<p>We are about to get a canned package in that has been modified to our needs. I'm part of the team setup to prepare tests for it. It has an Oracle back end and I believe it's written in C++ .NET.</p>

<p>My question is what free or open source testing tools would you recommend.</p>

<p>Thanks</p>

<p>Ken</p>

[{'answer_id': 41850, 'author': 'Craig H', 'author_id': 2328, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/2328', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>What do you expect from such a tool?  I don't know of any tool that can arbitrarily test any piece of software.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 41856, 'author': 'Ken Wren', 'author_id': 3430, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3430', 'pm_score': 1, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Value checking. See if only valid dates are exempted, number fields except the full range, ect.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 41991, 'author': 'jwarzech', 'author_id': 3111, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3111', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>For what is sounds like you already know what it is that you want to check.  Being a custom application your best bet would be to devise a test plan and manually test the values that you would like to validate.</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 66832, 'author': 'Alan', 'author_id': 9916, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/9916', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': "<p>Agree with the others - since the application has been modified to your needs, you should make sure that it actually is <em>modified to your needs</em>. </p>\n\n<p>If the assembly isn't obfuscated, you can use FxCop to analyze the binaries and see if there are any critical bugs (note - if you're not familiar with fxcop and static analysis, find someone who is before reporting a ton of bugs that won't be fixed).</p>\n\n<p>Beyond that, you're looking at more techniques vs. tools to get the job done.</p>\n"}, {'answer_id': 93581, 'author': 'pdavis', 'author_id': 7819, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/7819', 'pm_score': 3, 'selected': True, 'text': '<p>For regression testing of our applications I use a free tool called AutoHotKey <a href="http://www.autohotkey.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.autohotkey.com/</a>. It is simple, batch configurable, and can work for virtually any application you have. Not exactly designed for black box testing, but a good free tool to add to your toolbox.</p>\n\n<p>While there are a few good commercial applications for black box testing of applications (HoloDeck <a href="http://www.sisecure.com/holodeck/index.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.sisecure.com/holodeck/index.shtml</a>, Cenzic Hailstorm <a href="http://www.cenzic.com/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.cenzic.com/</a>), the only open source applications that I know about only test network security (Spike <a href="http://www.immunitysec.com/resources-freesoftware.shtml" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.immunitysec.com/resources-freesoftware.shtml</a>, OWASP WebScarab <a href="http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebScarab_Project" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.owasp.org/index.php/Category:OWASP_WebScarab_Project</a>, and Nikto <a href="http://www.cirt.net/nikto2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.cirt.net/nikto2</a>)</p>\n'}, {'answer_id': 24488127, 'author': 'Madhivanan', 'author_id': 3789247, 'author_profile': 'https://Stackoverflow.com/users/3789247', 'pm_score': 0, 'selected': False, 'text': '<p>Testing, either functional or non-functional, without reference to the\ninternal structure of the component or system.</p>\n'}]
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