Spell checker and Grammar

Spell checker-Firefox spell checker add-on highlights the spelling mistakes on web pages

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/spell-checker/

Ginger Software-Free open source-Grammar and Spell checker software which not only points out the mistakes but auto corrects it too.You can use it in Word,Outlook,various browsers like FF,Chrome,IE.

http://www.gingersoftware.com/

HTML validator

Total Validator

Free version for HTML validation
-HTML and accessiblity validations against specific standards
-Includes spell check and broken link checking

http://www.totalvalidator.com/tools/index.html

W3linkchecker

HTML/XHTML,link checker,css validator-Check pages for w3 compatibility

http://validator.w3.org/checklink

Link Checker

Xenu-Open source, looks for broken links(both internal and external links) through out the website.

http://xenus-link-sleuth.en.softonic.com/download

Compatibility Testing

Browsershots-Online service-Provides screenshots of how your websites looks in different browsers and OS(But it takes few mins to generate screenshots).

http://browsershots.org/

Adobe Browserlab-Online service to test compatibility(in important browsers/os) for static pages.

https://browserlab.adobe.com/en-us/index.html#


IEtester-Open source application allows to test in multiper IE versions.

http://www.my-debugbar.com/wiki/IETester/HomePage

Performance testing for page

WebPageTest - Online service/software to test performance of page when it is browsed from various countries/states with browser combinations
• Summary((Load time,No of Requests,Bytes)
• Details for each file requested(Time for first byte loaded,start render,request and response headers,Error/Status Code: 404)
• Pie charts-content breakdown for requests and bytes in form of html,flash,css,js,text,other
• how page speed can be optimized?
• Screenshot

http://www.webpagetest.org/

Yslow - Firefox add-on to check performance of pages and the reasons why they are slow like below examples can  boost the performance.


CSS-keeping css at top,removing duplicate JS and CSS,removing unecessary

characters/spaces,

Javascript-keeping Js at bottom

Images-Using css sprites

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/yslow/

Simulate slow and low bandwidth connection

There might be times where we need to do some page weight testing depending on the speed of bandwidth connection.You can set the limits according to how much bandwidth you have and the program does the rest.

Below blog provide you some information regarding the same.
http://www.software-testing.com.au/blog/2009/05/04/tools-for-simulating-slow-low-bandwidth-connections/


In general,below add-ons can be used n firefox and IE to simulate.
http://firefox-throttle.en.softonic.com/
http://ie-throttle.en.softonic.com/

Installing multiple instances of FF/IE

Utilu setup contains multiple standalone versions of the browser Internet Explorer and FF, which can be used at the same time.

For IE
utilu.com/IECollection/


For FF
http://utilu.com/UtiluMFC/

Web Page Compatibility Viewer

Adobe Browser Lab is a cross browser compatibility checker tool which can be used as a stand alone online web service or as a plug-in right within Dream weaver

Online service
https://browserlab.adobe.com/en-us/index.html#

Installation details as a plugin
http://www.brianwoodtips.com/use-browserlab-in-dreamweaver-cs4/

Demo to use within dreamweaver
http://codifydesign.com/chris/writing/2009/bring_your_web_design_to_life/browserlab.php

System requirements
http://www.adobe.com/products/creativesuite/cslive/systemreqs/

Various Tools

Tools used for different types of testing.Here it is listed below

Functional Test Tool
Quick Test Professional
Silk Test
Test Partner
Rational Robot
Canoo Webtest

Performance Test Tool
Load runner
Silk Performer
Proxysniffer

Security Test Tools
QA Inspect

Link Checker tools
Xenu
Link Checker
W3c Link Checker

HTML tools
HTML validator
HMTL candy

Database Test tools
Data Generator
SQL DB Validator

Test management tool
-Test Director
-SilkPlan Pro

Bug Tracking tool
-Mantis
-Jira
-Track
-Bugzilla

Useful tools for TEST DATA Generation

A few manual test data generation tools can be downloaded or provides online service.

http://www.generatedata.com/#generator
http://www.briandunning.com/sample-data/
http://www.fakenamegenerator.com/

Generates random text in various languages-useful for testing input data in multilingual websites.

http://generator.lorem-ipsum.info/

Below website provides tools for small purpose like Credit Cart number generators,Social Insurance numbers,Random Unicode String/Character Generator.
http://www.testingmentor.com/tools/testdatagenerators.htm


Turbodata-Opensource-Populate database with real time data resolving foreign key constraints
http://www.turbodata.ca/