Some are simply to make things a little more enjoyable (Spotify), others are a source of information (Google), some help to capture and report defects (Jing/Problem Step Reporter), conduct live end of sprint customer facing demonstrations () and produce and manage the relevant project & test documentation (Confluence). As a small exercise for me to understand the array of tools I, and our team, use, I put together a list…which is pretty staggering when looking at everything we use to deliver a project/piece of work.Įach of the tools listed below have their place from test case management (TestRail), scrum/sprint and defect management (Jira/Confluence) right through from deployment of builds (TeamCity/Octopus Deploy), functional (Oracle VM Box/various browser plugins), automation (Visual Studio/Selenium IDE/Builder/Web Driver), accessibility (Wave/NVDA) performance (WebLoad/BlazeMeter/JMeter/New Relic) to pen testing (XSS Me/SQL Inject Me) phases. This got me thinking about the tools I use, some on a daily basis, others as and when the situation/project requires.
Whilst taking a look through the Software Testing Club’s forum, I came across a slightly outdated, but interesting post asking what tools people use in their day to day roles as testers.
