What makes a tool a testing tool? – 30 Days of Tools, Day 2

  • What’s your definition of a testing tool?
    Any tool which can help with any kind of testing, in my book, can be consider a testing tool. If you like to take notes with pen and paper, while doing exploratory testing, that that is a testing tool for you.

  • How do you know it’s a testing tool?
    If by using it our testing is easier to conduct.

  • What things help you decide if a tool is not a testing tool?
    If it’s hampering the testing progress or it’s not intended to be used for testing and there are more efficient alternatives available.

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