Best Open Spource Tools for Functional & Non-Functional Testing

[conradononeme]

Hello Guys,
 
I have just been asked by my employer to look at the best open source tools
 out there for testing.
 
The application is a New Peoplesoft HR Module that has just been  
integrated into a legacy system.
 
They are unable to seriously look at any of the traditional tools like the  
HP's and IBM Rational suites because of the cost; they are only a small  
company.
 
The main concern is for performance testing, however I will love to  hear
about any open source test tools out there that do both Functional &  
Non-Functional testing.
 
I have done some investigation on my own and it seems that a combo of J  
Meter + BadBoy is good for this.
 
I am desperate to hear your opinions on the best open source tools out  
there with minimal coding necessary and a user friendly interface. ( I guess I  
have been totally spoiled rotten by the likes of Rational Perfromance
Tester and  Loadrunner..et al)!
 
Thanks for your assistance in this matter guys!
 
Conrad O

[Frank Cohen-3]

Hi Conrad:

I'm hoping someone offers "PushToTest TestMaker" at http://www.pushtotest.com 
. That's my company.

JMeter is great for test of Web and Web service applications. BadBoy  
is not open-source, but a kind of semi-freeware.

TestMaker works great with the PeopleSoft modules. What are your goals  
in testing the application?

-Frank




On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:28 AM, conradononeme@... wrote:

>
> Hello Guys,
>
> I have just been asked by my employer to look at the best open  
> source tools out there for testing.
>
> The application is a New Peoplesoft HR Module that has just been  
> integrated into a legacy system.
>
> They are unable to seriously look at any of the traditional tools  
> like the HP's and IBM Rational suites because of the cost; they are  
> only a small company.
>
> The main concern is for performance testing, however I will love to  
> hear about any open source test tools out there that do both  
> Functional & Non-Functional testing.
>
> I have done some investigation on my own and it seems that a combo  
> of J Meter + BadBoy is good for this.
>
> I am desperate to hear your opinions on the best open source tools  
> out there with minimal coding necessary and a user friendly  
> interface. ( I guess I have been totally spoiled rotten by the likes  
> of Rational Perfromance Tester and Loadrunner..et al)!
>
> Thanks for your assistance in this matter guys!
>
> Conrad O
>
>

--
Frank Cohen, http://www.PushToTest.com, phone [phone]
PushToTest, the open-source test automation company
Twitter: fcohen, LinkedIn: Frank Cohen

[conradononeme]

Hi Frank!

The goal is primarily performance testing; stress and load particularly, but also ideally functional testing as well if the same tool can do both
Thanks a lot! I await further word from you

Conrad
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-----Original Message-----
From: Frank Cohen <frank@...>
Date: Sun, 8 Nov 2009 11:14:36
To: <agile-testing@...>
Subject: Re: [agile-testing] Best Open Spource Tools for Functional & Non-Functional Testing

Hi Conrad:

I'm hoping someone offers "PushToTest TestMaker" at http://www.pushtotest.com 
. That's my company.

JMeter is great for test of Web and Web service applications. BadBoy  
is not open-source, but a kind of semi-freeware.

TestMaker works great with the PeopleSoft modules. What are your goals  
in testing the application?

-Frank




On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:28 AM, conradononeme@... wrote:

>
> Hello Guys,
>
> I have just been asked by my employer to look at the best open  
> source tools out there for testing.
>
> The application is a New Peoplesoft HR Module that has just been  
> integrated into a legacy system.
>
> They are unable to seriously look at any of the traditional tools  
> like the HP's and IBM Rational suites because of the cost; they are  
> only a small company.
>
> The main concern is for performance testing, however I will love to  
> hear about any open source test tools out there that do both  
> Functional & Non-Functional testing.
>
> I have done some investigation on my own and it seems that a combo  
> of J Meter + BadBoy is good for this.
>
> I am desperate to hear your opinions on the best open source tools  
> out there with minimal coding necessary and a user friendly  
> interface. ( I guess I have been totally spoiled rotten by the likes  
> of Rational Perfromance Tester and Loadrunner..et al)!
>
> Thanks for your assistance in this matter guys!
>
> Conrad O
>
>

--
Frank Cohen, http://www.PushToTest.com, phone [phone]
PushToTest, the open-source test automation company
Twitter: fcohen, LinkedIn: Frank Cohen

[Patrick Debois-2]

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Frank Cohen wrote:

>  
>
> Hi Conrad:
>
>
> I'm hoping someone offers "PushToTest TestMaker" at
> http://www.pushtotest.com <http://www.pushtotest.com>. That's my company.
>
> JMeter is great for test of Web and Web service applications. BadBoy
> is not open-source, but a kind of semi-freeware.
>
> TestMaker works great with the PeopleSoft modules. What are your goals
> in testing the application?
>
> -Frank
>
>
>
>
> On Nov 8, 2009, at 8:28 AM, conradononeme@...
> <mailto:conradononeme@...> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hello Guys,
>>  
>> I have just been asked by my employer to look at the best open source
>> tools out there for testing.
>>  
>> The application is a New Peoplesoft HR Module that has just been
>> integrated into a legacy system.
>>  
>> They are unable to seriously look at any of the traditional tools
>> like the HP's and IBM Rational suites because of the cost; they are
>> only a small company.
>>  
>> The main concern is for performance testing, however I will love to
>> hear about any open source test tools out there that do both
>> Functional & Non-Functional testing.
>>  
>> I have done some investigation on my own and it seems that a combo of
>> J Meter + BadBoy is good for this.
>>  
>> I am desperate to hear your opinions on the best open source tools
>> out there with minimal coding necessary and a user friendly
>> interface. ( I guess I have been totally spoiled rotten by the likes
>> of Rational Perfromance Tester and Loadrunner..et al)!
>>  
>> Thanks for your assistance in this matter guys!
>>  
>> Conrad O
>>
>
> --
> Frank Cohen, http://www.PushToTest.com <http://www.PushToTest.com/>,
> phone [phone]
> PushToTest, the open-source test automation company
> Twitter: fcohen, LinkedIn: Frank Cohen
>
>
>

[Phlip]

conradononeme@... wrote:

> I have just been asked by my employer to look at the best open source
> tools out there for testing.
>  
> The application is a New Peoplesoft HR Module that has just been
> integrated into a legacy system.
>  
> They are unable to seriously look at any of the traditional tools like
> the HP's and IBM Rational suites because of the cost; they are only a
> small company.

How are their unit tests? Meaning tests written in the same language as the
tested code?

[conradononeme]

Dear Philip,

Their unit tests are done by the dev guys primarily and solely.
It is not a strictly agile environment; that is a whole different discourse!
Suffice to say that my remit is mainly performance testing the application. But I may have a stab at a total process engineering from a QA and test perspective, so it will be interesting to know why you wanted to know about their unit tests...

Many thanks,

Conrad O
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-----Original Message-----
From: Phlip <phlip2005@...>
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 2009 11:42:24
To: <agile-testing@...>
Subject: Re: [agile-testing] Best Open Spource Tools for Functional & Non-Functional
 Testing

conradononeme@... wrote:

> I have just been asked by my employer to look at the best open source
> tools out there for testing.
>  
> The application is a New Peoplesoft HR Module that has just been
> integrated into a legacy system.
>  
> They are unable to seriously look at any of the traditional tools like
> the HP's and IBM Rational suites because of the cost; they are only a
> small company.

How are their unit tests? Meaning tests written in the same language as the
tested code?

[Phlip]

conradononeme@... wrote:

> Suffice to say that my remit is mainly performance testing the
> application. But I may have a stab at a total process engineering from a
> QA and test perspective, so it will be interesting to know why you
> wanted to know about their unit tests...

Because if the unit tests soak into enough layers, than "functional" tests are
just what you do with the advanced unit tests.

Also, "thru-the-view" tests are ... mumble ... over-used and abused in our
industry...

--
   Phlip
   http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?ZeekLand


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