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1. 12 most favorite testing tools
QA Madness

2. Performance Testing Tools
Here are some important tools to test
the performance, load and stress of the
website/application. These tools ensure
that your website/application will run
under high performance and less load &
stress.

3. is a 100% pure Java desktop application
designed to load test functional behavior
and measure performance. It was
originally designed for web applications
testing but has expanded to other test
functions since.
is a load testing tool for Windows and
Linux, given by HP to test the web and
other applications very efficiently before
it goes to end users. It is available in
stable version 12.0 in many languages.
LoadRunner is very helpful in determining
the performance and result of the web
application under heavy load.

4. Automation/ Functional testing Tools
is one of the most popular automated testing
suite. Selenium is designed in a way to
support and encourage automation testing if
functional aspects of web based applications
and a wide range of browsers and platforms.
is a Java-based open source library designed to
help teams implement Acceptance Test Driven
Development more effectively. In the same
way, the Thucydides framework observes and
analyzes your acceptance tests, and records a
detailed account of their execution.

5. Testing and Project Management Tools
is a centralized test case management tool – you
create test cases and test suites, track execution
and report metrics. One most common
integration is with Gemini, which is a
incident/ticket management system.
is one of the very few open source test
management tools available for use in the
market. It is a web-based tool with typical
features like, requirement management etc.
is team collaboration software. Written in Java
and mainly used in corporate environments, it is
developed and marketed by Atlassian.

6. Bug Tracking Tools
is a proprietary issue tracking product, developed
by Atlassian. It provides bug tracking, issue
tracking, and project management functions.
Although normally styled JIRA, the product name is
not an acronym, but a truncation of Gojira, the
Japanese name for Godzilla.
is an open source issue tracker that provides a
delicate balance between simplicity and power.
Users are able to get started in minutes and start
managing their projects while collaborating with
their teammates and clients effectively.

7. is Pivotal Labs' software as a service product for
agile project management and collaboration. In
July 2011,Pivotal Tracker had over 250,000
registered users.
is an open source issue tracking system that
integrates with SCM (source code management
systems). Even though it is not a ‘bug tracking’
tool it involves working with issues, where issues
can be features, tasks, bugs/defects etc.
is a web-based general-purpose bugtracker and
testing tool originally developed and used by the
Mozilla project, and licensed under the Mozilla
Public License.

8. All of this testing tools are important
for evaluation of output and of course
for testing. During the testing QA
Madness use the listed tools ourselves.