Testing is my Profession

As every craftsman needs his tools, testers are no exceptions. I was this weekend at  SOCRATES SWITZERLAND  (SOftware CRAftsmanship and TESting) where we talked also about useful everyday tools. This list tries to be as general as possible to provide tools which can be useful to most part of everyday work, more specialised test-useful tools are very context dependent. I use most of the tools mentioned here and believe they can provide value also to you. Documenting Screenshot  - good picture is worth thousand words, this applies especially for testing, the following are some screenshotting tools and editors I used and can recommend Lightscreen  - simple tool for capturing pictures, free, cannot edit the pictures FastStone  - screen capturing tool and editor, cheap & gets the job done Snagit  - very powerful screen capturing tool and graphic editor, many functions which you never knew you can do, but wont be able to live without afterwards, a bit pricey Recording  (