Awesome Testing

       

A curated list of awesome testing frameworks, tools, libraries, and resources for all levels of software testing — from unit to end-to-end.

Testing ensures the correctness, reliability, and quality of software. This list helps developers, QA engineers, and testers find the right tools and practices to ship better software.

Contents

• General Resources
• Testing Types
• Unit Testing
• Integration Testing
• End-to-End (E2E) Testing
• Performance & Load Testing
• Security Testing
• Test Automation
• Mocking & Stubbing
• Code Coverage
• Testing Tools by Language
• Learning Resources
• Related Awesome Lists

General Resources

• Software Testing Fundamentals – Comprehensive site covering core testing concepts.
• Ministry of Testing – Community, courses, and conferences for software testers.
• Test Automation University – Free courses on test automation strategies and tools.

Testing Types

• Unit Testing – Isolated testing of small code units or functions.
• Integration Testing – Tests interactions between components or systems.
• End-to-End (E2E) Testing – Simulates user interactions across the full stack.
• Performance Testing – Measures responsiveness, speed, and scalability.
• Security Testing – Identifies vulnerabilities and exploits.
• Regression Testing – Ensures new changes haven’t broken existing features.

Unit Testing

• JUnit – Java unit testing framework.
• NUnit – Unit testing framework for .NET.
• pytest – Powerful testing framework for Python.
• Jest – JavaScript testing framework by Facebook.
• AVA – Node.js test runner with minimal configuration.

Integration Testing

• Testcontainers – Integration testing with Docker containers.
• Supertest – HTTP assertions for Node.js.
• RestAssured – Java DSL for testing REST services.

End-to-End (E2E) Testing

• Cypress – Fast, reliable testing for anything that runs in a browser.
• Playwright – End-to-end browser automation by Microsoft.
• Selenium – Web automation across browsers and languages.
• Puppeteer – Headless Chrome Node.js API.
• TestCafe – Node.js tool for automated browser testing.

Performance & Load Testing

• JMeter – Apache performance testing tool.
• k6 – Modern load testing tool for developers.
• Gatling – Load testing as code for Scala/Java.
• Artillery – Performance testing for modern apps.

Security Testing

• OWASP ZAP – Penetration testing tool for web apps.
• Burp Suite – Comprehensive web security testing.
• Nikto – Web server scanner.

Test Automation

• Robot Framework – Generic automation framework.
• Sahi – Web automation and testing tool.
• Appium – Automation for mobile apps.

Mocking & Stubbing

• WireMock – HTTP mocking for integration testing.
• Sinon.js – JavaScript mocks, spies, and stubs.
• Mockito – Java mocking framework.

Code Coverage

• Istanbul/nyc – JavaScript code coverage tool.
• Cobertura – Code coverage for Java.
• Codecov – Coverage reporting platform.
• Coveralls – Track test coverage over time.

Testing Tools by Language

JavaScript

• Mocha
• Chai
• Jest

Python

• pytest
• unittest

Java

• JUnit
• TestNG

Go

• Testify
• GoConvey

Ruby

• RSpec
• Minitest

Learning Resources

• Testing JavaScript by Kent C. Dodds – Hands-on testing courses.
• Google Testing Blog – Testing strategies and tools.
• Awesome Test Automation – Curated test automation list.

Related Awesome Lists

• Awesome QA – Resources for quality assurance and testing professionals.
• Awesome Test Automation – Collection of test automation resources.
• Awesome CI – Continuous integration tools and platforms.

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