Appium Installation in windows with all available Links

Appium Installation process with all the details

1. Install the Java Software Development Kit (JDK)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
And follow this link for other info
http://toolsqa.com/mobile-automation/appium/install-the-java-development-kit-jdk/

2. Install Android SDK / ADB on Windows and  Install Android SDK Packages and Set up Android Environment Variable
 In below Link go to Step 3,4 and 5

http://toolsqa.com/mobile-automation/appium/appium-tutorial/


Appium installation link

https://bitbucket.org/appium/appium.app/downloads/

For Appium jar file link:

http://www.automationtestinghub.com/appium-jars-download/


3. NodeJ is not needed initially but you can install

Download Link: https://nodejs.org/en/download/
For more info visit: http://toolsqa.com/mobile-automation/appium/download-and-install-nodejs/

List of Web application testing tools To Meet Your Testing Objectives

Check out this list that covers open-source as well as licensed software testing tools. Most of the tools listed here offer free trial versions to give a chance to the users to check it out before final investment.

We have listed some key tools to execute Performance, Load and Stress Testing on the Web Applications. This ensures the application’s performance under diverse situations and challenging scenarios. 

1. Apache JMeter

It is an Open Source load testing tool, scripted in Java 6+ and can operate across platforms. Apache recently released JMeter ‘v2.11’ that supports all platforms and is used for load testing to analyze and gauge performance of the system/application.

Its strong GUI helps build Test Plan quickly and debug processes. It further helps analyze the overall performance under various loads on the server, and the network.

Official Website: Apache JMeter

2. NeoLoad

This is a load and stress testing tool by Neotys built for Windows, Linux, and Solaris. It is available in English and French, and its latest version 4.2 helps measure, analyze, and improve the performance of the website.

While there are multiple users simultaneously accessing the website, the tool helps check the performance of the website under added load to ensure required user experience. It makes the testing process faster, efficient, and repetitive.

Official Website: NeoLoad

3. LoadRunner

A load testing tool by HP that is built for Windows and Linux to test the web and other applications effectively. It is available in version 12.0 with multiple languages.

The tool helps evaluate the tool’s performance under heavy load, where there is a probability of multiple users accessing the website at the same time. Additionally, it handles numerous protocols for load testing – .NET Record/Replay, Database, DCOM, GUI Virtual Users, Java Record/Replay, Network, Oracle E-Business, Remote Access.

Official Website: LoadRunner

4. LoadUI

LoadUI latest version is available in version 2.7 that is written in Java, JaveFX, and Groovy language and supports diverse platforms. It mainly supports web services and SopaUI 5.0 (a functional testing tool).

The latest version has corrected issues that were present in the earlier version of LoadUI. The tool is currently available in Pro version with drag-and-drop interface that helps test the load in a real-time scenario.

Official Website: LoadUI

5. Loadster

It is a commercial load testing tool implemented to test websites web applications/services (HTTP web services) that emulates the environment to test the application’s performance under heavy load, given by the tool. It supports Linux, Mac, and Windows.

It is a feature-loaded tool that works on web applications/services, cookies, sessions, custom header, etc. It is implemented to test the performance, resilience, stability and scalability of web applications. It simulates multiple users, networks with the site and collects statistics. This helps determine and eliminate performance bottlenecks to ultimately manage traffic and crisis situations.

Official Website: Loadster

6. Load impact

It is an online load testing tool used to test the performance of websites, web and mobile apps, and APIs under load and across various platforms. The tools enables to conduct tests online instead of having an offline platform in place.

While the testing process is fast, the user can also repeat the tests easily and within shorter time span.

Official Website: Load impact

Top 10 Web Functional/Regression Testing Tools and their list

Functionality, behaviour, usability and security of websites/web applications are some rising concerns that are bothering enterprises across sectors. Appropriate testing tools help you eliminate bugs within shorter cycles and get your web application functional and market ready.

Most of the bugs occur due to functional issues within the website/web application. Below are some select web functional/regression testing tools for your quick reference.

1. Selenium

Selenium is an acclaimed and popular automated testing suite amongst testers these lately. It has been designed to support and boost Test Automation for testing the functional aspects of the web applications across a diverse range of browsers and platforms.

The suite comprises 4 basic components namely, Selenium IDE, Selenium RC, WebDriver, Selenium Grid. The WebDriver directly communicates with the web browser and uses its native compatibility to automate.

Official website: Selenium

2. TestCafe v14.1.3

It is a web testing framework that tests all web applications across Windows, MacOS, and Linux OS. It is popularly used for web application testing and generates clear and simple tests. It uses browsers that support HTML5 for recording and can run functional tests across Windows, Mac and Linux, and on remote computers.

For mobile devices it can run tests on iPhone, iPad, Android and Windows Phone. Additionally, it can simultaneously execute tests across multiple browsers and machines.

Official Website:  TestCafe v14.1.3

3. CasperJS v1.1-beta3

It is an easy to use open source navigation tool for Windows, MacOS, and Linux OS, used for scripting & testing the PhantomJS and SlimerJS (Gecko) with the help of its useful and valuable functions, methods and syntactic sugar, written in Java script language. Basically, it works for forms, links, page screenshot, remote DOM, events sign-in process, etc. Also, downloads binary and other resources, writes functional test suites and save it in a JUnit XML format.

Official Website: CasperJS v1.1-beta3

4. Screenster

Screenster is an UI based functional and regression testing tool to test web applications and can work across all Windows OS that require all major browsers and Java6 or high. While operating it takes screenshots at every step and compares them to the baseline, enables verification and further provides complete access to Selenium API whenever required.

It is an UI based functional and regression testing tool for web applications, works on all Windows OS that requires all major browsers and Java6 or high. A very good screen validator uses to give 10x productivity without a single line of code. During operation, it takes screenshot on each and every step and compares them to baseline, permits verification of changes or lack of changes to UI, provides full access to Selenium API when needed

Official website: Screenster

5. SoapUI

It is a cross-platform free open-source functional testing tool written in Java language for service-oriented architectures (SOA) and representational state transfers (REST). It offers user-friendly interface with multiple features used for API testing that facilitates easy and speedy performance of functional/regression and load testing.

Its commercial version (SoapUI Pro) is particularly used to test functionality of the application. It supports all protocols and technologies connected to the particular application.

Official Website: SoapUI

6. Sahi

An open-source cross-platform web application testing tool that is scripted in Java and JavaScript, and released under an Open-Source Apache License 2.0. It is used to test multiple browser applications under web 2.0.

It identifies elements easily and works on applications that include dynamic ids and applications developed by using ExtJS, ZK, Dojo, YUI, etc.

Official Website: Sahi

List of top security website testing tools

Financial services and the banking sector has been an all-time victim of security breaches, compromising massive sensitive user data. However, financial services are a must-have for everyone. So here we list some Security testing tools for building a robust application for the marketplace.

1. NTOSpider

NTOSpider provides full security for your web applications/services, mobile, and RIA applications. It is a Windows based web security tool and importantly it scans your application completely in less time and ensures security to the system, cost-effectively.

Official website: NTOSpider

2. Brakeman v2.6.1

The tool is an Open-source scanner that checks Ruby on Rails apps for security vulnerabilities, available for Jenkins/Hudson and works on Rails 2.x, 3.x, and 4.x. It methodologically scans Rails application code to identify security issues at every stage.

Official Website: Brakeman

3. SiteDigger v3.0

It examines Google’s cache, errors, configuration issues, proprietary information and major security nuggets on the websites. Additionally, it has a good user interface that provides real-time results with the ability to save signature selection and result set.

You are not required to have Google API License Key to access the tool, as it runs on across all Windows OS required Microsoft .NET Framework v3.5.

Official Website: SiteDigger

4. Netsparker

It is a cross-platform web application security scanner that detects and reports website/web application vulnerabilities and issues with the security across any website/web app irrespective of the OS or technology it is built on.

Official Website: Netsparker

5. Network Mapper (NMap)

It is a cross-platform web security scanner scripted by Gordon Lyon founder of hosts and services on a computer network. It delivers required packets to the target machine and scrutinizes the response received.

Previously, it was only used for Linux, but it can be now used for Microsoft Windows, BSD variants – Mac OS X, AmigaOS, Solaris, HP-UX, , andSGI IRIX.

Official Website: NMap