HttpUnit makes easy to bypass the browser and access your site from a program. Written in Java, HttpUnit emulates the relevant portions of browser behavior, including form submission, JavaScript, basic http authentication, cookies and automatic page redirection...

HttpUnit is an open source software testing framework used to perform testing of web sites without the need for a web browser. HttpUnit supports HTML form submission, JavaScript, basic HTTP authentication, automatic page redirection and cookies. Written...

Fiddler is a HTTP Debugging Proxy which logs all HTTP traffic between your computer and the Internet. Fiddler allows you to inspect all HTTP Traffic, set breakpoints, and "fiddle" with incoming or outgoing data. Fiddler includes a powerful event-based...

Fault Factory injects socket API failures and SOAP/HTTP faults into any running application.

Load testing tool to assess performance of netwoks & devices. Protocols supported include video protocols like MPEG, IGMP, and RTSP; voice protocols like SIP and MGCP; and data protocols like HTTP, FTP, and SMTP.

The WebLoad Internet Productivity Pack (IPP) enables users to easily test and analyze the performance and integrity of applications using non-HTTP protocols.

Co-Advisor provides black box testing of HTTP, ICAP, and DNS agents.

A C-written web application testing and load generating tool. It uses HTTP, FTP and TLS/SSL stacks, simulating tens of thousand users / clients each with own IP-address.

WebInject is a free tool for automated testing of web applications & web services. can be used to test individual system components that have HTTP interfaces (JSP, ASP, CGI, PHP, Servlets, HTML Forms, XML/SOAP Web Services, etc) .

Sahi is an automation and testing tool for web applications, with the facility to record and playback scripts. Supports HTTP, HTTPS and AJAX.

Candela Technologies LANforge FIRE is used for Traffic Generation and simulates the edge of the network under test. LANforge FIRE can generate FTP, HTTP, VoIP (SIP, RTP, RTCP), TCP/IP, UDP/IP, Ethernet and custom payloads.

Software Quality Assurance Resource Center http://sqa.fyicenter.com is a resource center for Software Quality Assurance Engineer. It includes latest SQA job opportunities, SQA technical articles and SQA job interview questions and answers.

In this interview George shares his insights how the software testing tool market is evolving and how China is evolving as smart phone hub. http://tinyurl.com/356vrcx .

HTTP performance testing with httperf, autobench and openload .

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Practical - maximizing the benefit received for the effort expended. Web - Browser-based applications using the http/https protocols. Load Testing - simulating a realistic usage scenario to determine performance and/or capacity.