2008-Aug-27 - My tool kit

UI test tools:

     QuickTest Pro (QTP)

     IE7 Readiness Toolkit -- for IE7 compatibility test

     Sprajax -- assesses the security of AJAX-enabled web applications

Installation test tools:

     InCtrl5 (windows) -- monitors the changes made to the system

     SciTe for AutoIt (windows) -- auto-installation

Resource leak test tools:

     Valgrind (linux) -- memory leak, etc.

     Rational Purify (windows) -- memory leak

Stress test tools:

    Canned HEAT (CH3) (windows)

    stress-0.18.9 (linux) -- stress on cpu, memory, disk space, etc. 

Test Coverage tools:

     Bullseye (windows / linux)

     Cobertura -- based on jcoverage. Used for java program.

     Rational PureCoverage (windows)

Performance test tools:

     Jmeter (windows / linux) -- open source.

     LoadRunner (windows)

System monitors:

     CurrPorts (windows) -- list of opened ports and the processes.

     Informer (windows) -- reports system status.

     TCPView (windows) -- list of running processes and more details.

Data capturers:

     HttpWatch

     Sniffer pro

Test cases optimizing tools:

     allpairs -- constructs a reasonably small set of test cases that include all pairings of each value of each of a set of parameters. Supports diagnostic output.

     pict -- similar to allpairs. Supports sophisticated options.

Remote control:

     PsTools (windows) -- PsExec: execute programs on remote systems; PsFile: shows / closes a list of files on a system that are opened remotely; etc.

     Remote Administrator (windows)

     Putty (linux), Pietty (linux, cn / jp locale) 

Test Automation Framework:

     STAF

Installshield:

     PackageForTheWeb -- e.g. pack a hotfix

     IExpress

Project management:

     WBS + PERT + MS Project

     WBS -- for constructing plan and schedule

     PERT -- for estimating most possible ending date

     Project -- for making project plan, tracing and controling progress