Tools like WisdomSoft Screenhunter and ScreenRecorder are free and easy to use. It not only makes it easier to show the developers what’s going on, but it also legitimizes their test cases, test steps, and the behavior they’re reporting. There are many number of tools out there that are similar, but this just happens to be my choice.Įvery tester needs a means to take screenshots of the issues they’re seeing or record a series of steps that result in an undesired behavior. Notes from meetings, conferences, requirements documents, and the application-under-test itself. I personally use it for any and everything, but mostly for quick note-taking to be used later. It’s light, quick to open, easy to use, and has a bunch of features and plugins if you need them. Notepad++ is in indispensable tool in my testing toolkit.

Here are a few favorites on the QA Mentor team. All in all, a tester without their tools may resemble a deer in the headlights until they replace them with something else to make their jobs easier.

Things like this small article on LinkedIn.Įvery tester likely has their favorite specific tools, but most of us use the similar types of tools – screenshot or screen recorders, test data creation or management tools, graphic or annotation tools, software to aid in cross-browser or cross-device testing, defect management tools, and general note-taking tools. Word of mouth, online searches, and trial and error generally precedes the latter tool types.

Sometimes those tools are expensive, enterprise software provided by their employers, and sometimes they’re inexpensive, free, or open source software. Testers need tools to do their jobs efficiently and effectively.

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