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Product Announcements Parasoft SOAtest ISO 8583 MONROVIA, CA—Parasoft announces native support for ISO 8583 messaging, a standard for exchanging financial transactions. Parasoft SOAtest—key component of Parasoft’s SOA Quality solution—now helps teams to establish and manage a consistent, continuous quality process for the electronic payment systems vital to business operations. The new Parasoft SOAtest ISO 8583 capabilities provide an easy-to-use graphical interface for configuring binary message formats. Teams working on systems that exchange financial transactions can now leverage Parasoft SOAtest to simulate clients for sending and receiving ISO 8583 messages. Visit www.parasoft.com for more information. GUIdancer. The new drag-and-drop actions can even be executed on individual tree nodes and table cells, allowing tests to achieve the same level of interaction with an application as a manual tester would. The GUIdancer approach to test automation is keyword-driven. Tests are built from reusable modules (keywords or test cases). The keywords can be abstractly specified to ensure the highest possible reusability and flexibility in the test. Because no application under test is required to start test creation, integration testing can begin as soon as each version of an application is delivered. The modular structure means that maintenance is minimal, ensuring the stability of regression tests and making continuous testing possible and cost-effective. Visit www.guidancer.com for more information. Eclipse application developers charged with SQL development. • SQL Code Assist ensures 100 percent object name accuracy, even when not connected to a database, plus real-time SQL syntax validation. • SQL Project Insight provides project-level SQL file cataloging and search features to help streamline project organization and maintenance. • Migration Wizard imports data sources from Eclipse DTP (Data Tools Project) or Quest TOAD. • Data Source Explorer enables users to easily navigate, search, extract DDL, execute commands, and even browse an outline view without opening the SQL file. • Formatting Profiles ensure consistent, quality code layout for easy review and extension. Profiles can be customized and shared. Visit www.embarcadero.com for additional information GUIdancer Version 2.1 GERMANY—BREDEX GmbH releases version 2.1 of GUIdancer. With the addition of support for drag-and-drop actions, version 2.1 increases the amount of tests that can be automated with PowerSQL SANTA CLARA, CA—Embarcadero unveils its new professional-grade SQL development tool, PowerSQL. PowerSQL dramatically improves productivity for October 13-15, 2008 Portland, OR World-class quality does not happen in a vacuum. Agile-i Collaboration spans levels, disciplines, and industries. disciplines, and industries. Listen to these speakers discuss collaboration and how it can enable higher software quality. PNSQC 2008 Collaborative Quality • Ron Jeffries & Chet Hendrickson • Sam Kaner • Janet Gregory • Karen N. Johnson • Mike Kelly • Steve Smith • Tamara Suliaman & Hubert Smits REGISTER EARLY and SAVE AFTER 9/8 3-Day Conference $950 $1100 $750 $550 2-Day Technical Program $625 1-Day Workshop $475 Special discounts available. Visit Our New Website — pnsqc.org 44 BETTER SOFTWARE JUNE 2008 www.StickyMinds.com http://www.parasoft.com http://www.guidancer.com http://www.embarcadero.com http://pnsqc.org http://pnsqc.org http://www.StickyMinds.com

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Better Software - June 2008 Contents Mark Your Calendar Contributors Technically Speaking eLightenment Code Craft Test Connection Management Chronicles Agile Model-Driven Development The Myth of Risk Management Stop the Insanity! Product Announcements 10 Things You Might Not Know About … The Last Word Ad Index

Better Software - June 2008

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