Product Vendor

actiWATE Actimind

AppsWatch NRG

Astra QuickTest Mercury Interactive

AutoTester One AutoTester

Badboy Badboy Software

Canoo WebTest Canoo

eValid Software Research

HTTP::Recorder Opus

IeUnit

Imprimatur

InCisif.net InCisif

Internet Macros Opus

iRise
iRise Application Simulator

ITP Incanica

LISA iTKO

MaxQ Bit Mechanic

Netvantage FunctionalNetvantage
Tester Technologies

PesterCat PesterCat

QA Wizard Seapine

Ranorex Ranorex Software

Rational Robot Rational Software

Sahi

SAMIE

Selenium ThoughtWorks

SilkTest Segue Software, Inc.

SoapTest Parasoft

soapui eviware

Solex NEOMAlogic

swete Neal Lester

TestSmith Quality Forge

TestWeb Original Software

vTest Verisium

WatiN

Watir

web2test itCampus

WebAii ArtOfTest

Webcorder Crimson Solutions

WebInject WebInject

WebKing ParaSoft
WET Qantom Software

WSUnit

Yawet InforMatrix
 Comments
Freeware web application testing environment. actiWATE Framework is written in Java and
Java is used for writing tests.
Appswatch is an automated testing tool for functional, regression, and GUI testing. It runs tests
from the user’s Desktop. It is protocol independent and works with any application accessible
from a windows desktop. Including: Citrix, Java, .NET, Oracle, SAP, Eclipsys, Mckessen,
Meditech, GE Healthcare, Epic, Cerner, Client-Server, Flex, Flash and even custom
applications.

Web site functional testing

Functional, regression, and systems integration testing of Windows, Client Server,
Host/Legacy, or Web applications.
Provides an enhanced browser interface to aid in building and testing dynamic applications.
Combines capture/replay ability with performance testing and diagnostic features to allow
developers to closely monitor and understand the interactions between the browser and the
server. Free for small users.

Canoo WebTest is a free open source tool for testing of web applications. It calls pages and
verifies the results, giving comprehensive reports on success and failure.

Test enabled Web Browser. Provides Browser-Based Client-Side WebSite quality checking for
Functional Testing, LoadTest, Site Analysis (SiteMap), Performance check and page tuning.

Browser-independent recorder that records interactions with web sites and produces scripts
for automated playback. Open source (Perl module)
Simple framework to test logical behaviors of web pages. It helps users to create, organize
and execute functional unit tests. IeUnit is implemented in JavaScript for the Windows XP
platform with Internet Explorer.
Web application testing tool. The tests are described in a simple XML file. Along with the
standard GET and POST actions, Imprimatur handles HTTP sessions and file uploads. The
responses can be validated using regular expressions and response code checks. Open
source.

Automation tool designed to implement client-side functional testing of web applications Ajax
enabled or not, under Internet Explorer 6.x or 7.x, using the C#, VB.NET or IronPython
language.
Low cost automation testing
Allows the definition, testing and approval of Web-based business software before developers
write the first line of code. Users validate requirements from a visually accurate, functionally
rich and interactive simulation of the application that can be modified on the fly during
feedback sessions.

Web application testing harness. Lightweight, yet powerful! Test scripts written in XML. No
programming required! No changes required to your application. Supports sessions/cookies,
POST form data. Command line based for integration into other tools. Open source.

No-code, enterprise-strength automated testing solution for J2EE applications, websites and
web services. LISA uses "inline testing" technology to talk to every component within your
infrastructure. New one-click wizards enable even non-developers to connect to, analyze and
interact with live EJBs, databases, messaging layers and web services/SOAP objects.

MaxQ is a free functional testing tool. It includes an HTTP proxy that records your test script,
and a command line utility that can be used to playback tests. The proxy recorder
automatically stores variables posted to forms, so you don't have to write that stuff by hand.
The paradigm of MaxQ is similar to commercial tools like Astra QuickTest or Empirix e-Test.
These products are quite expensive. MaxQ hopes to provide the essential features: HTTP test
recording, scripting, and playback without the huge cost. Source code to MaxQ is provided as
part of the distribution.
Functional and regression automated web testing tool.

Web testing tool that was designed to perform functional testing for web applications.
PesterCat features an integrated proxy recorder that enables you to record scripts using your
favorite web browser. PesterCat runs on Linux, Mac OSX, and Windows.

Automated functional testing tool for Web-based apps. Automated scripting allows the creation
of more scripts in less time. Advanced object binding greatly reduces script changes when
Web-based apps change. FREE QA Wizard Demo and Test Script!

Windows GUI test and automation framework for C++, Python and for the .Net languages

Automated functional, regression, and smoke tests for e-applications

Automation and testing tool for web applications, with the facility to record and playback
scripts. Developed in java and javascript, this tool uses simple javascript to execute events on
the browser. Features include, in-browser controls, text based scripts, ant support for playback
of suites of tests, and multi threaded playback. It supports HTTP and HTTPS.

Simple Automated Module For Internet Explorer. Perl module (SAM.pm) that allows a user to
automate Internet Explorer. This free tool is designed for quality assurance engineers that
need to run tests for their browser applications. (Windows only)

Selenium is a test tool for web applications. Selenium tests run directly in a browser, just as
real users do. And they run in Internet Explorer, Mozilla and Firefox on Windows, Linux, and
Macintosh.
Enterprise-class web testing
Automated tool for testing Web services. SOAPtest helps you to prevent errors by performing
server functional testing, load testing, and client testing with just the click of a button.
SOAPtest facilitates server functional testing by automatically creating a test suite from a
WSDL document that tests every operation associated with that document. The same test
suite used for server functional testing can also be used as a load test suite that not only
monitors the servers response rate with the specified number and mixture of simultaneous
requests, but also verifies whether the test loads cause functionality problems. You can also
have SOAPtest emulate a server and verify that the client sends appropriate requests to the
appropriate services, and that the client handles the services responses as expected.

Desktop application for inspecting, invoking and testing (functional and load) of web services
over HTTP. It is mainly aimed at developers/testers providing and/or consuming web services
(java, .net, etc). Functional and Load-Testing can be done both interactively in soapui or within
a automated build/integration process using the soapui command-line tools. soapui currently
requires java 1.5 and is licensed under the LGPL license.

Solex is an open source Web application testing tool built as a plug-in for the Eclipse IDE. It
provides functions to record a client session, adjust it according to various parameters and
replay it later typically in order to ensure non regression of a Web application's behaviour.

Provides cross platform console based tools for regression testing of web applications. The
tools may be used when refactoring and during development to ensure that new functionality
doesn't break previously completed features. Open source.

Functional/Regression Test Automation Tool for Windows. Web Site and Web Application
testing is done at both the the HTML Document Object Model (DOM) level and the Windows
object level, as appropriate.
Automation solutions for IBM iSeries, Microsoft, and Oracle.
Functional and regression testing with a host of powerful web functional testing features. It
empowers you to thoroughly verify and validate your web applications in a variety of
environments. You can enhance productivity by generating automated test scripts, replaying
both automated and custom test scripts, generating test reports and spotting software bugs
early in the development cycle.
Enhances testing engineer efficiency through the ability to create automated test scripts.
These test scripts can be executed automatically with minimal human intervention. They
can also be scheduled based on a set plan. This normally results in a huge productivity
gain and allows testing departments to accomplish significantly more work in the same
amount of time.

Open source C# framework for automating functional web testing. Inspired by Watir
implementation, WatiN drive Internet Explorer at the user level.
Open-source functional testing tool for automating browser-based tests of web applications.
Drives the Internet Explorer browser the same way people do. It clicks links, fills in forms,
presses buttons. Watir also checks results, such as whether expected text appears on the
page. Watir is a Ruby library that works with Internet Explorer on Windows. Like other powerful
programming languages, Ruby gives you the power to connect to databases, read data files,
export XML and structure your code into reusable libraries.

Automated Capture & Replay test tool for functional testing of web applications and portals.
web2test runs under Windows and Linux and supports Firefox, Internet Explorer, Mozilla and
Seamonkey. Test scripts are browser and platform independent and tolerant to GUI changes.
A 100% component based approach allows detailed and complex checks. There is no
programming knowledge needed for creation and maintenance of test scripts. Additionally
web2test provides a scripting interface in Jython and Groovy. The tool can be integrated with
HP TestDirector for Quality Center and supports the testing of AJAX applications, data driven
and distributed testing.

.NET automation infrastructures provided FREE of charge to the developer and quality
assurance community. Use WebAii to automate unit tests, feature and scenario tests for Ajax
applications or any web application while leveraging an innovative approach to enhance
Product Testability and produce more agile and robust test automation suites. WebAii comes
with tight Visual Studio Integration in addition to many new features.

Free GUI software testing tool developed in VB to allow for simple end user web testing.
Essentially the user presses record and navigates their way through a scenario, telling the
program to check for text/images along the way and optionally taking screenshots. At the end
of the process you stop recording and save the script. You can then play back the script either
interactively or in batch mode, and the program will generate log files etc.

WebInject is a free tool for testing of web applications and services. It can be used to test any
individual system component with an HTTP interface (JSP, ASP, CGI, PHP, Servlets, HTML
Forms, etc), and can be used as a test harness to create a suite of [HTTP level] functional,
acceptance, and regression tests. A test harness (also referred to as a test driver or a test
framework) allows you to run many test cases and collect/report your test results.

White-box, black-box, and regression testing

Framework for Web automation testing. WET is released on a Opensource license by
Qantom.org. Has many features like multiple parameter based object identification for more
reliable recognition, support for XML object repository, better popup handling, HTML results,
Precondition Support, Teardown support, Parametrization of the scripts, Parameterization of
the objects, External Library support and more!

WSUnit is a tool that can help you test Web Service consumers. It provides a predictable and
repeatable simulation of a Web Service that is ideal for unit testing.
Java/swing tool to create, run and debug functional web tests. It can verify Html, Pdf and Xml
documents. Yawet offers reports, step libraries, parametrisation and custom extensions.
 Test Project Setup Checklist
Item
1. Project Initiation
1.1. Prepare System Test Estimates
1.2. Define System Test Approach
1.3. Define Testing Scope
1.4. Prepare DRAFT System Test Plan
1.5. Review System Test Plan
1.6. Prepare Test Schedule
1.7. Request Test Resources
1.8. Request Business Expert
1.9. Request Management Support
1.10. Request Environment/Technical Support
1.11. Request Test Hardware (pc’s & servers)
1.12. Request Facilities (desks, chairs etc.)
1.13. Setup Test Project Folder
1.14. Revise Test Estimates
1.15. Define Entrance/Acceptance Criteria
1.16. Agree Communication Channels
1.17. Agree Reporting Procedures, Method & Frequency
1.18. Define Exit Criteria
1.19. Design Release Notes Template

2. Test Preparation
2.1. Agree Builds/Drops Schedule & Contents
2.2. Agree Release Notes Contents & Format
2.3. Agree Error Management Procedures
2.4. Define & Agree Error Management Roles
2.5. Define System Test Roles & Responsibilities
2.6. Assign Test Roles & Responsibilities
2.7. Assign Test Case Preparation Primary Responsibilities
2.8. Assign Test Case Preparation Secondary Responsibilities
2.9. Prepare High Level Test Cases
2.9. Prepare Detailed Low Level Test Cases
2.9. Define Test Environment Setup (Network/Server)
2.10. Define Test PC Setups & Configurations (clients)
2.11. Review Test Plan
2.12. Review Test Schedule
2.13. Setup Test Execution Progress Tracking Database

3. Build System Test Environment

3.1. Setup Test Environment (server)
3.2. Setup Test PC’s
3.3. Setup Bug Database
3.4. Verify Test Environment (shakedown)
3.5. Verify Bug Database External Access
3.6. Setup Test Data
3.7. Setup & Install Test Peripherals (card readers, receipt printers)

4. Prepare System Test

4.1. Review System Test Cases
4.2. Revise System Test Cases
4.3. System Test Readiness Review
4.4. Verify Entrance Criteria Reached
4.5. Receive B36 Build 1
4.6. Install B36 Build 1
4.7. Execute Acceptance Tests
4.8. Review Acceptance Test Results (accept – yes/no)

5. Execute System Test

5.1. Execute System Test
5.2. Execute Cycle 1 - GUI Tests
5.3. Execute Cycle 2 – Functional Tests
5.4. Execute Cycle 3 – Scenario Tests
5.5. Log & Track Defects
5.6. Maintain & Administer Error Management System
5.7. Progress Measurement & Reporting
5.8. Measure Progress – Actual vs Planned
5.9. Manage & Track new builds
5.10. Perform Build Regression Tests
5.11. Regression Test Fixed Bugs
5.12. Close Regressed Bugs / Re-open “Not Fixed” bugs
5.13. Measure Error statistics & Metrics
5.14. Report Error Statistics & Metrics
5.15. Track & Record Error Turnaround Time
5.16. Escalate Issues as appropriate
5.17. Perform Final Regression Test

6. Signoff
6.1. Signoff System Test
6.2. Produce Post-Testing Report
6.3. Washup & Lessons Learnt Meeting
6.4. Review Exit Report
6.5. Cleanup Test Environment
6.6. Return Peripherals
6.7. Post Execution Test Case Review
6.8. Handover Test Documentation
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