Better Software - January 2008 - (Page 77) Product Announcements have made basic communication—finding and reporting a bug, reproducing it, and verifying the fix—a challenge. Features include: • Multi-platform support for Windows, Linux, and Solaris • Multi-threading for complex system testing • Plug-ins for developers using Eclipse, bringing this emerging platform to commercial use • Support of SNMP, Web, and SSH protocols that enable testers of all skill levels to build automated test scripts for capture/replay capabilities Visit www.fanfaresoftware.com for more information. flexible, reusable tests can begin before the application is ready and can keep up with frequent iterations—making GUIdancer particularly well suited to test-driven development and agile processes. GUIdancer has a “one-test-fits-all” approach, whereby a single specification can be used to test an application with different data, languages, components, and even implementations with different toolkits. Visit www.bredex.de/en/guidancer/ downloads.html for more information. Commander together create a “self-service” virtual lab that: • Dramatically reduces server sprawl through consolidation • Cuts the effort required to configure and run software build and test environments • Improves quality through frequent testing on all target environments and configurations • Reduces the provisioning burden on IT operations Electric Cloud will deliver the VMware Lab Manager integration as part of an ElectricCommander release available at the end of the year. For additional information, visit www.electriccloud.com/products/electric commander.php. Virtualized Build and Test Automation MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA—Electric Cloud has integrated with VMware Lab Manager to deliver virtualized build and test automation. VMware Lab Manager automatically sets up and manages virtual machines and infrastructure, while ElectricCommander automates the software development processes that run on them. VMware Lab Manager and Electric- GUIdancer 2.0 GERMANY—Bredex GmbH has announced version 2.0 of GUIdancer. The automated test tool has been extended to cover RCP, SWT, and HTML applications as well as Swing. Tests for these toolkits are created without programming, scripts, or code. Specification of CORRECTION: Listing 6 in the December 2007 Code Craft article is incorrect. View the corrected article on www.StickyMinds.com. www.StickyMinds.com JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2008 BETTER SOFTWARE 77 http://www.bredex.de/en/guidancer/downloads.html http://www.bredex.de/en/guidancer/downloads.html http://www.fanfaresoftware.com http://www.electriccloud.com/products/electriccommander.php http://www.electriccloud.com/products/electriccommander.php http://www.StickyMinds.com http://www.pnsqc.org http://www.pnsqc.org http://www.StickyMinds.com
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