is the leading provider of integrated testing and management solutions for Web and voice applications and VoIP networks.

Empirix Website http://www.empirix.com/

Empirix Software Test Tools

e-TEST suite - A powerful, easy-to-use application testing solution that ensures the quality, performance, and reliability of your Web applications and Web Services. This integrated, full lifecycle solution allows you to define and manage your application testing process, validate application functionality, and ensure that your applications will perform under load. With e-TEST suite, you can deploy your Web applications and Web Services in less time while maximizing the efficiency of your testing team.

e-Manager Enterprise - A comprehensive test management solution that allows you to plan, document, and manage the entire application testing process. Its intuitive, Web-based interface and integrated management modules allow you to set up a customized testing process to fit the needs of your organization.

e-Tester - A flexible, easy-to-use solution for automated functional and regression testing of your Web applications and Web Services. It provides the fastest way to create automated scripts that emulate complex Web transactions. e-Tester then allows you to use these scripts for automated functional and regression testing. The same scripts can also be used in e-Load for load and performance testing and in OneSight for post-deployment application management.

e-Load - A powerful solution that enables you to easily and accurately test the performance and scalability of your Web applications and Web Services. Using e-Load you can simulate hundreds or thousands of concurrent users, executing real business transactions, to analyze how well your Web applications will perform under load. It also allows you to monitor the performance of your back-end application infrastructure, during your load test, to identify bottlenecks and help you tune application performance. e-Load is fully accessible via a Web browser interface, which enables testers and developers to collaborate during the application testing and tuning process.

Software Test Tools - Facilita

Forecast by Facilita is mainly used for performance testing but functionally it is as strong as the other performance tools and the cost saving is usually at least 50% less.


Facilita Website http://www.facilita.com/

Facilita Software Test Tools

forecast - The Load and Performance Test Tool. A non-intrusive tool for system load testing, performance measurement and multi-user functional testing. Load test your enterprise infrastructure by simulating thousands of users performing realistic user actions.

Software Test Tools - Segue

Segue Software is a global leader dedicated to delivering quality optimization solutions that ensure the accuracy and performance of enterprise applications. Today Segue® solutions are successfully meeting the quality optimization challenges of more than 2,000 customers around the world, including 61% of the Fortune 100. Our results-oriented approach helps our customers optimize quality every step of the way.


Anyone who has used SilkTest along side any of the other test tools will agree that this is the most function rich out the box. However the learning curve (if you have no programming experience) is the steepest. In my opinion it provides the most robust facilities; an object map, test recovery facilities and object-based development language. Segue's performance test tool SilkPerformer also performs very well compared to it's rivals e.g. LoadRunner, LoadTest, etc.

Segue Website see http://www.segue.com/.

Segue Software Test Tools

SilkCentral Test Manager - Automate your testing process for optimal quality and productivity. SilkCentral Test Manager is an all-inclusive test management system that builds quality and productivity into the testing process to speed the delivery of successful enterprise applications. It lets you plan, document and manage each step of the testing cycle from capturing and organizing key business requirements, tracing them through execution … designing the optimal test plans … scheduling tests for unattended execution … tracking the progress of manual and automated tests … identifying the features at risk … and assessing when the application is ready to go live.

SilkCentral Issue Manager - Resolve issues quickly & reliably by automating the tracking process. An estimated 80% of all software costs is spent on resolving application defects. With SilkCentral™ Issue Manager, you can reduce the cost and speed the resolution of defects and other issues throughout the entire application lifecycle. SilkCentral Issue Manager features a flexible, action-driven workflow that adapts easily to your current business processes and optimizes defect tracking by automatically advancing each issue to its next stage. Its Web user interface provides 24x7x365 access to a central repository of all defect-related information - simplifying usage among geographically dispersed groups and promoting collaboration among different departments. Meanwhile insightful reports enable you to determine project readiness based on the status of important issues.

SilkTest - Meet the time-to-market & quality goals of enterprise applications. SilkTest is the industry-leading automated tool for testing the functionality of enterprise applications in any environment. It lets you thoroughly verify application reliability within the confines of today's short testing cycles by leveraging the accuracy, consistency and time-saving benefits of Segue's automated testing technology. Designed for ease of use, SilkTest includes a host of productivity-boosting features that let both novice and expert users create functional tests quickly, execute them automatically and analyze results accurately. With less time spent testing, your QA staff can expand test coverage and optimize application quality. In addition to validating the full functionality of an application prior to its initial release, users can easily evaluate the impact of new enhancements on existing functionality by simply reusing existing test cases.

SilkTest International - Ensure the reliability of multi-lingual enterprise applications. When it comes to localized versions of global applications, companies traditionally resort to second-class manual testing - a time-consuming and costly process which leaves a large margin of error. SilkTest International changes all that by providing a quick, accurate and fully automated way to test localized applications.

SilkPerformer Component - Optimize component quality and reduce costs by testing remote application components early in development. As the central building blocks of a distributed application, remote application components are key to ensuring application quality. SilkPerformer® Component Test Edition from Segue® lets you test and optimize three major quality aspects of critical remote components early in the application lifecycle - even before client applications are available.

SilkPerformer - Test the limits of your enterprise applications. SilkPerformer® is the industry's most powerful - yet easiest to use - automated load and performance testing solution for optimizing the performance, scalability and reliability of mission-critical enterprise applications. With SilkPerformer, you can accurately predict the "breaking points" in your application and its underlying infrastructure before it is deployed, regardless of its size or complexity. SilkPerformer has the power to simulate thousands of simultaneous users working with multiple computing environments and interacting with various application environments such as Web, client/server, Citrix® MetaFrame®, or ERP/CRM systems - all with a single script and one or more test machines. Yet its visual approach to scripting and root-cause analysis makes it amazingly simple and efficient to use. So you can create realistic load tests easily, find and fix bottlenecks quickly, and deliver high-performance applications faster than ever.

SilkCentral Performance Manager - Optimize the availability, performance and accuracy of mission-critical applications. SilkCentral™ Performance Manager is an application performance management solution for optimizing the quality of mission-critical applications. SilkCentral Performance Manager monitors the end-user experience on three dimensions: availability, accuracy and performance. Active monitoring utilizes synthetic business transactions for service-level and performance monitoring, while passive monitoring provides an understanding of real-user behavior by recording actual user transactions.

Software Test Tools - HP- Mercury Interactive

Mercury is the global leader in Business Technology Optimization (BTO) software and services. Our BTO products and solutions help customers govern and manage IT and optimize application quality, performance, and availability. Mercury enables IT organizations to shift their focus from managing IT projects to optimizing business outcomes. Global 2000 companies and government agencies worldwide rely on Mercury to lower IT costs, reduce risks, and optimize for growth; address strategic IT initiatives; and optimize enterprise application environments like J2EE, .NET, and ERP/CRM.


Mercury has a number of complimentary tools TestDirector being the most integrated one. They have a lot of third party support and test tools are usually compared first against Mercury than the others. Mercury tends to use third party companies to supply professional services support for their tools (e.g. if you require onsite development of test suites).

Mercury Interactive Software Test Tools

Mercury TestDirector: allows you to deploy high-quality applications quickly and effectively by providing a consistent, repeatable process for gathering requirements, planning and scheduling tests, analyzing results, and managing defects and issues. TestDirector is a single, Web-based application for all essential aspects of test management — Requirements Management, Test Plan, Test Lab, and Defects Management. You can leverage these core modules either as a standalone solution or integrated within a global Quality Center of Excellence environment.

Mercury QuickTest Professional: provides the industry's best solution for functional test and regression test automation - addressing every major software application and environment. This next-generation automated testing solution deploys the concept of Keyword-driven testing to radically simplify test creation and maintenance. Unique to QuickTest Professional’s Keyword-driven approach, test automation experts have full access to the underlying test and object properties, via an integrated scripting and debugging environment that is round-trip synchronized with the Keyword View.

Mercury WinRunner: offers your organization a powerful tool for enterprisewide functional and regression testing. Mercury WinRunner captures, verifies, and replays user interactions automatically, so you can identify defects and ensure that business processes work flawlessly upon deployment and remain reliable. With Mercury WinRunner, your organization gains several advantages, including:

- Reduced testing time by automating repetitive tasks.
- Optimized testing efforts by covering diverse environments with a single testing tool.
- Maximized return on investment through modifying and reusing test scripts as the application evolves.

Mercury Business Process Testing: the industry’s first web-based test automation solution, can add real value. It enables non-technical business analysts to build, data-drive, and execute test automation without any programming knowledge. By empowering business analysts and quality automation engineers to collaborate more effectively using a consistent and standardized process, you can:

Improve the productivity of your testing teams.
Detect and diagnose performance problems before system downtime occurs.
Increase the overall quality of your applications.

ActiveTest. Can help ensure the users have a positive experience with a Web site. ActiveTest is a hosted, Web-based testing service that conducts full scale stress testing of your Web site. By emulating the behavior of thousands of customers using your Web application, ActiveTest identifies bottlenecks and capacity constraints before they affect your constomers.

Mercury LoadRunner: prevents costly performance problems in production by detecting bottlenecks before a new system or upgrade is deployed. You can verify that new or upgraded applications will deliver intended business outcomes before go-live, preventing over-spending on hardware and infrastructure. It is the industry-standard load testing solution for predicting system behavior and performance, and the only integrated load testing, tuning, and diagnostics solution in the market today. With LoadRunner web testing software, you can measure end-to-end performance, diagnose application and system bottlenecks, and tune for better performance—all from a single point of control. It supports a wide range of enterprise environments, including Web Services, J2EE, and .NET.

Software Test Tools - Rational

Rational is now part of IBM, which is leader in the invention, development and manufacture of the industry's most advanced information technologies, including computer systems, software, storage systems and microelectronics. Rational offers the most complete lifecycle toolset (including testing).


When it comes to Object Oriented development they are the acknowledged leaders with most of the leading OO experts working for them. Some of their products are worldwide leaders e.g. Rational Rose, Clearcase, RequistePro, etc.

Their Unified Process is a very good development model that I have been involved with which allows mapping of requirements to use cases, test cases and a whole set of tools to support the process.

If you are developing products using an OO approach then you should include Rational in the evaluation.

Rational Website http://www-306.ibm.com/software/rational/

Rational Functional Tester - An advanced, automated functional and regression testing tool for testers and GUI developers who need superior control for testing Java, Microsoft Visual Studio .NET, and Web-based applications.

Rational Manual Tester - A manual test authoring and execution tool for testers and business analysts who want to improve the speed, breadth, and reliability of their manual testing efforts. Promotes test step reuse to reduce the impact of software change on manual test maintenance activities.

Rational Performance Tester - IBM Rational Performance Tester is a load and performance testing solution for teams concerned about the scalability of their Web-based applications. Combining ease of use with deep analysis capabilities, Rational Performance Tester simplifies test creation, load generation, and data collection to help ensure that applications can scale to thousands of concurrent users.

Rational Purify - Advanced runtime and memory management error detection. Does not require access to source code and can thus be used with third-party libraries in addition to home-grown code.

Rational Robot - General-purpose test automation tool for QA teams who want to perform functional testing of client/server applications.

Rational Test RealTime - Cross-platform solution for component testing and runtime analysis. Designed specifically for those who write code for embedded and other types of pervasive computing products.