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LaTeX
LaTeX
LaTeX, which is pronounced «Lah-tech» or «Lay-tech» (to rhyme with «blech» or «Bertolt Brecht»), is a document preparation system for high-quality typesetting. It is most often used for medium-to-large technical or scientific documents but it can be used for almost any form of publishing. LaTeX is not a word processor! Instead, LaTeX encourages authors not to worry too much about the appearance of their documents but to concentrate on getting the right content. To produce this in most typesetting or word-processing systems, the author would have to decide what layout to use, so would select (say) 18pt Times Roman for the title, 12pt Times Italic for the name, and so on. This has two results: authors wasting their time with designs; and a lot of badly designed documents! LaTeX is based on the idea that it is better to leave document design to document designers, and to let authors get on with writing documents.Starting Price: Free -
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OCaml
OCaml
OCaml is a general-purpose, industrial-strength programming language with an emphasis on expressiveness and safety. OCaml’s powerful type system means more bugs are caught at compile time, and large, complex codebases are easier to maintain. This makes it a good language for running critical code. At the same time, sophisticated inference makes the type system unobtrusive, creating a smooth developer experience. One is a bytecode compiler which generates small, portable executables and is very fast. The other is a native code compiler that produces more efficient machine code; its performance matches the highest standards of modern compilers. OCaml has great support for the most popular editors. VS Code is recommended for beginners, and for power users there is deep integration with Vim and Emacs. OCaml has a rich and dynamic community and best-in-class tooling.Starting Price: Free -
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PHPUnit
PHPUnit
PHPUnit requires the dom and json extensions, which are normally enabled by default. PHPUnit also requires the pcre, reflection, and spl extensions. These standard extensions are enabled by default and cannot be disabled without patching PHP’s build system and/or C sources. The code coverage report feature requires the Xdebug (2.7.0 or later) and tokenizer extensions. Generating XML reports requires the xmlwriter extension. Unit Tests are primarily written as a good practice to help developers identify and fix bugs, to refactor code and to serve as documentation for a unit of software under test. To achieve these benefits, unit tests ideally should cover all the possible paths in a program. One unit test usually covers one specific path in one function or method. However a test method is not necessarily an encapsulated, independent entity. Often there are implicit dependencies between test methods, hidden in the implementation scenario of a test.Starting Price: Free -
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Jasmine
Jasmine
Jasmine attempts as best as possible to follow semantic versioning. This means we reserve major versions (1.0, 2.0, etc.) for breaking changes or other significant work. Most Jasmine releases end up being minor releases (2.3, 2.4, etc.). Major releases are very infrequent. Jasmine generally avoids dropping support for browser or Node versions except in major releases. The exceptions to this are Node versions that are past end of life, browsers that we can no longer install locally and/or test against in our CI builds, browsers that no longer receive security updates, and browsers that only run on operating systems that no longer receive security updates. We’ll make reasonable efforts to keep Jasmine working in those environments but won’t necessarily do a major release if they break.Starting Price: Free -
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Karma
Karma
The main goal for Karma is to bring a productive testing environment to developers. The environment being one where they don't have to set up loads of configurations, but rather a place where developers can just write the code and get instant feedback from their tests. Because getting quick feedback is what makes you productive and creative. Test your code on real browsers and real devices such as phones, tablets or on a headless PhantomJS instance. Control the whole workflow from the command line or your IDE - just save a file and Karma will run all the tests. Karma also watches all the files, specified within the configuration file, and whenever any file changes, it triggers the test run by sending a signal to the testing server to inform all of the captured browsers to run the test code again. Each browser then loads the source files inside an IFrame, executes the tests and reports the results back to the server.Starting Price: Free -
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JMockit
JMockit
The toolkit is provided as a set of artifacts deployed to the Maven Central repository. It requires Java 7 or newer for test execution; tests must use JUnit or TestNG. For instructions on how to add the library to a Java project, see Running tests with JMockit. In this tutorial we examine the APIs available in the library, with the help of example tests (using Java 8). The central API - a single annotation - provides support for the automatic instantiation and initialization of the objects to be tested. Then we have the mocking API (also known as the "Expectations" API), intended for tests which use mocked dependencies. Finally, there is a small faking API (aka the "Mockups" API), which can be used for the creation and application of fake implementations that avoid the full cost of external components.Starting Price: Free -
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unittest
Python
The unittest unit testing framework was originally inspired by JUnit and has a similar flavor as major unit testing frameworks in other languages. It supports test automation, sharing of setup and shutdown code for tests, aggregation of tests into collections, and independence of the tests from the reporting framework. A test fixture represents the preparation needed to perform one or more tests, and any associated cleanup actions. This may involve, for example, creating temporary or proxy databases, directories, or starting a server process. A test suite is a collection of test cases, test suites, or both. It is used to aggregate tests that should be executed together. A test runner is a component which orchestrates the execution of tests and provides the outcome to the user. The runner may use a graphical interface, a textual interface, or return a special value to indicate the results of executing the tests.Starting Price: Free -
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xUnit.net
xUnit.net
xUnit.net is a free, open source, community-focused unit testing tool for the .NET Framework. Written by the original inventor of NUnit v2, xUnit.net is the latest technology for unit testing C#, F#, VB.NET and other .NET languages. xUnit.net works with ReSharper, CodeRush, TestDriven.NET and Xamarin. It is part of the .NET Foundation, and operates under their code of conduct.Starting Price: Free -
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Puppeteer
Puppeteer
Most things that you can do manually in the browser can be done using Puppeteer! Puppeteer-core is intended to be a lightweight version of Puppeteer for launching an existing browser installation or for connecting to a remote one. Be sure that the version of puppeteer-core you install is compatible with the browser you intend to connect to. Puppeteer will be familiar to people using other browser testing frameworks. You create an instance of Browser, open pages, and then manipulate them with Puppeteer's API. By default, Puppeteer downloads and uses a specific version of Chromium so its API is guaranteed to work out of the box. To use Puppeteer with a different version of Chrome or Chromium, pass in the executable's path when creating a Browser instance.Starting Price: Free -
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Playwright
Playwright
Playwright supports all modern rendering engines including Chromium, WebKit, and Firefox. Test on Windows, Linux, and macOS, locally or on CI, headless or headed. Playwright waits for elements to be actionable prior to performing actions. It also has a rich set of introspection events. The combination of the two eliminates the need for artificial timeouts - the primary cause of flaky tests. Playwright assertions are created specifically for the dynamic web. Checks are automatically retried until the necessary conditions are met. Configure test retry strategy, capture execution trace, videos, screenshots to eliminate flakes. Browsers run web content belonging to different origins in different processes. Playwright is aligned with the modern browsers architecture and runs tests out-of-process. This makes Playwright free of the typical in-process test runner limitations.Starting Price: Free -
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Nightwatch.js
Nightwatch.js
Nightwatch.js is an integrated, easy to use End-to-End testing solution for web applications and websites, written in Node.js. It uses the W3C WebDriver API to drive browsers and perform commands and assertions on DOM elements. Simple but powerful syntax which enables you to write tests very quickly, using Javascript (Node.js) and CSS or Xpath selectors. Typescript is supported as well. Built-in command-line test runner which runs the tests either sequentially or in parallel, with retries and implicit waits. Also supports grouping of test suites and tags. Manages automatically Selenium or WebDriver services (ChromeDriver, GeckoDriver, Edge, Safari) in a separate child process. Fluent and easy to work with Page Object Model support to better organise elements and sections, with support for both CSS or Xpath selectors.Starting Price: Free -
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Marionette
Marionette
Organize your app in terms of small Views. Marionette makes it easy to compose rich layouts out of small components. We've added tons of features from templateHelpers, to a declarative UI hash, that will keep you from ever wanting to go back. Share complex UI interactions across views. Behaviors are like mixins, without all of the pain associated with property collision. Decoupled communication between your application components with a powerful messaging system. Write classes with the same API as your views. Marionette Objects support features like extend, events, initialize, and more. Marionette community is home to the most welcoming and vibrant discussions in the Backbone ecosystem. Stop spending more time thinking about your framework than your app. Marionette will never get in the way of you and your code.Starting Price: Free -
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Mockito
Mockito
Mockito is a mocking framework that tastes really good. It lets you write beautiful tests with a clean & simple API. Mockito doesn’t give you hangover because the tests are very readable and they produce clean verification errors. Read more about features & motivations. Top 10 Java library across all libraries, not only the testing tools. In late 2013 there was an analysis made of 30.000 GitHub projects. Although Mockito reached number 9 in the main report, mockito-core and mockito-all are the same tool and therefore the factual position of Mockito is number 4, surpassing famous tools like Guava or Spring. Treat this study as an indicator of a big impact that Mockito makes every day on unit tests written in Java.Starting Price: Free -
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PowerMock
PowerMock
Writing unit tests can be hard and sometimes good design has to be sacrificed for the sole purpose of testability. Often testability corresponds to good design, but this is not always the case. For example final classes and methods cannot be used, private methods sometimes need to be protected or unnecessarily moved to a collaborator, static methods should be avoided completely and so on simply because of the limitations of existing frameworks. PowerMock is a framework that extends other mock libraries such as EasyMock with more powerful capabilities. PowerMock uses a custom classloader and bytecode manipulation to enable mocking of static methods, constructors, final classes and methods, private methods, removal of static initializers and more. By using a custom classloader no changes need to be done to the IDE or continuous integration servers which simplifies adoption.Starting Price: Free -
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MockK
MockK
Mocking is a technique to make testing code readable and maintainable. In three consequent articles, I would like to show the basics, features, and quirks of the MockK library. It is a new open-source library (github repository) focused on making mocking in Kotlin great. Injection first tries to match properties by name, then by class or superclass. Check the lookupType parameter for customization. Properties are injected even if private is applied. Constructors for injection are selected from the biggest number of arguments to lowest.Starting Price: Free -
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OpenTest
OpenTest
OpenTest is a free and open source functional test automation framework for web applications, mobile apps and APIs, built for scalability and extensibility, with a focus on enabling the mainstream test automation practices. OpenTest is a feature-reach tool that requires little to no coding skills and can handle virtually any type of functional test automation project. Keywords are high-level building blocks which hide the complexity of the underlying technology and let you build concise, readable and maintainable tests. No coding skills required.Run multiple test sessions in parallel, limited only by the available hardware resources. When you've maxed out your local machine(s), spin up more test actors in the cloud(s). JavaScript code can be embedded organically anywhere within your keyword-driven test to cover complex test scenarios. Run a test multiple times, over a set of data records maintained in a separate data file.Starting Price: Free -
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Robot Framework
Robot Framework
Robot Framework is a generic open-source automation framework. It can be used for test automation and robotic process automation (RPA). Robot Framework is supported by Robot Framework Foundation. Many industry-leading companies use the tool in their software development. Robot Framework is open and extensible. Robot Framework can be integrated with virtually any other tool to create powerful and flexible automation solutions. Robot Framework is free to use without licensing costs. Robot Framework has an easy syntax, utilizing human-readable keywords. Its capabilities can be extended by libraries implemented with Python, Java or many other programming languages. Robot Framework has a rich ecosystem around it, consisting of libraries and tools that are developed as separate projects.Starting Price: Free -
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Karate
Karate
Karate is the only open-source tool to combine API test automation, mocks, performance-testing and even UI automation into a single, unified framework. The BDD syntax popularized by Cucumber is language-neutral and easy for even non-programmers. Assertions and HTML reports are built-in, and you can run tests in parallel for speed. There’s also a cross-platform stand-alone executable for teams not comfortable with Java. You don’t have to compile code. Just write tests in a simple, readable syntax - carefully designed for HTTP, JSON, GraphQL and XML. And you can mix API and UI test automation within the same test script. It is worth pointing out that JSON is a ‘first-class citizen’ of the syntax such that you can express payload and expected data without having to use double-quotes and without having to enclose JSON field names in quotes. There is no need to ‘escape’ characters like you would have had to in Java or other programming languages.Starting Price: Free -
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EarlGrey
EarlGrey
With the EarlGrey framework, you have access to enhanced synchronization features. EarlGrey automatically synchronizes with the UI, network requests, and various queues; but still allows you to manually implement customized timings, if needed. EarlGrey’s synchronization features help to ensure that the UI is in a steady state before actions are performed. This greatly increases test stability and makes tests highly repeatable. EarlGrey works in conjunction with the XCTest framework and integrates with Xcode’s Test Navigator so you can run tests directly from Xcode or the command line (using xcodebuild). The EarlGrey documentation for users is located in the EarlGrey/docs folder. To get started, review the EarlGrey features, check for backward compatibility, and then install/run EarlGrey with your test target. After everything is configured, take a look at the EarlGrey API and start writing your own tests.Starting Price: Free -
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Serenity BDD
Serenity BDD
Serenity BDD helps you write cleaner and more maintainable automated acceptance and regression tests faster. Serenity also uses the test results to produce illustrated, narrative reports that document and describe what your application does and how it works. Serenity tells you not only what tests have been executed, but more importantly, what requirements have been tested. One key advantage of using Serenity BDD is that you do not have to invest time in building and maintaining your own automation framework. The aim of Serenity is to make it easy to quickly write well-structured, maintainable automated acceptance criteria, using your favourite BDD or conventional testing library. You can work with Behaviour-Driven-Development tools like Cucumber or JBehave, or simply use JUnit. You can integrate with requirements stored in an external source (such as JIRA or any other test cases management tool), or just use a simple directory-based approach to organise your requirements.Starting Price: Free -
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Galen Framework
Galen Framework
Layout testing seemed always a complex task. Galen Framework offers a simple solution: test location of objects relatively to each other on page. Using a special syntax and comprehensive rules you can describe any layout you can imagine. Galen Framework runs well in Selenium Grid. You can set up your tests to run in a cloud like LambdaTest, or Sauce Labs, or BrowserStack so that you can even test your responsive websites on different mobile devices. Galen can run multiple tests in parallel which is also a nice time saver. Galen Framework is designed with responsiveness in mind. It is easy to set up a test for different browser sizes. Galen just opens a browser, resizes it to a defined size and then tests the page according to specifications. Using Galen Specs Language you are able to describe any complex layout including different screen sizes or browsers. It's not only easy to write, it is also easy to read it if you are unfamiliar with the language.Starting Price: Free -
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behave
behave
Behavior-driven development (or BDD) is an agile software development technique that encourages collaboration between developers, QA and non-technical or business participants in a software project. We have a page further describing this philosophy. Behavior-driven development (or BDD) is an agile software development technique that encourages collaboration between developers, QA and non-technical or business participants in a software project. It was originally named in 2003 by Dan North as a response to test-driven development (TDD), including acceptance test or customer test driven development practices as found in extreme programming. BDD is a second-generation, outside–in, pull-based, multiple-stakeholder, multiple-scale, high-automation, agile methodology. It describes a cycle of interactions with well-defined outputs, resulting in the delivery of working, tested software that matters.Starting Price: Free -
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SpecFlow
SpecFlow
SpecFlow makes test automation easier by turning it into a team effort and allowing every role to better use their skills. Don’t waste your time searching for the correct definition across your binding classes, just right-click and jump to the relevant code. Hooks (event bindings) can be used to perform additional automation logic at specific times, such as any setup required prior to executing a scenario. SpecFlow supports a dependency injection framework that is able to instantiate and inject context for scenarios. This allows you to group the shared state in context classes, and inject them into every binding class that needs access to that shared state.Starting Price: Free -
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Selenide
Selenide
You don't need to think how to shut down browser, handle timeouts and StaleElement Exceptions or search for relevant log lines, debugging your tests. We are proud to claim that Selenide is so simple that you don't need to read tons of documentation. Selenium WebDriver is a great tool, but it’s not a tool for testing. It’s a tool for browser manipulation. There are several testing libraries around Selenium WebDriver. But it seems that they do not resolve the main problems of UI tests. Namely, instability of tests caused by dynamic content, JavaScript, Ajax, timeouts etc. Selenide was created to resolve these problems. First of all, Selenide makes your tests stable by resolving (almost) all Ajax/timing issues. We are proud to claim that Selenide is so simple that you don't need to read tons of documentation. The whole work with Selenide consists of three simple things!Starting Price: Free -
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Spock Framework
Spock
Spock is a testing and specification framework for Java and Groovy applications. What makes it stand out from the crowd is its beautiful and highly expressive specification language. Thanks to its JUnit runner, Spock is compatible with most IDEs, build tools, and continuous integration servers. Spock is inspired from JUnit, RSpec, jMock, Mockito, Groovy, Scala, Vulcans, and other fascinating life forms. Spock Web Console is a website that allows you to instantly view, edit, run, and even publish Spock specifications. It is the perfect place to toy around with Spock without making any commitments.Starting Price: Free -
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Universal Data Access Components (UniDAC) is a library of components that provides direct access to multiple databases from Delphi and C++Builder including Community Edition, as well as Lazarus (and Free Pascal) on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android for both 32-bit and 64-bit platforms. Key Features: Universal access to different database servers; Support for most popular databases; Full support for the latest server versions; Support for the latest IDE versions; VCL, LCL and FMX versions of library available; High performance; Easy to deploy.Starting Price: $299.95
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Makelog
Makelog
Drive faster product awareness and adoption with timely, tailored updates as soon as the code is merged. Customers are caught off-guard by changes you made months ago, but never shared. Your team shares instant, accurate updates with users as soon as code is deployed. Share relevant updates that are tailored by channel to your audience. Templated custom fields let you streamline and scale, whether you're a team of 10 or 10,000. Your customers can see everything they need to know, all in one place. Pick what's relevant for customers and internal stakeholders to know about, archive what isn't. Write bite-sized product updates that are easy to skim and digest. Standardize context across product teams using structured custom fields. Meet your customers where they are, allowing them to subscribe to the updates they care about or push directly to Slack. Schedule curated weekly email digests based on different audiences.Starting Price: $199 per month -
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Wikimedia Enterprise
Wikimedia Enterprise
Retrieve data from Wikimedia projects in any language, access metadata packaged exclusively for Wikimedia Enterprise, and detect vandalism or important updates at the article level. Unleash the potential within your own organization. Use Wikimedia Enterprise to build knowledge graphs, voice assistants or bots, training models, massive enriched datasets, and so much more. Access one of the largest public data sources on the internet with a single unified structure and guaranteed availability. Great for voice assistants, populating search engines, training machine learning models, augmenting private data sets, and much more. Enable your entire organization with a knowledge graph that can be consumed across teams.Starting Price: $.01 per request -
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Insignal
Insignal
Learn more about your users, Track your users' clicks, and scroll movement on your website. Take steps to improve, and convert them into customers using our easy tools. Not sure what made your user leave the site? Conversion Funnel will help you figure that out. Replay everything that a user does on your website and work towards making your product better. Records your users as they use your website. See every mouse movement, keypress, click and scroll movement. See wherein your users are searching and what part of the site they're interested in by visualizing their mouse and eye movements using machine learning. Helps you find out where and why your users are leaving your website. Track the smallest of details. Feature-rich real-time analytics to collect the smallest detail about the user. Collect feedback and understand your users with customizations like never before. Collect not just feedback but act on that feedback instantly to convert your viewers into paying customers.Starting Price: $14 per month -
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Qualetics
Qualetics
Embed custom-developed insights in your apps such as recommendation engines, sentiment analysis, anomaly detection, and fraud detection while receiving user engagement analytics delivering new value to your customers and product analytics for your teams. Advanced analytics delivered through Qualetics’ secure, the multi-tenant interface generates new levels of collaboration between your team and your customers as they view, analyze, share, export, and subscribe to valuable insights in real-time. Qualetics’ AIMS captures multi-dimensional data points from your apps in real-time powering advanced analytics and AI-based outcomes. With the help of our proprietary page rank and error ranking algorithm, we provide a quality index of your product with breakdowns that inform you how critical the errors are, how frequently they occur, and how many users are impacted. With the help of Qualetics, your product’s Performance Index score informs you how your application is performing.Starting Price: $99 per month