Open Source Java Software Testing Tools

Hermes provides a powerful yet usable automation solution, making it the most popular Selenium framework in the world, with over 8,000 downloads. Create human readable, machine executable Selenese style tests in Excel. The world's first automation framework fully integrated with Selenium IDE, RC and GRID; yet built for humans. Be up and running using a feature rich Selenium RC framework in minutes. Hermes comes with advanced reporting, analysis, debugging and enterprise level Java development capabilities, all accessed via Eclipse. With Hermes you can run automated tests on at least 32 different OS and browser version combinations (including mobile) in parallel and instantly on a Cloud infrastructure. Contact us today and receive £30 worth of FREE access to cloud infrastructure: www.w3qa.eu. Please note Hermes works with Selenium RC only - not Webdriver.

Cathcart is a collection of Apache Ant tasks and a Maven plugin for checking trends in software metrics (generated by junit, jmeter, clover, pmd, findbugs, cobertura etc). Use Cathcart to ensure continuous improvement in software quality.

Abbot for SWT is a Java framework that lets you more easily write JUnit tests that target Eclipse-based SWT/JFace UI. It also supports the Eclipse GEF & GMF graphical editing frameworks and has some support for WTP (web tools project) UI.

CallbackParams is a JUnit-extension for writing parameterized tests with new innovative patterns that offer elegant solutions to many of the drawbacks that are traditionally associated with parameterized testing.

Code Conjurer is a tool which seamlessly integrates into the Eclipse Java development environment and uses the merobase code search engine to recommend software components for reuse. Update site: http://codeconjurer.sourceforge.net/eclipse-update

This eclipse plugin aims at providing means to run JUnit tests for several Eclipse projects at once.

JBee is a testing framework oriented behavior-driven development, that uses the junit as a basis for using. JBee you need the junit 4 or higher in your classpath. To use JBee is very easy.

A simple tool that enables test requirements to be declared directly in production code. The tool can then be used to determine if these requirements have been satisfied by the current test code.

JUnit 4 extension to perform a performance and scalability tests in a easy-to-use way using annotations

The ReFit Eclipse plugin performs automatic refactoring of the Fit test specs (http://fit.c2.com) and of the relevant code when a refactoring process is invoked. NOTE: The project is still in Beta, but we think stable enough, to be used. Just try. For more information about the project, installation and use instructions see https://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/fitrefactoring/ We are pleased about the many downloads. We are also pleased for your feedback/review - many thanks!

SOAP/REST Mock Service is a simple configurable application designed to mock any SOAP or RESTful (or "REST-like") webservices. It's main goal is to support automated black box integration testing of applications that integrate with 3rd party applications. Check the Wiki section for more details.

A commercially supported, open-source distribution of the popular web application test automation tool Selenium Remote Control. Built by the original author of the Selenium, Sauce RC is easy to install and has the latest fixes and browser support.

A VM containing a turn-key solution for continuous integration with source code control, build management, automated testing, security analysis, defect tracking, and project management, all using open source tools.

Mastek has successfully developed a highly configurable Hybrid Automation framework: “Swift” using Selenium tool that offers quick turnaround for Automation Suite Implementation with support of Keyword & Data Driven framework approach. The Automation regression suite can be created or modified using tester friendly keywords for modules, screens, and verifications, thereby ensuring a more effective and efficient Test automation process and better ROI through the complete application life cycle. Swift is also integrated with Behaviour driven developement ( BDD ) tool Cucumber.

A very Flexible and Plugin-able Test Automation Engine. It fully supports the Standardized Test Tool Interfaces as described in http://www.testtoolinterfaces.com/

Record the state or behavior of live Java objects for playback during unit testing.

A selenium framework to do automation testing without any prior selenium knowledge and without any programming knowledge.

Chex4j allows you to document and enforce @pre and @post conditions of method calls with runtime or build time class file instrumentation. Conditions run as fast as normal code.

Dude is a small simple development environment written in Java which allows you to compile and run Java programs without using the command window. It is platform independent and open source. Dude is easy to set up and uses the same directory structure for source and object files.

jECMAUnit is an ECMA (Javascript) unit testing framework that uses the underlying javascript engine and JUnit to perform the tests in java, allowing browser-less unit testing of javascript code

Our goal is to find out useful and funny ways for expanding the possibilities of many FOSS by integrating them with other FOSS and proprietary systems. You'll find here many open source plugins and extensions useful to put those FOSS hermits together.