QA Tools

Jira

Jira is an issue tracking product. It is developed by Atlassian, and allows teams to track bugs and develop agile software. With features to prioritize work, story point tasks, plan sprints, and distribute tasks.

Selenium

Selenium is a tool that allows users to automate their web browsers. This gives QA professionals the ability to automate tests.

Camtasia Studio

Camtasia Studio is a screen captures and video editing software. It is full features, and allows for the creation of detailed videos. It is often beyond what is needed from most QA jobs, but if there are complex test, that require both screen capture, and video capture, this software can do the job.

Random Address Generator

When testing locations, coming up with sample location can be a larger time dump than it seems. This site helps by generating US addresses for you.

Snagit

Snagit is the top recognized screen capture software. Developed by Techsmith, Snagit lets you quickly capture your screen, add context, and easily share with coworkers in all sorts of formats.

CodeBeamer

Codebeamer is a Collaborative Application Lifecycle Management solution for distributed software development. It is developed by Intland, and offers single shared platform to manage software requirements, development, risks, testing, and operations.

X Ray

Xray is an add-on to Jira that add test management features to help organize test cases.

List of Bad Strings

When testing text input boxes, this list of troublesome strings can be a great resource to make sure that there is not a vulnerability.

Udemy

This is a great site to look for online classes to further your knowledge on QA related skills and software. I have been taking the class on Selenium to keep my skills sharp.

Techsmith Capture

Formally known as Jing, Capture is a free tool provided by Techsmith, that allows you to take screen shot images, and short videos. A great tool to use if your company is not willing to provide you with access to Snagit.

Eggplant Functional

Eggplant Functional is an image based test automation tool that you can use for the entire testing process, from writing scripts to evaluating results.