Tools Used
This list represents various tools we use for management, testing and monitoring of applications and websites.
Tool / Application Name |
Type |
Description |
Redmine | communications / bug tracking | project management software (open source) |
JMeter | load testing | highly configurable load testing (open source) |
JMeter+EC2 | load testing | load testing from AWS/EC2 cloud machines (open source) |
JUnit | unit / load testing | general java unit test framework (open source) |
MXUnit | unit testing | Coldfusion unit test framework |
Pylot | load testing / simple | simple load testing (open source) |
CPD | static code analysis | build quality monitoring (open source) |
PMD | static code analysis | build quality monitoring (open source) |
Checkstyle | static code analysis | build quality monitoring (open source) |
FindBugs | static code analysis | build quality monitoring (open source) |
varScoper | static code analysis | Coldfusion code scanner |
QueryParam Scanner | static code analysis | Coldfusion code scanner |
ANT | build tools | build / deployment tool (open source) |
Maven | build tools | build / deployment tool (open source) |
Jenkins | build tools | continuous integration (open source) |
Selenium | website testing | automated browser testing tool |
Pingdom | monitoring | offsite website uptime monitoring |
SiteScope | monitoring | highly configurable app and server monitoring |
Probe | monitoring | Tomcat server monitoring and information |
FusionReactor | monitoring | real-time Coldfusion / Java server monitoring |
FusionDebug | debugger | interactive step debugging for Coldfusion |
Fiddler | debugger | HTTP inspector / debugger |
New Relic | monitoring | web application monitoring |
Log4j | logging / monitoring | custom application logging / monitoring |
Beyond Compare | utility | file / directory comparison and synchronization utility |
SQL Compare | utility | compare / synchronize SQL schemas and data |
LogFusion Pro | utility | real-time log viewer and highlighter |
Baretail | utility | real-time log viewer (free) |
Subversion | source control | source code repository (open source) |
TortoiseSVN | source control | SVN client for Windows (open source) |
GitHub | source control | source code repository / socialization (open source) |
Firebug | browser plugin | web dev inspector and debugger for Firefox (open source) |
HTTPFox | browser plugin | HTTP inspector for Firefox |