This page provides links to third party resources that you may find useful.

• MySQL JDBC Driver Download

• Microsoft UIA Verify (UI Spy), here is the direct download link

• Firebug - Web Page UI Inspect / Debug (Firefox Add-on)
• Xpath Check - Generate XPath for Web Page Element (Firefox Add-on)

• Test Case Import Utilities for Visual Studio - import test cases into TFS/MTM
• How to: Add Test Steps Microsoft Test Manager (MTM) from a Excel Document

• Selenium (WebDriver) - Web Application Automation
  • Selenium XPath Locator Tutorial
  • Seleniu CSS Locator Tutorial
• AutoIT - UI Automation for Windows
• Abbot - UI Automation for Java Applications

You can test REST and SOAP services using Service plugin. But you are required to understand wsdl and know how to translate that into a SOAP request. The following are free tools you can use to help create SOAP request with a give wsdl:

• SOA Client - a Firefox Add-On
• Wizdler - a Google Chrome Add-On